1999 Buick Century

DEALER REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS PREMATURE TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMERS FIRST PURCHASED THE USED VEHICLE, DEX-COOL NEEDED TO BE ADDED EVERY 2-3,000 MILES. AFTER A YEAR, THE CONSUMER WAS ADDING DEX-COOL EVERY 2 DAYS. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED PINK GUNK IN THE DEX-COOL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE WHY THIS HAPPENED AND WHERE IT CAME FROM. THEY WERE INFORMED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED A COMPLETE FLUSH. WHEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, THEY NOTICED A LOT OF PINK GUNK STILL IN THE RESERVE JUG. *PH

COOLING SYSTEM FULL OF GUNK, USES DEX*COOL. OVERHEATING, LEAKING COOLANT, CONSTANTLY REFILLING. MECHANIC ADVISED DEX-COOL IS THE PROBLEM, AS DETERIORATES GASKETS. REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FOR $650. IF PROBLEM CONTINUES, MAY NEED TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AS WELL. PROBLEM IS THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED COOLANT FOR THIS CAR. HAVE SPENT MUCH MONEY FLUSHING AND REFILLING SYSTEM, BEFORE FINDING OUT THAT THE COOLANT IS THE PROBLEM.*AK

UNSURE IF THIS IS AN ACTUAL SAFETY PROBLEM BUT IT RELATES TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR OUR 1999 BUICK CENTURY. SINCE THE PROBLEM COULD RENDER THE CAR UNABLE TO MOVE AT ANY TIME, I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A SAFETY PROBLEM. OUR SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MILES BACK. WE CHECKED EVERYTHING WE COULD AND FINALLY HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SERVICE CODE MEANT THAT A TRANSMISSION COMPONENT WAS SLIPPING. I FIND THAT VERY TROUBLING SINCE THE CAR HAS ONLY 44,011 MILES. WE WERE ALSO TOLD BY THE SAME SERVICE CENTER THAT A 2000 BUICK CENTURY THAT HAD 45,000 MILES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY THE DAY BEFORE. IS THERE AN ON-GOING INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM? SHOULD THERE BE?

NHTSA# 99-V-356-000 VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THE VERTICAL HEAD LAMP ADJUSTING DEVICE MAY NOT BE CALIBRATED PROPERLY. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

FRONT RIGHT WHEELS OF BUICK CENTURY MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURN.HAD FRONT STRUT E3850 ALSO 22064745 W-STRUT & 908554 BEARING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOISE AGAIN DEVELOPED SHORTLY AFTER. I NOTIFIED BUICK IN THEIR SERVICE QUESTIONAIRE THAT NOISE WAS BACK AND I WAS NOT SATISFIED .REGAN BUICK SERVICE STATES THEY WILL HAVE TO CHARGE ME TO FIX IT AGAIN AS WARRANTY IS UP. SERVICE STATION SAYS SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER CARS OF SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND IS A DEFECT. *AK