2001 Buick Century

Complaint history

When NHTSA received these reports. Changes in reporting alone do not establish a change in failure rates.

Problems owners report

Listed groups have at least 3 complaints. The page includes the 20 largest groups plus any additional flagged groups; some complaints are not assigned to a group.

AI groups complaints by meaning; the groups are approximate. Share ratio compares the problem’s share of this vehicle’s complaints with its share on other vehicles over the last 24 months (shown from 3 recent complaints). A 2× ratio means twice the complaint share, not twice the failure risk. Flags mark unusual shares or recent surges after an AI review of the complaint content. “First signal” does not mean the pattern has persisted continuously.How recall estimates are calculated.

Recalls

• NHTSA recall #01V109000April 6, 2001116,007 vehicles affected

  seat belts

  Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles, equipped with sunvisor located air bag labels, fail to conform to federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection." these vehicles have a message area less than 30 cm which does not meet the requirements of the standard.

  These vehicles do not comply with the standard.

  Remedy

  Gm will mail a new bilingual air bag label with installation instructions. However, the customer may bring the label to their dealer for installation free of charge. Owner notification began may 4, 2001. Owners who do not receive the free label and installation instructions within a reasonable time should contact Oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537 or Buick at 1-800-521-7300.

• NHTSA recall #00V371000November 13, 200012 vehicles affected

  air bags: side/window

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles exhibit a condition in which the driver side impact air bag inflator separates from the air bag module during deployment.

  If the inflator separates, the air bag will not deploy properly during a crash and occupant protection would be reduced. If is also possible that a separated inflator could be propelled downward and could result in injury to a rear seat passenger whose foot is positioned approximately under the inflator module.

  Remedy

  Dealers will replace the side impact air bag module.

• NHTSA recall #00V228003August 7, 2000156,305 vehicles affected

  seat belts

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."

  In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.

Other model years

• 1987 28
• 1989 40
• 1990 33
• 1991 38
• 1992 45
• 1993 54
• 1994 106
• 1995 99
• 1996 80
• 1997 106
• 1998 218
• 1999 235
• 2000 193
• 2001
• 2002 154
• 2003 127
• 2004 39