1999 Buick Century complaints

CONSUMER 1999 CENTURY TURN SIGNAL AND PARK LIGHT BURNS THE BULB CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY CHANGE THE LIGHT. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE SOCKET OVERHEATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICED THE PIPE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK WAS COMING APART DUE TO CORROSION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 08/15/06. *JB

I NEVER KNEW SUCH A PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY CAR & NEVER INFORMED BY GM OR MY DEALER. NOW, I'VE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OF NEAR MISSES. NEVER BEEN TAKEN SO BADLY IN MY LIFE. I PAID 28,000 FOR A CAR WORTH BARELY 3K NOW, WHAT A JOKE! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A FAULTY CAM SHAFT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH 78,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED AND HAVE NO CURRENT WARRANTY. RECENTLY, THE LOW COOLANT DASH LIGHT BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE, WHICH PROMPTED ME TO CHECK THEE COOLANT LEVEL AND SEARCH THE UNDERNEATH OF MY VEHICLE. THE COOLANT LEVEL WAS NOT LOW; HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT ON THE GROUND. I DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND IDENTIFIED THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GM VEHICLE OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE COOLANT SYSTEMS IN THEIR GM VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. GM CLAIMS THAT THE DEX COOL COOLANT, WHICH IS REQUIRED IN THEIR VEHICLES, LASTS FOR 150,000 MILES OF VEHICLE USE WITHOUT NEEDING TO BE CHANGED. HOWEVER, MY INTERNET RESEARCH OF OTHERS'' COMPLAINTS, AND THE SERVICE REPAIRMAN AT MY LOCAL GARAGE, CONFIRMED THAT THE DEX COOL COOLANT THROUGH THE LOWER GASKET AT APPROXIMATELY 70-80,000 MILES, REQUIRING A NEW LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND A COOLANT FLUSH, AS WELL AS A NECESSARY OIL CHANGE BECAUSE THE COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE OIL DUE TO THE FAULTY GASKETS (AND IN TURN CAUSES DECREASED LUBRICATION IN THE ENGINE AND RUINS THE BEARINGS WHICH IS ALSO A COSTLY PROBLEM.) AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE REPAIRED FOR $900, I AM TOLD BY MY SERVICE REPAIRMAN THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AGAIN IN ANOTHER 70-80,000 MILES, SHOULD I OWN THE VEHICLE FOR THAT LONG. THERE ARE SEVERAL PETITIONS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS FAULTY EQUIPMENT, ADVOCATING

FAILURE OF COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. VEHICLE IS 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH ONLY 41000 ORIGINAL MILES. ENGINE OIL LEAKED INTO COOLING RADIATOR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEAD LIGHT AIMING DEVICE ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 99V356000, REGARDING THE HEADLIGHTS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL, IT IS STILL HAVING THE TYPE OF PROBLEMS AS BEFORE THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES CONCERNING THE HEADLIGHT AIMING DEVICES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE VEHICLE STRUCK A DEER AT 60 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER WERE WEARING T SEAT BELTS, THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE SEAT BELT STRAPS. THERE WAS NO PRE BRAKING INVOLVED. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAGS. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. SINCE THE CRASH INVOLVED A DEER NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TURNING A CORNER HE HEARS A CLANKING NOISE. THE DEALER TOLD HIM IT WAS A CRACKED FRONT STABILIZER BAR. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INFORMED HIM OF SOME CORROSION ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

INTAKE GASKET FAILED ON 3.1 ENGINE IN A 1999 BUICK CENTURY. THIS ENGINE HAS LESS THAN 55,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. IT APPEARS AS IF THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE MANUFACTURER DENIES THAT THERE WAS FAULTY WORKMANSHIP INVOLVED. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR $700.00 ALSO SAME CAR WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES THE BOLT HOLDING THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER FELL OFF WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY DAUGHTER DRIVING (DRIVERS PERMIT) AND LOCKED UP THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DAMAGING THE RIM. COST OF REPAIR $350.00. *JB

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

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

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.

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

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?

VEHICLE TENDS TO HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE ON THE ROAD. THIS OCCURS WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON.*AK

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

COOLANT IN OIL - HEAD GASKET FAILURE -*AK

CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DIMMER THAN BEFORE THE REPAIRS. *AK

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 T

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

HEADLIGHTS WERE REPAIRED. CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. *AK

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

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

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.

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

WHEN THE CONSUMER USES THE HORN THE HORN STICKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

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

REAR SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR MORE ROOM. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. *AK

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

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS A SQUEAKING NOISE WAS PRODUCED. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. IT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS MORE GAS THAN WHAT WAS REALLY IN THE GAS TANK. *AK

CHILD DOOR ELECTRIC LOCK ROCK SWITCH BROKE RETAINER CLIPS. UNABLE TO LOCK OUT REAR DOORS. HIGH BEAM SWITCH CLICKER BROKEN. NOT ABLE TO KEEP HIGH BEAMS ON WITHOUT HOLDING FLASH LEVER UP. BODY TO TRUNK LID TAIL LIGHT WIRING HARNESS BROKEN WIRE.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 BUICK CENTURY , I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A RADIATOR FLUSH AND WAS ADVISED THAT I COULDN'T HAVE THIS JOB PERFORMED DUE TO A LEAK OR CRACK IN THE INTAKE GASKET. AT THIS TIME I WAS VERY SURPRISE TO SEE THE COMPLAINTS AND THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE. THIS SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE BY GENERAL MOTORS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED REPLACING. A RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK *NM

