1995 Buick Century

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AFTER 8000 MILES. DEALER SAYS NOT RESPONSIBLE. *AK

• 12/18/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, DRIVER DID NOT PUMP BRAKES, NO ACCIDENTS AS YET; VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION; HAS NOT BEEN CHECED BY DEALER; INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/15/1997· STEERING

  STEERING COLUMN RESTRAINING BRACKET NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED.

• 12/07/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/07/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, MINOR INJURIES INVOLVED. TRIED TO REACH MANUFACTURER. *AK.ET.

• 12/04/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  IN THE LAST (6) MONTHS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE GOING OFF. *AK

• 12/03/2002· STRUCTURE

  VIBRATION OF VEHICLE FELT WHILE DRIVING.

• 11/30/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE MANIFOLD. WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD OF NOISE AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/15/2004· SEAT BELTS

  HEAT IS CAUSING THE PLASTIC SEAT BELT LATCH COVER TO DETERIORATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/12/1997· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOW FAILED.

• 11/06/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED THE ENGINE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND SPARK PLUGS WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 11/05/2003· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *SCC *JB

• 11/03/1998· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE MOVES AND ROLLS DOWN THE HILL AFTER GEAR WAS PUT INTO PARKED POSITION. *AK

• 11/01/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FOOT ON BRAKE, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, CAR SUDDENLY TOOK OFF AT A FAST PACE. ENDED UP HITTING A VAN ON THE RIGHT BUMPER. *BF THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE CURB AND CROSSED THE SIDEWALK CROSSING 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC ENDING UP ON THE GROUNDS OF A BUILDING. *TC

• 11/01/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  THE DRUMS ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSIO FAILURE. NLM

• 10/28/2019· AIR BAGS

  1995 BUICK CENTURY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO AIRBAG SAFETY, THE AIRBAG CAN BE SEEN THROUGH VINYL COVER. *AS *JS

• 10/24/2020· TIRES,UNKNOWN OR OTHERCrash

  WATCHED ALOT OF CAR RACES ON TV AND NASCAR RACES ARE ONE OF THOSE RACES WHERE DRIVERS DO CAR ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE SO THEY DONT LSE A RACE AND PEOPLE OUT THERE DO THE SAME ON REGULAR ROADS.YOU CANT STOP THESE HUMANS OR ROBOTS FROM DOING THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME THEY ARE LIKE SUICIDE THREATS LIKE A KAMAKAZI PILOT FROM JAPAN.SO THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET CHECKED FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO SEE IF THEY ARE A PERSON WHO IS A KAMAKAZI OR A PERSON WHO IS NOT SCARED TO CAUSE A CAR ACCIDENT ON PURPOSE THESE PEOPLE CAN LOOKLIKE ANY TYPE OF PERSON TALL SHORT MALE FEMALE.THERE COULD BE BEINGS OUT THERE WHO CAUSE CAR ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BY LAW GIVEN TO THEM BY A STATE A GOVERNMENT ETC. BUT WANT THE DEVIL WORSHIPERS TO STOP DOING CAR ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT SO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IS ANYONE WHO IS RELATED TO THE DEVIL AND IS CAUSING ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE AT PLACES LIKE NASCAR OR ANY OTHER PLACE LIKE IN THE NBA NFL NHL WHERE THEY CRIPPLE A GOOD PLAYER ON PURPOSE SO THE TEAM LOSES THERE ARE RULES TO TAKING CARE OF A STEP CHILD WHAT YOU CANT DO TO THEM THE DEVIL WORSHIPERS ARE KNOWN TO MAKE AGREEMENTS AND SIGN CONTRACTS SAYING THEY WONT DO SOMETHINGS LIKE MAKE A 5 YEAR OLD BOY BLIND OR TRY TO AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE SOMETHING PRICELESS WORTH MORE THEN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THEY WILL TRY AND MAYBE ONE THING THAT BEINGS DID WAS TAKE THE DEVIL WORSHIPERS TO COURT AND HOLD THEM IN A FACILITY AND MAKE THEM DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT THE AGREEMENTS ARE SO PEOPLE WHO DRIVE SHOULD SIGN PAPERS WITH AGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY CANT CAUSE CAR ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE AND IF THAT AGREEMENT IS BROKEN YOU GUYS HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT OR THEY WONT LISTEN LIKE WHAT DOES THE DEVIL HAVE THAT YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM HIM TO MAKE HIM DO WHAT HE THEY AGREED ON TO MAKE THIS PAPER AGREEMENT THERE SHOULD BE A REASON WHY DEVIL WORSHIPERS CANT DO ANY MORE ACCIDENTS ON PURPOSE IN SPORTS CARS AND THEY HAVE PILOTS AR

• 10/20/1999· POWER TRAIN

  I HAVE HAD TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN MY BUICK IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. FIRST THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, NOW AT 90,000 MILES THE PUMP ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 10/19/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  INSIDE LIGHTING FAILED. *TT

• 10/13/1999· POWER TRAIN

  SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER:RCL/95C08--WAS NEVER TOLD-PAID $1964.18 TO FIX

• 10/04/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,POWER TRAIN

  HUB AND SENSOR IN THE RIGHT FRONT BEARING FAILED CAUSING ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. MJS

• 10/02/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHENEVER DRIVING OR WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE WOULD STALL CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT INDICATE EXACT CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

• 09/30/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT ANY SPEED THE ENGINE GOES DEAD. WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AFTER STOPPING, IN THE PARKING GEAR, THE VEHICLE STARTS UP AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED ON 9/9/ 97, AND THE BATTERY A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT BY DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE CUTTING OFF. *AK

