Headlights problems of the 2003 Buick Century

Eight problems related to headlights 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.

1 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 09/03/2017

The contact owns a 2003 Buick Century. While driving 35 mph, the headlights failed to respond. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 132,704.

2 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 10/27/2013

The contact owns a 2003 Buick Century. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the headlights suddenly failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

3 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 03/05/2013

The contact owns a 2003 Buick Century. While driving various speeds, the plastic headlight covers caused a haze over the headlights, which prevented them from illuminating correctly at night. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed by the technician to clean or replace the plastic headlight covers. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 185,000. The VIN was not available.

4 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 02/15/2011

While driving at night my headlights stopped working and then turned back on, this morning as I left for work the headlights did not come on at all, the brights only worked if I held the bar back as it would not stay on by clicking it. After reading all of the problems with this there needs to be a recall on this serious problem. What can be done to make sure this gets taken care of?.

5 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 10/20/2010

Driving in the dark with high beams on, the headlights went out completely, had to activate low beams to get lights back on. This is happening frequently.

6 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2009

Turn brights on and radio/clock light goes off. No headlights on during day driving, radio/clock light randomly goes on and back off. Head lights briefly gone off during night driving 3 different times only for maybe 5 seconds, but it only takes a second for a deer or object to appear at night or a car ahead braking suddenly. Speedometer back light does not illuminate for night driving. Trac off and anti lock warning lights continuously stay on, I have had my brakes replaced throughout the years of owning the car since October 2007 and the warning lights do not reset themselves as they should, they continuously stay on since 2009. I am tired of dealing with all of these electrical and lightening issues with this car. I have tried to find gm recall for these problems. Please tell me where and how I can have these defects fixed.

7 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 10/07/2006

Headlights went out approx. 4 times over a 30 min period. This is the second time this has happened. The first time they went out once for about 15 seconds. This time they were out long enough for me to have to pull off the road.

8 Headlights problem

Failure Date: 12/22/2004

While driving, the headlights would shut off without warning intermittently. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. The cause was not determined. The dealership replaced the mulitfunction switch. They did not find the problem, however they replaced the switch as a possible cause of the problem.


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