COOLING SYSTEM DEFECT IN 1999 BUICK CENTURY. COOLING SYSTEM IS BEING CONTAINMINATED BY BROWN SUBSTANCE IN SYSTEM, CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO OVERHEAT. REPORTED TO DEALER THREE TIMES. THEY HAVE A TSB OUT ON THIS, BUT NO CLUE ON WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. THEY HAVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES, FLUSHED THE SYSTEM, AND REPLACED THE RADIATOR CAP, BUT PROBLEM RECCURS. NOW IT IS GOING IN FOR THE FOUTH TIME. PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY, NOW THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT, YET HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THEY HAVE A TSB OUT ON THIS, WHY CAN'T THEY FIX THE PROBLEM ONCE AND FOREVER?*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULITIES TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. IN THE PROCESS SHE RAIN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE'S BRAKE EQUIPMENT DID NOT RESPOND WHEN DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL.*MR

LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON 1999 BUICK CENTURY, 77,000 MILES. *AK

INTAKE GASKET ON MY 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH 25,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER FAILED.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD COOLANT LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. *AK INTAKES MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED. GASKET NOW HAS A NEW PART NUMBER TO CORRECT THE DEFECT ON THE ORIGINAL COMPONENT, GM CLAIM #1-180791866. GM HAS RECALLED FOR COOLANT LEAK, BUT IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT MODEL. ALSO, LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING. MECHANIC REPLACED THE LOWER GASKET. *LA

DEFECT ON LR PROPORTIONING VALVE WAS FOUND AFTER REPAIR ON BRAKES. CONSUMER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR. (NAR) *LA *CB

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE YET THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ASSESSED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE IMPACTED AND THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE OWNER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. WHEN THE DRIVER MADE A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP. *AK *NM

VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN A LITTLE LOT IN OCTOBER 2002. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO MECHANIC SHOP SINCE WE WHERE OUT OF THE THREE YEAR WARRANTY BY ABOUT 6 MONTHS. UPON CHECKING THE CONTENTS OF THE RADIATOR, A BROWN SLUDGE WAS NOTED INSIDE. PER SERVICE BULLETIN # 00-06-02-004 THE MECHANIC FLUSHED THE SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE RADIATOR CAP. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE SAME SLUDGE WAS STARTING TO APPEAR IN THE RADIATOR. MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT WE BRING IT TO THE DEALER SINCE IT WAS PROBABLY A GASKET LEAK. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO CROWN BUICK. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A LEAKING LOWER GASKET AND THE AIR WAS GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM CAUSING THE SLUDGE. THEY CHANGED THE LOWER GASKET AND DUE TO THE SERVICE PERSON QUOTING US A WRONG PRICE ON THE COST F THE REPAIR THIS WAS COMPLETED FOR $ TWO WEEKS LATER, THE OIL PAN GASKET WAS DIAGNOSED AS LEAKING. THIS REPAIR COST $ IT AMAZED US THAT TWO WEEKS AFTER CROWN WORKED ON OUR VEHICLE THE OIL PAN GASKET STARTS TO LEAK. BOTH GASKETS LEAK AND CAUSE PROBLEM WITHIN 6 MONTH'S OF OUR YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRING EVEN THOUGH WE WERE UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. IT IS OBVIOUS INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP ON BUICK' S APART TO HAVE TWO GASKETS LEAK AND CAUSE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE OWNER OF THEIR PRODUCT. SINCE THIS WAS ALREADY EVIDENT DUE TO THE SERVICE BULLETIN BEING PUBLISHED, BUICK GEMS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THESE REPAIRS AS WARRANTY. COMPLAINTS FILED WITH BUICK GEMS AND NO COMPENSATION WAS OFFERED. *CB

BATTERY WENT DEAD IN CAR, 1999 IN BUICK CENTURY ON 11-10-03. BATTERY WAS REPLACED. DUAL AC IN VEHICLE THEN BLEW COLD ON PASSENGER SIDE BUT NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE. BROUGHT TO SHOP. COMPUTER WAS RESET SINCE VENTS WERE STICKING BUT PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED. PART REPLACED COST $646.07. PROBLEM NOTED IN TSB BULLETIN # 02-01-39-001. CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT COST THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AN ADDITIONAL $646.00 EACH TIME THE BATTERY DIES TO HAVE AC WORK PROPERLY. SINCE TSB BULLETIN LISTED THE PROBLEM ALREADY, GMC BUICK SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP. * CB

1999 BUICK CENTURY BEGAN USING DEX-COOL AND OVERHEATING. ALSO HEATER WOULD BLOW COLD INDICATING COOLANT WAS LOW. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS A LEAK IN UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS. WHEN ASKED WHY THIS HAPPENED THEY SAID THAT GM HAS HAD BAD BATCHES OF GASKETS AND THEY ARE HAVING TO REPLACE A LOT OF GASKETS, EVEN ON 2003 MODELS. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE CHARGING ME $403.66 TO REPAIR, SINCE IT IS HAPPENING SO MUCH. THEY SAID THAT GM CONSIDERS THIS GASKET PROBLEM A "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" ITEM JUST LIKE BELTS, OIL CHANGES, ECT! THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WHEN THE CAR ONLY HAS 34,780 MILES ON IT. *CB

LOOSING COOLANT. NO EXTERNAL LEAKS CAN BE FOUND. FROM THE INFORMATION I HAVE READ, WE PROBABLY HAVE AN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET PROBLEM.