2001 Buick Century: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2001 Buick Century. The newest campaign is 01V109000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Apr 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts. NHTSA has 122 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, 01V109000, in the NHTSA record

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.

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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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 272,324 units in total.

01V109000Received 6 Apr 2001. 116,007 units.
Seat Belts
Defect, in the NHTSA record
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.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These vehicles do not comply with the standard.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
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.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 01017. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 4 May 2001.
00V371000Received 13 Nov 2000. 12 units.
Air Bags / Side/Window
Defect, in the NHTSA record
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.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
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, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the side impact air bag module.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 00090. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 16 Nov 2000.
00V228003Received 7 Aug 2000. 156,305 units.
Seat Belts
Defect, in the NHTSA record
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."
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 00067. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 24 Aug 2000.

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Complaints by component

122 complaints, 158 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.

2001 Buick Century
All 2001 vehicles

2001 Buick Century: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	2001 Century	All 2001 vehicles	Century, all years	Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling	183.5	139.2	127	29
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	151.9	102	119.1	24
Power Train	107.6	97.8	73.3	17
Visibility	94.9	43	78.2	15
Electrical System	88.6	95.2	83.2	14
Vehicle Speed Control	82.3	44.5	51.2	13
Steering	63.3	40.2	70.4	10
Tires	57	39.4	20.7	9
Structure	44.3	56.5	46.8	7
Air Bags	25.3	64.3	47.2	4

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.

Complaints that report a crash: 8
Complaints that report a fire: 1
Injuries in the complaints: 5
Deaths in the complaints: 0
Date of the newest complaint: 19 Aug 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 2001 Buick Century, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 27 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.

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

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
NHTSA page of the 2001 Buick CenturyThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2001 Buick Century: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/century/2001/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

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.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2001 Buick Century?: 272,324 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 2001 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2001 Buick Century name most often?: Engine and Engine Cooling: 29 of 158 component mentions, or 183.5 per 1,000. For all 2001 vehicles the figure is 139.2 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2001 Buick Century open?: The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.