1998 BUICK CENTURY Complaints

ABS MOTOR PACK FAILED, CAUSING ABS FAILURE TO THE . VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS. OWNER HAVE PART AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS.*AK *SLC

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

LEFT REAR RETRACTOR ON THE SEATBELT KEPT GETTING STUCK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED*AK.

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

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

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

INITITIALLY THE PROBLEM WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, ALONG WITH CLUTCHES THAT WERE BURNED UP. I PICKED THE CAR UP AND DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND AT 30 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR TO THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, BRACEY'S AUTO REPAIR WHO DOES THE WORK FOR R.E. DAVIS AND MR. BRACEY CHECKED THE PRESSURE ON THE MODULATOR AND REPLACED THE MODULATOR. HE THEN DID A TEST WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PRESSURE WASN'T WHERE IT SHOULD BE. HE KEPT THE CAR ANOTHER DAY BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO MAYBE REPLACE A PISTON. WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP HE DISCOVERED A PIN HOLE IN THE DRUM THAT WAS FROM A POOR WELD DURING ASSEMBLY. MR. BRACEY GAVE ME THE PART WITH THE POOR WELD AND IS WRITING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM FOR ME.*AK

CONSUMER HAD ON/OFF SWITCH INSTALLED BY AIRBAG SYSTEM OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AIRBAG INDICTOR LIGHT ON DASH STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES, EVEN WITH SWITCH TURNED ON OR OFF. A RECALL WAS ISSUED 00E01000, BUT MANUFACTUER WILL NOT REPLACE SWITCH, AND DENIED DEFECT. SWITCH WAS INSTALLED ON 1998, BUICK, CENTURY.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE COMPANY TO START THE ENGINE 200 TIMES AND THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF, BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN. *YH

RIGHT FRONT CONTINENTAL SPORT CONTAC TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION AT 45 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P205/70R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. *AK THE OTHER 3 TIRED WERE CUPPING. *SLC

I AM UNCLEAR WHETHER I SHOULD ONLY REPORT "SAFETY" PROBLEMS TO YOU, AND AM NOT SURE THIS WOULD BE SUCH A PROBLEM. THE DESIGN OF THIS VEHICLE IS SUCH THAT THERE IS A BLACK PLASTIC PART WHICH HANGS DOWN BELOW THE FRONT BUMPER (LOOKS LIKE A MUD FLAP BUT IT IS STIFF). A BUICK DEALER REPAIR FACILITY TOLD ME THIS FLAP IS FOR ADEQUATE AIR FLOW TO THE ENGINE. THE FLAP IS SO LOW THAT NORMAL DRIVING (HITTING THE SMALLEST BUMPS IN THE ROAD, GOING UP OR DOWN DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES OR ANY UNEVEN SURFACE CAUSES THE FLAP TO SCAPE ON THE PAVEMENT MAKING A LOUD GRIDING SOUND. IT IS ANNOYING TO SAY THE LEAST, AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT WERE TO HIT AT HIGH SPEED. WOULD IT JUST CRACK OFF? BE DRIVEN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT? I BELIEVE THIS IS A POOR (IF NOT UNSAFE) DESIGN AND THAT A REMEDY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. A DAY DOES NOT GO BY WHERE IT DOES NOT SCRAPE. IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN RELATE TO GM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY. THANK YOU.