Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. 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. 8 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
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. *LA THE CONSUMER OWN A 1991 BUICK CENTURY AND HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE WITH HIS VEHICLE AS HE DID WITH HIS FATHER'S VEHICLE (1994 BUICK CENTURY) AS STATED IN THE RECALL. *PH
VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. THE WIRES FROM THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL SENSORY BURNED AND MELTED. ELECTRICAL SHORT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. *AK
BATTERY FAILED CAUSING, POWER WINDOWS/DOOR LOCKS TO FAIL, TRAPPING OWNER IN VEHICLE.
SERPENTINE BELT FAILED.
ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE ODOR COMING FROM VENT, SUDDENLY DASH CAUGHT FIRE, DUE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING SHORT IN DASH. *AK VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MANY ELECTRICAL RELATED PROBLEMS, BATTERY FAILED, BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OFF EVEN AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DEALER FOUND AN OPEN CIRCUIT STOP AT LAMP SWITCH, WINDSHIELD WIPER FUSE BLEW MANY TIMES EVEN AFTER DEALER REPLACED TERMINALS AT FUSE PANEL, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE STALLED, DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR, DEALER FOUND A SHORT IN THE COLUMN HARNESS. WHENEVER IT RAINED, FLOORBOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE WOULD GET SOAKED, DEALER RESEALED WINDHSIELD. AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT BLOWING COLD AIR, DEALER FOUND A LOOSE FITTING AT THE CONDENSOR. *SLC
DESIGN OF HORN BUTTON CAUSES DIFFICULTY ACCESSING IN EMERGENCY SITUATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
VEHICLE WILL STALL BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH, WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN. DICKENSON BUICK, DODGE HAD TWICE FOR (2) WEEK PERIOD STILL UNABLE TO RECREATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. 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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