Buick Century Complaints (1999)

235 consumer complaints on file.

#10129974August 24, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1999 BUICK CENTURY. HE STATES THAT SIX MONTHS AFTER HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS THERE THEY MAINTENANCE THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE GAS FILLER PIPE HAD DETERIORATED AND THE COOLING SYSTEM INTAKE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 50,000 MILES. BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS HAD BLOWN OUT AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED ALSO. WYOMING VALLEY MOTORS PO BOX 1308 KINGSTON, PA 18704-0308. HE HAS SPOKEN WITH GM THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD GET BACK WITH HIM IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEY DID NOT CONTACT HIM BACK. HE IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER 4:30. THEY TOLD HIM THE GAS FILLER PIPE WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE. HE SEEN A ARTICLE THAT SAID THEY HAD BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH YEAR FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM. THEY ALSO SAID THE BUSHINGS WAS NORMAL WEAR ON A CAR ALSO. HE DID GO ONTO CARFAX AND IT DID NOT INDICATE ANY TIME OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126444July 22, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT: THE VEHICLES BRAKES WENT OUT JUST AFTER GETTING THE TIRES ROTATED. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT REPAIRED THE BRAKES, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES AND HEADLIGHTS. THE CONSUMER DIDNT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T DO WORK THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO DO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125543June 16, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I OWN (BOUGHT USED) A 1999 BUICK CENTURY, AT 27,000 MILES MY DRIVERS WINDOWS REGULATOR/MOTOR WENT OUT. AT 30,000 I HIT A LITTLE BUMP WHILE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AND FELL DOWN, OF COURSE I SAW IT AND SWERVED A BIT, BUT FORTUNATELY NOT TOO MUCH. MY MOTHER OWNS A 2000 BUICK CENTURY, AT 20,000 HER DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW BROKE....I AM JUST WAITING FOR A FEW MORE MILES AND THEN HER PASSENGER SIDE WILL GO. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO MAKE THESE PARTS BETTER. I DO BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, DUE TO THE GENERAL REACTION OF SOMETHING HAPPENING LIKE THAT WHILE A PERSON IS DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125394June 15, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: 1999 BUICK CENTURY LIMITED, WHEN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THE AIR BAGS ON BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10124280June 6, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
1999 BUICK CENTURY. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE POWER WINDOWS 6 DIFFERENT TIMES ON 2 WINDOWS. LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW MOTOR TWICE. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE RIGHT REAR POWER WINDOW MOTOR TWICE PLUS THE REGULATOR. THE RIGHT REAR POWER WINDOW HAS GONE AGAIN AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME. I HAVE TIRE PLUS DO THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW AND THE DEALER WORKING ON THE RIGHT REAR. THE DEALER STATES THERE IS ONLY A 12,000 OR ONE YEAR WARRANTY SO I HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THESE REPAIRS EVERY ONE TO TWO YEARS. ONE MECHANIC SAID THE PART WAS RUSTING. THAT INDICATES WATER BUT WHY CAN'T THEY FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE WATER CAUSING THEM TO RUST RATHER THAN ME PAYING $300 EACH TIME WHEN THE MOTOR FINALLY RUSTS OUT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117639April 8, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE TENDS TO HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE ON THE ROAD. THIS OCCURS WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111274March 8, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK THE ENGINE LOCKED UP DUE TO LOSS OF COOLANT. THE WATER PUMP STARTED LEAKING AT THE SHAFT SEAL WITH LESS THAN 43000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. A DIRTY, OILY SUBSTANCE WAS NOTICED IN THE RADIATOR NECK. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110117February 8, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COOLANT IN OIL - HEAD GASKET FAILURE -*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104973December 16, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIMMER THAN BEFORE THE REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103051December 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CAR STARTED TO LEAK ANTI-FREEZE VERY SLOWLY. HAS THE DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE. I CHECKED THE RADIATOR TO SEE IF IT WAS LOW, AND THE RADIATOR LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD LOTS OF RUST IN IT. SO I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, AND THEY FOUND THE LEAK AND PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN GM VEHICLES AROUND THIS MODEL YEAR WITH THE 3.1 LITER ENGINE, THAT A MANIFOLD GASKET WOULD START TO LEAK, AND YOU EITHER GOT ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE OIL, OR AS IN MY CASE, THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE GOT INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM, HENCE INTO THE RADIATOR AND TURNED IT INTO "GUNK". THE PRICE TAG TO DO THE WORK WAS AROUND $700. