Five problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2003 Buick Century. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Buick Century based on all problems reported for the 2003 Century.
Horn button is part of air bag. The horn button shorts out and the horn blows all the time. Have to remove fuse to stop horn blowing. Had to replace air bag to fix. In a few months the problem reoccurred. Its too expensive to replace air bags so I am left without a horn this is a safety issue. Can the manufacturer provide a fix? the internet shows this is a very common problem for a lot of gm cars.
Was driving up a grade and the vehicle failed to downshift to climb the grade properly on the freeway so remained at 60 mph while in drive. Vehicle also seemed to accelerate under its own power where I had to stop the vehicle by putting it into neutral in order to brake safely almost as if I was braking as the vehicle was accelerating. I was at 55 mph on a flat service without even touching the accelerator. I did notice higher rpms while in neutral. I did take it to a garage and they could not duplicate the problem and my front brakes needed to be replaced under the circumstances. The vehicle wasn't throwing any codes either. I know I'm not the only one that has witnessed this issue and I'm sure the mechanic I took it to did his job properly in attempting to diagnose the issue however it just couldn't be duplicated. Not about to pay diagnostic fees at different places if I'm chasing after a ghost. Any feedback is truly helpful but now my wife is left driving a car subjected to having that same issue in the near future quite possibly and we just had a garage sign off on not being able to duplicate the problem. Hope this information helps.
The car locks itself whenever it feels like. Will happen if the engine is on or off.
The indicator light for the park, revers, drive has been going on and off for years my 84 year old uncle never new what gear he was in and he gave me the car in 09 and we call on it and they told us their was no recall and 9 month ago it finally went out completely we have to count so we know what gear we are in and you can't see the mileage I think this is a safety hazard to the older people.
On3/25/05 I went to the n. 59th avenue, glendale, office to register my colorado titled and registered 2003 Buick Century. The agents said they could not find my second VIN # for verification and I would have to make an appointment and pay $20 for a special VIN # , I did. Onmay 24 I paid the $20 and a registration was processed with payment of $500. 51 by check. An arizona title was issued and negligently I did not double check the VIN # they issued on it as 2g4ws525431101814. My insurance notified me that the # did not correspond to the VIN they had on record from my colorado original purchase of the vehicle new from mike shaw Buick in colorado springs and subsequent policies issued on that vehicle. Now when I had the vehicle serviced at liberty Buick in glendale the service manager pointed out the two obvious VIN numbers posted. . . One on driver's side on the dash under the windshield and the other on the trunk lid. I just verified both those as 2g4ws52j431101814. This conflict presents a genuine problem in my proof of ownership of this vehicle since purchased new.
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