Buick Century Complaints (1998)

218 consumer complaints on file.

#8021814October 29, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING THE ABS SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON AND OFF. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020488October 9, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
CONSUMER STATES WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN WITHOUT ANY INDICATION STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING CONSUMER UNABLE TO STEER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020495October 9, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND IT WILL HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019194September 23, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CABLE TO BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766363August 28, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT REGULATES THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THIS PROBLEM IN THE BEGINNING WAS INTERMITTENT BUT WE NEVER REPORTED IT UNTIL SOME TIME BETWEEN JAN. 2002 TO PRESENT. THEY CLAIM THAT THE BOARD IS DEFECTIVE BUT IT WOULD COST US AROUNG $ 500.00 TO BE REPLACED. WE BELIEVE THAT A CAR WITH LESS THAN 35000 MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013895July 15, 2002
SEAT BELTS
BOTH OUTSIDE REAR SEATBELTS WILL NOT PULL OUT, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761285April 28, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
IN SUDDEN DOWNPOUR (APPROACHING TORNADO) OUTSIDE OF NASHVILLE THIS A.M. VISIBILITY WAS SEVERLY REDUCED WITH WIPERS ON LOWER SETTING. WHEN WIPERS TURNED TO HIGH TO INCREASE VISIBILITY WIPERS LOCKED AND STRIPPED, FORCING DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN MARCH 2001 - RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE USED VEHICLE. WE ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN AT INTERSTATE SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE WIPERS LOCKED TOGETHER AND THE MECHANISM STRIPPED THE RIGHT WIPER SO THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION. UPON RESUMING DRIVING WITH JUST THE LEFT WIPER, THE LEFT WIPER THEN PROCEEDED TO GO OFF THE WINDSHIELD ENTIRELY AND DRIVER HAD TO PULL OFF THE ON THE SIDE TO TIGHTEN BOLT. THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE REMEMBERED THE FIRST INCIDENT AND NEVER USES THE HIGHER WIPER SETTINGS SO HAS NOT INCURRED ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. THE AUXILIARY DRIVER, MYSELF, HAD FORGOTTEN THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM. NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE HIGHEST SETTING MAKES FOR DANGEROUS VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN THOUGH AND THE DESIGN OF THE WIPER OPERATION SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS EVEN BEING ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE IS SEVERELY HAMPERED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005812March 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
COOLANT USED BY DEALER IS TURNING INTO SLUDGE IN RADIATOR, WHICH CAN GET TO THE ENGINE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566331March 14, 2002
STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VISIBILITY, SEATS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, NOISES SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN COMING FROM THE STEERING, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP, THE RACK AND PINION HAD GONE OUT AND LEAKED, THE A/C CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THE SEAT BELT BUTTON LATCH HAD FALLEN AND THE BUTTON WAS MISSING, THE WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS OUT OF SPECIFICS, THE DRIVER DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN, THE PANEL HAD MOVED WHEN THE WINDOW WAS ROLLED DOWN, THE POWER WINDOW(S) WERE INOPERATIVE, THE SHIFTER GOES IN AND OUT, THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR EXTERIOR TRIM WAS HARD TO OPEN, THE PASSENGERS SEAT COUSHIN WAS TOO SOFT AND HAD COLLAPSED, AND THE DOOR'S MIRROR WAS LOOSE. THE SERVICE DEALER HAD FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005243February 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE IS STARTED AND TRANSMISSION IS PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE THE VEHICLE DOESN'T MOVE. AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003494February 4, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT STAY ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NEEDED ABS MODULE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757094January 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP OUT OF THE GARAGE TO GO TO AN EVENING FUNCTION. THE CAR SEEMED TO RESIST THE REVERSE PROCEDURE. AFTER EXITING THE CAR AND CONTINUING TO RECEIVE CONTINUING RESISTANCE TO REVERSE OR IN DRIVE I EXITED THE CAR. I COULD SEE NO PROBLEM WITH OBSTACLES. MY NEIGHBOR, WHO WAS WALKING HER DOG, SAID THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE NOT TURNING. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO GO FORWARD BUT COULD NOT. THEREFORE, I FORCED THE CAR BACK INTO THE GARAGE WITH THE REAR WHEELS SCREECHING AT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE GARAGE. THIS IS WHERE THE CAR IS AT PRESENT. IN THE GARAGE SUNDAY MORNING 1/20/02.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755499December 10, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELT BUCKLE TWISTS TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF BELT. CAUSES BELT TO BE TWISTED WHEN ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896158September 10, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER'S SHOULDER BELT WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894397August 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS MOTOR PACK FAILED, CAUSING ABS FAILURE TO THE . VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS. OWNER HAVE PART AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893862August 8, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING THIRTY-FIVE TO FOURTY-FIVE MPH ON DRY HOT ROAD CONDITIONS CONSUMER'S DRIVER SIDE ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT GENREAL, AMERI-XG45 TIRE SIZE P205/70R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND CONSUMER WAS DENIED ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889166May 25, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON DASHBOARD. CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE, AND DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT 5TH FUEL INJECTOR WAS DEFECTIVE, AND A SPARK PLUG WAS INOPERATIVE. ON SECOND OCCURRENCE, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, ENGINE STARTED MISFIRING, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE POWER STEERING CAPABILITIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND FOUND 4TH FUEL INJECTOR TO BE DEFECTIVE. HAD TO CHANGE OIL BECAUSE FUEL LEAKED INTO T CRANK CASE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889167May 25, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
LEFT REAR RETRACTOR ON THE SEATBELT KEPT GETTING STUCK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED*AK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888703May 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS HORN FAILS TO FUNCTION ON A RANDOM BASIS. HORN WORKS WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT THE HORN FAILS SOMETIMES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887264May 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT IS COMING ON AND STAYING ON. OPERATION OF BRAKES IS NOT AFFECTED. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTIC STATES THAT THE EBCM COMPUTER CHIP HAD STOPPED OPERATING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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