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL THE BUICK DEALER IN TOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE TO FIX IT. I FOUND IT IRONIC THAT THE GENTLEMAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, SAID THEY THE PARTS ON HAND TO FIX IT AND QUOTED ME THE EXACT PRICE WITHOUT EVEN TAKING A BREATH. SEEMS THIS IS A RATHER COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE ENGINES. WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND THAT PERHAPS GM/THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE PICKING UP THE BILL FOR THIS FIX. THE SERVICE MAN AT THE FIRESTONE STORE SAID THE SAME THING, THAT THIS IS GETTING TO BE PRETTY COMMON WITH THESE CARS AND COULD RECITE THE NECESSARY WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIX IT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP PRESENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE HEAD GASKET AND MANIFOLD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH CONSTITUTES TEARING HALF THE ENGINE APART. ALSO THE OIL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET ANY COOLANT OUT OF THE ENGINE, AND OF COURSE THE RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED, CLEANED AND REFILLED. NO OLD PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ARE GASKETS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107399December 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1999 BUICK CENTURY DEVELOPED A ROUGH IDLE RIGHT AFTER START UP. THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. *BF NAR *JLS THE PROBLEM RESTRICTED THE FUEL INJECTORS. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND AFTER SOME DRIVING, IT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND RUN OKAY UNTIL THE NEXT COLD START CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103282December 7, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS WERE REPAIRED. CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098712November 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DRIVING DOWN ROAD ONE DAY WHEN CAR OVERHEATED. ONE MECHANIC REPLACED THERMOSTAT BUT CONTINUED TO DO SAME. TOOK TO ANOTHER FACILITY WHO RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE R & R INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. CAR IS A 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH ONLY 46,191 MILES. HAVE BEEN TOLD THE COST TO FIX PROBLEM IS APPROX. $700. WITH ALL OF THE OTHER IDENTICAL PROBLEMS OF OTHER OWNERS WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE WITH THIS PROBLEM? CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR GM'S DEFECTIVE PARTS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE DESIGN. HAD A BUICK REGAL BEFORE THIS AND IT IS STILL RUNNING WITH OVER 195,000 MILES. NO ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098196November 3, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH
AFTER HAVING THE LOW BEAM RECALL DONE THE LOW BEAMS ARE EVEN WORSE THEN WHEN I STARTED. THE RECALL BULBS ARE LESS AFFECTIVE THEN THE ORIGIONALS WITCH ARE NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT. HI BEAMS ARE NOT AFFECTED. I WILL BE REPLACING WITH AFTER MARKET TYPE BULBS ON MY OWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096140October 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
SERVICE VEHICLE, ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT AT FIRST BUT NOW IS STEADY. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS BROKEN WIRE UNDER HOOD. THEY HAVE FOUND MANY WITH SAME PROBLEM. A WIRE HARNESS IS TO SHORT AND THE WIRE EVENTUALLY FAILS. ABS DOES NOT WORK DURING THIS FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093513October 3, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW. HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC WINDOWS NOT OPERATING. IN JUNE, DRIVERS WINDOW FELL DOWN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. MECHANIC REPLACED ENTIRE WINDOW MECHANISM. THREE WEEKS LATER LEFT REAR WINDOW BEGIN TO FALL WHILE DRIVING. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANIC TAPED WINDOW UP AND HE SAID THIS HAD BEEN A PROBLEM BUT THOUGHT IT WAS WITH ALL MAKES/MODELS NOT JUST BUICK. THE ORIGINAL REPAIR ON FRONT WINDOW WAS $440. TO REPAIR REAR WINDOW WOULD BE THE SAME. MY HUSBAND HAS DISCONNECTED SWITCH AND TEMPORARY FIXED WINDOW UP. NOW THE REMAINING TWO WINDOWS SELDOM OPERATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094727September 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WHEN THE CONSUMER USES THE HORN THE HORN STICKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087792September 14, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING DURING NIGHT HOURS, IT WAS HARD DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE BECAUSE THE HEAD LIGHT LENS COVERS WERE NOT CLEAR. DETERMINED. *JB THE HEADLIGHTS HAD MOISTURE INSIDE THEM. ONCE THE MOISTURE EVAPORATED THE HEADLAMPS DID NOT ILLUMINATE PROPERLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089496August 23, 2004
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR MORE ROOM. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089713August 20, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
POWER STEERING FAILURE REGARDING 1999 BUICK CENTURY. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 1997-1998 BUICK(S) AND FELT THAT SHE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH HER VEHICLE. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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