2003 BUICK CENTURY Complaints

MY 2003 BUICK CENTURY STARTED RUNNING BAD SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE BOLTS HOLDING DOWN THE ROCKER ARMS HAD STRIPPED OUT OF THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND GM WOULD ONLY AGREE TO PAY FOR PARTS, I HAD TO PAY $1276.46 FOR LABOR. TO ME THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE PARTS AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR ANYTHING.

AFTER BEING DRIVEN AND THEN PARKED TRUCK LID POPPED OPEN ONCE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED WATER RUNNING FROM THE DOOR FRAME AFTER OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WOULD BE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. AFTER THE BRAKES WARMED UP, THE NOISE DISAPPEARED. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE FOUR TIMES, BUT COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER REPORTED THE PROBLEM EACH TIME HE HAD GONE TO THE DEALER. THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALER SPRAYED THE BRAKE SHOES BUT THIS DID NOTHING. THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DEALER REPLACED THE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

VEHICLE CREEP FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE ROADWAY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. *PH THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CONDITION REQUIRED THE DRIVER TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT THE VEHICLE'S STEERING. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE BUT CONSIDERED THE CONDITION NORMAL. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE FRONT/ LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, UPON IMPACT NONEOF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.*JB

UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING SOUND. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED OWNER THAT THIS WAS THE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL THE PADS ARE MADE OF, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CONSUMER RECEIVED A LOANER 2003 CENTURY AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED PRIOR TO THE CONSUMER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *PH *NLM

THE WAY THE DASHBOARD IS DESIGNED IT GIVES OFF A REFLECTION OF ITSELF ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE REFLECTION IS MORE APPARENT IN THE SUNLIGHT. THIS RESULTS IN POOR VISIBILITY. MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT CONSUMER COVER THE DASHBOARD. BUT, ACCORDING TO OWNER'S MANUAL, SENSORS ON THE DASHBOARD SHOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE CORRECT MODEL YEAR IS 2004, NOT IN ARTEMIS. *AK

THE ALTERNATOR PRODUCED A LOUD HUMMING SOUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR THREE TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK *JB