Recall Register

1999 Buick Century: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1999 Buick Century. The newest campaign is 04V375000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Aug 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Headlights. NHTSA has 213 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 04V375000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will install new low beam headlamp bulbs in both of the headlamp assemblies. The recall began on september 8, 2004. Owners should contact buick at 1-866-608-8080. Note: if the bulb needs replacement in the future, GM bulb number 89024715 is available from a dealer, or the equivalent sylvania bulb is 9006hp, with orange lettering on the bulb.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 780,232 units in total.

  1. 04V375000Received . 199,793 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain passenger vehicles do not conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." some of these vehicles do not meet the overhead sign illumination requirements.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Less illumination may reduce the ability of the driver to read overhead signs when driving at night.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install new low beam headlamp bulbs in both of the headlamp assemblies. The recall began on september 8, 2004. Owners should contact buick at 1-866-608-8080. Note: if the bulb needs replacement in the future, GM bulb number 89024715 is available from a dealer, or the equivalent sylvania bulb is 9006hp, with orange lettering on the bulb.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 04052. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 99V356000Received . 411,880 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Driver visibility may be impaired increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Owners will be provided with an owner's manual insert containing instructions for optically aiming the headlamps.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 99V170000Received . 168,559 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Some of these vehicles with the key in the "on" position, exhibit a condition in which the antilock brake system (ABS) motor shorts to its case and grounds through a flexible brake fluid pipe.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This short can cause extreme heating of the flexible brake pipe where it can melt a nearby flexible plastic fuel hose, which could result in an underhood fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install a ground cable from the electronic brake control module (ebcm) to the engine compartment body rail.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 99033. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

213 complaints, 250 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1999 Buick Century
  • All 1999 vehicles
1999 Buick Century: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1999 CenturyAll 1999 vehiclesCentury, all yearsMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling232130.712758
Visibility12047.378.230
Service Brakes, Hydraulic96142.3119.124
Exterior Lighting80226120
Air Bags5651.147.214
Vehicle Speed Control5242.751.213
Unknown or Other4818.426.112
Electrical System4479.283.211
Structure3644.446.89
Power Train3696.573.39

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.

Complaints that report a crash
17
Complaints that report a fire
3
Injuries in the complaints
17
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
1 Oct 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1999 Buick Century, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 34 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19733
  2. 19742
  3. 19752
  4. 19762
  5. 19773
  6. 19786
  7. 19795
  8. 19805
  9. 19813
  10. 19822
  11. 19831
  12. 19843
  13. 19850
  14. 19862
  15. 19870
  16. 19883
  17. 19891
  18. 19902
  19. 19912
  20. 19923
  21. 19932
  22. 19946
  23. 19951
  24. 19961
  25. 19972
  26. 19982
  27. 19993
  28. 20005
  29. 20013
  30. 20020
  31. 20030
  32. 20040
  33. 20050

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1999 Buick Century: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/century/1999/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 Buick Century?
780,232 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Buick Century have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 55 recall campaigns for the Buick Century, model years 1973 to 2005. 3 of them name the 1999 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Buick Century name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 58 of 250 component mentions, or 232 per 1,000. For all 1999 vehicles the figure is 130.7 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Buick Century open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.