Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 22 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Buick Century. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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STEERING LOCKED AT SLIGHT LEFT TURN COMING OUT OF CURVE AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO STEER LEFT ACROSS CENTER AND OFF ROAD INTO TREES AT 55 MPH. MY SON WAS INJURED, THE CAR TOTALLED.
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HESITATION AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK THE OXYGEN SENSOR, THE SOLENOID AND FUEL FILTER WERE REPLACED AS POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR STALLING TO THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *YH
VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A CHEVROLET TAHOE. COLLISION WAS PARTIALLY INVESTIGATED BY CHP CENTRAL DIVISION MAIT. FORCES PLACED ON BELT DURING ROTATION SEPARATED THE WEBBING. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT CENTRAL DIVISION MAIT, CASE: CL-031-00, PHONE: (559)277-7250
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
REQUESTING INFORMATION REGARDING PROBLEMS.
FRONT AND REAR SPRING FAILED. MJS
THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, CAUSING SMOKE INHALATION AND BURNS TO THE OCCUPANT. (2ND VEHICLE ON #517357)
CONSUMER STATES THAT PLASTIC COVER THAT HOOKS AROUND THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERABLE. *AK
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD
THE REAR DISC BRAKES ARE RUSTED AND THEY DO NOT HOLD WHEN APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BRAKE WILL LOCK UP ON SLICK SURFACES OR WHEN THE BRAKES ARE WET. TT
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT MOVED FORWARD IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *SD
VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO SHORT IN WIRING HARNESS. *AK
STEERING LOCKED UP PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD
SEAT BELTS FAILED. *SD
RACK AND PINION STEERING LOCKS UP, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. *AK
STEERING RACK AND PINION LOCKS UP. *SD
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE WHICH IS CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM. TT
'COLD POWER STEERING'. *SD
PASSENGERS AIR VENT DAMPER FAILED.
CONTINUOUS INTERMITTENT STALLING AFTER MANY REPAIRS. (OTHER VEHICLE ON 489266) *SKD
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY IN TRAFFIC. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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