• 09/30/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO DIE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

• 09/23/1996· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR DURING OPERATION OVER 60 MPH. PCM MODULE WAS REPLACED ON 7-17-96. IT DOWNSHIFTS FROM (D) TO (3RD) GEAR.*AK

• 09/19/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT JUST SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, AND AFTER (1) MINUTE THE VEHICLE STARTS UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY TIME AND ANY SPEED. DEALER CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *AK

• 09/18/1996· SUSPENSION

  DURING VEHICLE OPERATION AT SPEEDS OVER 65 MPH, A SHIMMY OR VIBRATION IS EXPERIENCED.*AK

• 09/15/2003· TIRES

  THE TIRE WENT FLAT AFTER IT DEVELOPED A DEEP CRACK. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. *PH *JB

• 09/09/1995· STEERING

  WHEN DRIVING AND HIT THE WATER THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT . TT *JB

• 09/03/1999· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACK THE WINDSHIELD. DRIVE RSUSTAINED INJURIES. ALSO, AIRBAG DID DEPLOY, BUT DID NOT PROTECT THE DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

• 09/02/1999· INTERIOR LIGHTING

  WITH ALL DOORS CLOSED THE DOME LIGHT AND UNDERNEATH DASH LIGHT WILL STAY ON, WILL NOT TURN OFF, CAUSING BATTERY TO DRAIN. *AK

• 08/26/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  STEERING/BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

• 08/21/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES GRAB/JERK SEVERELY WHEN APPLIED. PEDAL SEEMED NORMAL, COULD CAUSE CRASH. ACCORDING TO DEALER, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE WORKING NORMALLY. *AK

• 08/20/1998· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE ENTIRE ROOF RACK DISENGAGED FROM THE ROOF ONTO THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 08/19/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WOULDN'T RELEASE WHEN PRESSED THE BUTTON TO RETURN THE CAR BACK TO THE REGULAR SPEED. *AK THE BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. ALL FOUR BRAKES AND PADS WERE BURED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY STOPPED. *YH

• 08/18/2000· POWER TRAIN

  PER NHTSA ITEM NUMBER SB037602 THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF 2ND TRANSMISSION GEAR FROM IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED CLUTCH REACTION PLATES. PER THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER THE RECALL AFFECTED ABOUT 5,000 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BEFORE MINE AND STATES THAT GM WILL NOT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ON MY VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HOWEVER IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE RECALL PROBLEM HAD NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED IN MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I AM EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED VEHICLES: MAINLY LOSS OF 2ND GEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THE RECALL WAS EXPANDED TO ADDITIONAL 1995 BUICK CENTURY CARS OR IF THE MANUFACTURER CAN BE COMPELLED TO ADDRESS MY VEHICLE'S PROBLEM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUED ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER!!!

• 08/17/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

• 08/17/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH, STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

• 08/17/1995· EQUIPMENT

  A/C FAILED TWICE IN 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE. *AK

• 08/15/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCING COUTINUED ENGINE STALLING REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY FUEL SYSTEM UNITS AND COMPUTER CHIP DID NOT RECTIFY STALLING.

• 08/14/2002· SUSPENSION

  WHEN VEHICLE REACHES SPEEDS OF 60 OR GREATER FRONT END VIBRATES. DEALER CAN'T FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *JB

• 08/13/1997· POWER TRAIN

  PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVER CHANGED GEARS FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND THEN A PING NOISE CAME FROM BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL AND GEAR STICK IS LOOSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 08/12/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS

  HORN BLEW CONSTANTLY, FUSE WAS REMOVED AND CAR BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIR TO STEVENS CREEK BUICK. THEIR COMMENT WAS THAT THE HORN AND AIR BAG WERE WARPED BY HEAT, I PRESUME NORMAL AMBIENT HEAT AS CAR WAS NEVER ON FIRE, THE AIR BAG REPLACEMENT WAS THE RESPONSE. IF T HE AIR BAG IS DESTROYED BY HEAT OF SUN THEN ALL THESE CARS, BUICKS LARGE, IMPALAS, OLDS,MOBILES AND CADILLACS ALL HAVE THE SAME DRIVER PROTECTION OR LACK OF AFTER HOW LONG.*AK

• 08/09/1995· VISIBILITY

  FRONT/REAR WINDOWS ARE TOO SLANTED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *SKD

• 08/07/2000· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER REQUEST AIRBAG TO BE TEMPERARILY DISCONNECT UNTIL RECALL REPAIR CAN BE COMPLETED, RECALL REPAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME OOV171.*ET

• 08/02/2010· TIRES

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 BUICK CENTURY WITH SIGMA SHADOW TIRES, SIZE 195/75/R14. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION SEVEN TIMES WITH THE TIRES. EACH TIME HE EXPEREINCED THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT WOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE SPECIALIST AND THE TIRE WOULD BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

• 07/30/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AND LOCK UP IN SECOND GEAR. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 07/30/1997· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS VERY FRAGILE, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE STRANDED/POOR VISIBILITY.

• 07/29/2002· AIR BAGS

  THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE MALFUNCTION OF THE DRIVER?S AIR BAG, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE VEHICLE'S DEALERSHIP IN MEXICO. THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER TO ARRANGE THE RECALL SERVICE WITH ANOTHER DEALER IN MEXICO. *YH

• 07/26/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED REPLACEMENTS OF BRAKES. BRAKES CONTINUED TO WEAR OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, BUT PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK