Buick Century Complaints

1,816 consumer complaints on file.

#10024905June 25, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES THE EXHAUST PIPE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE FUEL LINE. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024737June 23, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND CONSUMER HAD A FRONT COLLISION , AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER AND DRIVER WERE HURT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10022964June 12, 2003
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019589June 9, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD THE TIRES ROTATED THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT OUTER TIE RODS WERE LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022277May 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE MAKES NOISES UPON START UP THEN VEHICLE DIES. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020681May 29, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
I OWN A 2000 BUICK CENTURY AND HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY SEEM TO HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN. THEY WILL GO AT WHATEVER SPEED THEY WANT. THEY HAVE PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE, AND ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE THEY WILL COMPLETELY STOP BUT I CAN STILL HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING TO RUN. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT AM COMING UP BLANK. I AM SURE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020362May 28, 2003
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
LETTER FROM STANLEY WOHLMUTH(CA) RE STATUS OF HIS MESSAGE TO NHTSA CONCERNING THE NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS IN THE 2002, BUICK CENTURY IN WHICH HIS WIFE HAD AN ACCIDENT. REPLY TO WASHINGTON, DC OFC, REF ES03-001376/S/BRENNER O3/21/03. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021578May 27, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL IS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018906May 19, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WIPER MOTOR FAILURE AND ERRATIC FUNCTIONING. THIS VEHICLE WAS BUILT WITH A CLEAR SAFETY DEFECT THAT WILL CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE BAD WEATHER. GENERAL MOTOR'S CORPORATION HAD A VERY RECENT AND SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH GM MANUFACTURED TRUCKS. THIS MAKE AND MODEL SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE LOSS OF LIFE! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10018342May 7, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ODOMETER ON MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 2002 BUICK CENTURY (FROM A BUICK DEALER WITH 22,000 MILES AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY) APPEARS TO BE OFF BY APPROXIMATELY 4%. ON A RECENT TRIP OF 450 MILES (A TRIP TAKEN AND MEASURED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST), MY ENDING TRIP MILEAGE REGISTERED AS 467 MILES (AN OVERAGE OF 17 MILES). ON THE RETURN TRIP, I USED NUMEROUS INTERSTATE MILEAGE MARKERS TO COMPARE DISTANCES. FOR EACH 100 MILES TRAVELED, THE ODOMETER REGISTERS IT AS 104 MILES. TO ME, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF THE SPEEDOMETER NOT BEING CORRECT, PLUS MORE MILES ARE REGISTERING THAN ARE ACTUALLY BEING PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THIS AFFECTS SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE RESALE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER OFFERED ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. OTHER THAN SAYING THE MILEAGE MARKERS MUST BE OFF - THEY SUGGESTED I USE DIFFERENT SIZE TIRES. (TO MY KNOWLEDGE THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE). IS THERE NO WAY TO RECALIBRATE THE SPEEDOMETER? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017896April 30, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE REAR POWER WINDOWS MOTOR FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BE INOPERATIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016695April 29, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR DOES NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN FIRST STARTING THE CAR AND IN A DARK SURROUNDING SUCH AS A CAR PORT OR GARAGE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT GEAR HAS BEEN SELECTED. I FEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH CAUTION IS USED, THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE WRONG GEAR WAS SELECTED. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE LIGHT DOES COME ON AND ALL IS NORMAL. IS THIS A DESIGN PROBLEM OR IS THERE A DEFECT IN THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017491April 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN TSB #020601014, HOWEVER THE DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017468April 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BROKE AND CAUSED OIL TO LEAK INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. *NLM *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016274April 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY COMPLAINT IS ON MY 1999 BUICK CENTURY. DECEMBER OF 2002 I TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING DEX-COOL COOLANT. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND IT WOULD COST AROUND $440.00. MY CAR ONLY HAD 59,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD. THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. VERY POOR JOB OF QUALITY IN THIS AREA BY GENERAL MOTORS/. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016197April 19, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FRONT DAY-TIME LIGHT/SIGNAL SOCKETS ARE OVERHEATING AND BURNING THE PLASTIC PARTS OF SOCKET & BULB. REPLACED BULB+SOCKET PRODUCED THE SAME RESULTS WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS. DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO INVESTIGATE UNLESS PAID. GM SAYS CAR OUT OF WARRANTY. BURNING SMELL WAS DETECTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO BUT COULDN'T LOCATE THE SOURCE, ONLY AFTER THE FLASHER FAILED. BULB WAS STILL FUNCTIONING BUT THE ELECTRIC CONTACTS DID NOT FUNCTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016014April 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE FUEL LINE FAILED. THE DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014845April 10, 2003
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THE CONSUMER STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *MR *SCC *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013929April 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EACH TIME I EXIT MY 2002 BUICK CENTURY I GET SHOCKED. IT HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY, AND I SOMETIMES GET SHOCKED TWICE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP LOOK IT OVER, AS WELL AS CHECK TO SEE IF ANY OF THE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, AS IT WAS A PROGRAM CAR. I WAS ASSURED THAT NONE OF THE NUMEROUS RECALLS ON THE 2002 BUICK CENTURY APPLIED TO MY CARE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT MY BEING SHOCKED WHEN I EXIT THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING IT. THIS CONCERNS ME A GREAT DEAL, AS I HAVE READ ABOUT PEOPLE FUELING THEIR VEHICLES WHO CAUSE CUMBUSTION WHEN THE STATIC ELECTRICITY IS DISCHARGED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011758April 2, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE COVER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAS POPPED OPEN ABOUT AN INCH ALONG THE FRONT AND SIDES. THE DEALER FORCED IT CLOSED, BUT IT OPENED AGAIN. MR SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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