Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 16, 1995LA
VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE POSITION, PUT INTO GEAR, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION IN REVERSE IMPACT 6:00 POSITION, HIT A PARKED VEHICLE, LOST CONTROL. TT
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1993 Buick Century complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1993 record →
Equipment › Mechanical › Carrier/Rack
Filed Feb 17, 1995MA
ROOF RACK SEPARATED FROM ROOF OF VEHICLE. *SKD
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Feb 15, 1995CO
ESTIMATED 25 MPN UPON FRONTAL IMPACT HIT ROCK AND ROCK SKID UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. TT
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jan 31, 1995NY
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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