Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Buick Century submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
FIRST CRASH---VEHICLE ACELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WITH FOOT ON BRAKE / SECOND CRASH---VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE EXTREMELEY FAST WITH GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION UPON TURNING KEY IN IGNITION. *AK
ENGINE PULLEY/ EXHAUST SYSTEM/ABS BRAKES AND CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. UNDER 34,000 MILES. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN CONSUMER NEEDED; CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED OFF IGNITION SWITCH WHICH CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGE. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HIGH ACCELERATION WHEN CONSUMER ENGAGED SPEED CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMRED CONSUMER THAT A ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE WAS IN THE MULTIPLE FUNCTION LEVER. *AK
PUT GEAR SELECTOR INTO DRIVE AND VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AT GREAT SPEED NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK CONSUMER STATESTIRED TO BRAKE AND TIRES WERE SQREACHING AND SQUEALING, CONSUMER TRIED STOPPING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN CASE IT WAS STUCK, NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK, THEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL THAT DID NOT WORK AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND REMOVED THE KEYS, CONSUMER THEN HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THAT DID NOT WORK , THEN FINALLY CONSUMER HAD LAST STEERING AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND CAR FINALLY STOPPED ONE FOOT FROM A BRICK BUILDING, DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG BUT HTEY DID REPLACE THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR.*JB
SERPENTINE BELT FAILED.
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
VEHICLE SURGED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DH
FRONT BRAKES COMPLETELY REPLACED. *DH
WHEN IGNITION IS TURNED ON THE AUTO RACES AND DOES NOT STOP UNTIL IT IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. TT *JB
TURNED ON IGNITION, ENGINE ROARED AS SLIGHTLY APPLIED ACCELERATOR; ENGINE WENT INTO HIGH SPEED; LURCHED FORWARD WITH BRAKES APPLIED; VEHICLE HIT GARAGE. TT
AFTER SERVICE OF RECALL VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. WENT UP ENBANKMENT ROLLING OVER. 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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