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Anyone else having problems with electric window switches? I have replaced 2 on the driver's window already, with only 7000 miles.
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IF I GET ONE, I KNOW THIS A/C PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS HAPPENING OR DOES BUICK HAVE A RECALL? OR SOLUTION? THANKS
R. KLINGSBERG------IROK1953@AOL.COM---BUICK CENTURY 2000.
46000 mi
keyless entry
cruise
cassettee
ABS
power W/L and driver seat
1 owner
some crack on windshield
from a used car dealer
he is firm at $6100
KBB trade is $4900 Private party $6900
Edmunds Trade in $5600 private party $6800
What's you guys opinion about this?
Is that a reasonale price?
Which particular part should pay special attention when mechanical check?
thanks much!
Jeremy
I've had previous cars where the engine service light occasionally came on and a mechanic could find no reason for it. Anybody else had an intermittent ABS warning light problem?
Thanks.
Any solutions? I'm contemplating going to a salvage yard to see if I can pick up a set that are not affected.
Thanks
Deke
Thanks,
Joel
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you.
ive checked all my fuses but nothings bad
Last September, just after the car had the tranny work, it broke down. When it happened, I was turning, maybe going 10 mph. The car began grinding and shuddering -- this was coming from the engine area. It was loud. If you've ever heard a cell phone or electric shaver/trimmer in vibrate mode that was placed on a counter or table top -- that was the sound my car made -- only it was about twenty times as loud. Anyhow, the car began jerking badly. I hit the brake pedal but it kept pulling. The steering wheel felt like it was stuck in wet cement and I had to use both hands to turn it. The car kept puuling, then finally stopped and stalled. The car would restart, but when put into gear, stalled. The radio and headlights worked fine. Had it towed to the dealer. They could not find anything wrong; apparently the car started for them the next day. Whatever.
Fastforward to about two weeks ago. The grinding noise returned. The steering wheel was fine this time, but the car, once more, did not want to stop. I was going around 20-25 mph. The car stopped this time but did not stall. The noise grew louder. The light turned green. I took my foot off the brake and the car accelerated to 20 mph -- without my foot on the accelerator. I was on a flat road. Several seconds later the grinding stopped, and the car drove again. It did not return until This past Thursday, same thing.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? The shop doesn't know, and neither does anyone else. Also, has anyone else had as many problems with their Century? This car only has 79,000 miles on it. Since September it has accumulated $2,500 in repairs, and it still has this problem.
I have a 1999 Buick Century with 98k miles on it and about 6 months ago the low coolant light came on so we inspected it and it looked like there was mud or clay inside the radiator cap. A couple people suggested that the dexcool coolant probably just mixed with some regular green coolant and that I should just get it flushed. I did get it flushed but never did check it afterwards and I noticed that it was running just a tiny bit hotter than it was before. Two days ago the light came on again and we checked the radiator cap again and same problem. Now it runs way too hot while it is idling but cools down to normal while driving. Think I got screwed the first time I had it flushed? Or is there a problem with the engine, perhaps, where the oil is getting mixed with the coolant to cause the brown muck? The engine and tranny are leaking some. Anyone else had any similar problems?
If stop leak is the culprit, don't put anymore in, as it could get into other parts of the car outside the cooling system, i.e. engine. From your description that sounds like the culprit. However even when my car was losing coolant rapidly and had this leak, it did not run extra hot, so that part of the story has me scratching my head. Good luck with your car.
and have the same problem. Sometimes I stop the car in traffic and
the engine is still racing like the trottle stuck open or it still runs on
high gear. Returning the gear to the parking position won't solve the
problem. What made it even worse is that the car will abruptly accelerate
when the gear switches from parking to other gears when this happens.
I have this problem two times already among four days I own this vehicle.
Anyone has any ideal what causes this and how much it may be to fix this?
The guy selling me the car is a fairly reasonable guy and we have some
nice talk with him and his wife ... but just in case, I am in MA. Is there
a lemon law covering severe mechinical problems. I have this car less
than 6 days.
Thanks
Has anybody out there experienced some of the same poblems and is there a cure?? :sick:
I took it to the dealer and he says that the problem is the floor mat. It can get pulled down into the hole where the accelerator cable goes through the floor and jam it. The simple solution is remove the floor mat. I f you really want to keep the mat then you need to secure it by wiring it to the seat or something. You may want to train possible drivers about this and tell them yopu can put the car in neutral if this happens. My wife was afraid to do this because the though the power steering would fail and she would not be able to steer. I feel we need to notify NHTSA about this so would like to get your name and email so I can show this problem is more widespread than ust out occurrence.
Get your car checked out by Buick and if the engine is cracked or the gasket not replaced, then you might could say that the first garage did not repair it or did a repair that you did not need (if the manifold gasket was not bad in the first place).
Lots of Luck.
No one has answered my problem about vibration yet. I guess I am the only one with that problem.
jfb
Jbankston
Instrument panel lights would flicker and car would stall.
My check engine light did not come on.
Turned out to be a bad alternator.
The car would stall and would not restart for a few minutes.
Turned out to be a bad alternator.
4th one a week .. Now can anyone tell this woman .. what the problem is ?? It turns over but it won't crank !!!!!! Its Driving me crazy :confuse: Any by the way thats the only thing I'm driving !!! So any of you Know what the problem might be ?????
Thanks,
AbeStreet
Turned out to be a bad alternator.
I am guessing that the electrical problems were due to the low battery.