1999 Buick Century custom review from North America
"Major lemon"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I've had the fuel injectors cleaned 3 times.
All 6 fuel injectors had to be replacedonly.
Coils.
Leaking gasket's.
Fuel filers.
Electrical switches.
And the list goes on.
General comments?
I bought my 1999 Buick in the summer of 2004. it had 1 owner (an older man) and low mileage. I've had this car for 25 months now and about every 4 months something major has gone wrong with it. I've had the fuel injectors cleaned 3 times and then ended up having to replace all 6 fuel injectors which by the way had to be done only as each one went out so it was 3 different times in 2 moths just to fix that. other things to name a few are coils, leaking gasket's, fuel filers, electrical switches and the list goes on. It the past 25 months I've spent $2,688.00 in repairs not to mention the $2,000.00 I dished out for the extended warranty. if I had not gotten the warranty the total cost I would have been stuck with for repairing this car is over $9,000.00. that's so far and again just yesterday I was having engine problems again and my warranty ends in about 6,000 more miles.
I had researched this car before buying it and read that it was rated very high and Buick it self was #1 among American built cars.
At this point I don't know what to do, I've already spent so much to get it fixed maybe my problems are over with it now and trading it in could be a bigger loss or maybe this car is just a lemon and I was the not so lucky one.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 1999 |
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 2004 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | V.6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 5 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 5 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 10 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 5 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 54000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 81000 miles |
| Previous car | Pontiac Grand Am |
| Date of Entry | 31st August, 2006 |