2000 BUICK CENTURY Complaints

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK NOW WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS PUT INTO ANY GEAR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED THEN RECONNECTED MILES STARTED MOVING ON THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. *NM

TRANSMISSION JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY - SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY PROMINENT AFTER USING THE OVERDRIVE; WILL STOP IF CAR IS STOPPED, ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR AWHILE, AND THEN RESTARTED. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE ON 2000 BUICK CENTURY. *MR THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED. *NM

TWO HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM HOME I STARTED HAVING TANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON MY 2000 BUICK CENTURY, LIMITED EDITION, WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT. BROUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND MAINTAINED IT RELIGIOUSLY. SHIFTING WAS EXTREMELY HARSH. DID OK GOING 55 - 65 MILES AN HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. NON FREEWAY DRIVING IT WENT BACK TO HARSH SHIFTING, WHINING ENGINE, SLOW ACCELERATION. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER NEXT AM. WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THAT PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $750. AFTER TALKING WITH THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER, THEY AGREED TO A 50-50 SPLIT. HOWEVER, I FEEL GM IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE. THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS TWO YEARS AGO. FORTUNATELY, I WASN'T STRANDED IN THE DESERT IN 100 DEGREES TEMPERATURE WITH MY YOUNG GRAND CHILDREN. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GM HAD ISSUED A BULLETIN REGARDING THIS DEFECTIVE PART. THE PCS SOLENOIDS WERE MADE OF A SOFTER METAL THAN THE HOLE THEY RIDE IN AFTER A WHILE THEY WEAR AND START HANGING UP. THE GM BULLETIN STATES, "SLIPS, HARSH SHIFT OR GRAGE SHIFTS, LAUNCH SHUDDERS, FLARES, ERRATIC SHIFTS AND INTERMITTENT CONCERNS, DTC P1811 OR PO748 SET (REPLACE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE ASSEMBLY) #00-07-30-002B-(02/19/2002)." *AK

MY 2000 CENTURY SPECIAL HAS 38,497 MILES ON IT. WE HAD TO SPEND $1718.42 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *AK

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A CLUNKING HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 45 MPH. TOOK CAR TO DEALER ON 4/5/04 AND SERVICE MANAGER WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH ME AND HE DEFINITELY FELT THE PROBLEM. WHEN TECH RAN COMPUTER CHECK HE SAID TWO CODES CAME BACK AND THAT THE FUEL SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY OR THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY. I HAD THE WORK DONE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND TO CALL IF IT DID NOT RESOLVE. I DROVE THE CAR THE NEXT DAY AND WAS STILL HAVING ORIGINAL PROBLEM. THEY SET UP APPT AGAIN TO HAVE A TECH GO WITH ME ON ANOTHER TEST DRIVE. THIS WAS ON 4/10/04. THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD THE SHOP FOREMAN GO WITH ME ON A TEST DRIVE AND HE ALSO FELT THE CLUNKING HESITATION AND SAID THEY WOULD RUN SOME MORE TESTS AND THAT IT MAY BE A SOLENOID RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. I PHONED THE DEALER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON 4/12/04 TO SEE IF THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM YET, AFTER BEING PUT ON HOLD AND THEN DISCONNECTED I CALLED BACK. THIS TIME I GOT SERVICE MANAGER'S VOICE MAIL AND LEFT A MESSAGE THAT I WAS STILL WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT MY CAR. NO ONE RETURNED MY CALL. ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON 4/13/04 I PHONED THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEN WAS CONNECTED TO SERVICE MANAGER WHO THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THEY FOUND A PROBLEM AND THAT THEY DROVE A FEW MORE BUICK CENTURY MODELS THAT THEY HAD ON THEIR LOT AND THAT THE CLUNKING NOISE WAS NORMAL FOR MY CAR BUT THAT IT WAS JUST MORE PRONOUNCED IN MY CAR. HE THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THEY FOUND A LEAKING MANIFOLD GASKET , BOTH UPPER ENGINE MOUNTS LOOSE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER ENGINE MOUNT LOOSE. MY 2000 BUCK CENTURY CUSTOM HAS ONLY 36,600 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 2003 FROM THE DEALER AND THE MILEAGE WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 31,000 WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.

I RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY ON MY 2000 BUICK CENTURY WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES. THE POWER STEERING WAS DRAGGING AND WAS HARD TO TURN AND I WAS LOSING FLUID.

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 59000 MILES AND 3 1/2 YEARS OF CAR LIFE. I HAVE NEVER REPLACED THIS ITEM ON ANY CAR I HAVE OWNED. PART COSTED $400.00. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW AND RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID FROZE UP. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY BECAUSE THE SNOW STAYED ON THE WINDOW AND BECAME DIRTY. WITHOUT WINDSHIELD WASHER THIS CREATED A PROBLEM. *AK

CLICK NO START CONDITION HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. WAITED A LITTLE WHILE AND TRIED STARTING VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT STARTED. CHECKED BATTERY,STARTER AND CHARGING SYSTEMS. *AK