Mechanical Jack Problems of Buick Century

Buick Century owners have reported 3 problems related to mechanical jack (under the equipment category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Buick Century based on all problems reported for the Century.

1 Mechanical Jack problem of the 2001 Buick Century

Failure Date: 08/05/2003

While changing a flat tire the jack collapsed which resulting in body damage to the vehicle. The dealer was notified. The dealer gave the consumer a new replacement jack free but refused to repair the body damage. This failure was reported to the Buick customer service represented for resolution.

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2 Mechanical Jack problem of the 1999 Buick Century

Failure Date: 02/03/2002

The car had a flat and was being changed in a drive way on a flat surface with the jack that came with the car. Once the car was jacked up and the tire removed the jack broke and the front end fell down, no one was hurt, but someone changing the flat could very well have been hurt or killed when the car went down.

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3 Mechanical Jack problem of the 1999 Buick Century

Failure Date: 07/30/2000

My wife tried to change a tire using the supplied jack which failed. The weight of the car crushed the jack which was on a flat asphalt surface. Clearly the supplied jack could not support the weight of the car.


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