Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Buick Century submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
FOOT ON BRAKE, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, CAR SUDDENLY TOOK OFF AT A FAST PACE. ENDED UP HITTING A VAN ON THE RIGHT BUMPER. *BF THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE CURB AND CROSSED THE SIDEWALK CROSSING 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC ENDING UP ON THE GROUNDS OF A BUILDING. *TC
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
I FEEL THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THE AUTO I HAVE HAD 5 OIL LEAKS AND I HAVE REPLACED ALL THE BREAKS AND CYLINDERS . I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS AUTO. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF BUICKS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.LORETTA WALLACE. *AK
THE DRUMS ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSIO FAILURE. NLM
HUB AND SENSOR IN THE RIGHT FRONT BEARING FAILED CAUSING ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. MJS
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH, STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING BRAKES, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED REPLACEMENTS OF BRAKES. BRAKES CONTINUED TO WEAR OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, BUT PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES IN LOW SPEED DRIVINGS (<=30MILES) DURING SUMMER AND DURING WINTER. ONE WINTER FAILURE BEFORE A RED LIGHT (SPEED <=25 MILES) CAUSED A HEAD TO TAIL COLLISION, WHICH COST MORE THAN $2,000 IN REPAIRS. FIRST, I FELT THE BRAKES WORKING WITH SOME SHARP NOISES AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY SOMETIMES. I SENT THE CAR TO A GM DEALER SERVICE STATION T O INSPECT. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THEN, SEVERAL DAYS LATER, WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED, I ALMOST HIT A POLICE CAR. THE SAME GM SERVICE STATION FOUND SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES THIS TIME AND MADE A REPAIR. FINALLY, LAST WINTER, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AND CAUSED A LOW SPEED COLLISION MENTIONED ABOVE. I LOST CONFIDECE ON THEIR BRAKE QUALITY. PLEASE HELP ME TO REMIND OTHERS TO WATCH OUT GM BRAKES. NEVER TRUST IT. *AK
WHEELS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER AFTER I TOOK TO A TIRE SHOP AND PAID TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED FOR RUNOUT, REPLACED ALL FOUR, TWO OF THE NEW ONES WERE BAD WHEN INSTALLED AS I TOOK TO TIRE SHOP AGAIN, TOLD TIRES WERE PROBLEM BY DEALER, TIRE SHOP GAVE SIGNED STATEMENT, STILL WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT, STILL HAVE THE TWO WITH RUNOUT,AFTER PURCHASING A NEW SET OF TIRES TO SATIFY THE SERVICE MANAGER(?), TIRES WERE NOT THE PROBLEM STILL HAVE PROBLEM. CHARGED $12.55 TO REPLACE A SUPPOSEDLY BAD TURN SIGNAL AFTER OWNING VEHICLE ONLY ABOUT 1/2 MONTHS, CALLED GM GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF BUT TOLD THAT THE SERVICEMANS WORD WAS ALL THEY NEEDED THAT TIRES WERE OK. DOOR HAD BAD RATTLE, SERVICE CAKED GREASE ON HINGES TO WHERE WOULD NOT RATTLE, AFTER SOME GREASE CAME OFF SAME PROBLEM. ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF FOR ONE DAY,HASN'T COME ON SINCE HAD BRAKES CHECKED COULD FIND NOTHING. THE SELF ADJUSTER AND SPRING CAME OFF INTO THE DRUM ON LEFT REAR BRAKE, WAS ABLE TO STOP AND FIX WITH NEW PARTS.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED TWICE PREMATURELY.
RUSTED BRAKES CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND NOISE.
AUTOMATIC BRAKE ADJUSTERS FAILED. *AK
THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AFTER 8000 MILES. DEALER SAYS NOT RESPONSIBLE. *AK
BRAKES GRAB/JERK SEVERELY WHEN APPLIED. PEDAL SEEMED NORMAL, COULD CAUSE CRASH. ACCORDING TO DEALER, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE WORKING NORMALLY. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WOULDN'T RELEASE WHEN PRESSED THE BUTTON TO RETURN THE CAR BACK TO THE REGULAR SPEED. *AK THE BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. ALL FOUR BRAKES AND PADS WERE BURED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY STOPPED. *YH
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES: WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, HAD FOOT ON BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, AND VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY EXAMINED THE BRAKES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, SHE STATES THAT WHILE TRYING TO USE HER BRAKES IN THE SNOW, SHE HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE; ALSO, NOTES THAT BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. *AK
WHEN APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, DRIVER DID NOT PUMP BRAKES, NO ACCIDENTS AS YET; VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION; HAS NOT BEEN CHECED BY DEALER; INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK
IN THE LAST (6) MONTHS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE GOING OFF. *AK
STEERING/BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
BRAKES FAILED. *SD
APPLIED BRAKES, REAR ENDED VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB
NOISY BRAKES ARE INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING CAR. *DH
ABS: DURING OVERNIGHT RAIN OR DENSE FOG, REAR BRAKES GRAB; MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
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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