1992 Buick Century problems
The 1992 Buick Century has 64 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (23%) concerns brakes. After that come electrical system (14%) and seat belts (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 64 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Century with enough data (31 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The car was in an accident the seatbelts failed and killed the driver and broke the passengers neck. Please describe. Tt
Vehicle was stopped at light, impact 6:00 position, rear right seatbelt anchor/attachments failed, causing head injuries prior to recall (95v-173).
Dt: on march 14th two new front tires were purchased at sears. On april 10th the right front tire blew out while driving at 45 MPH. This resulted in damage to other parts of the vehicle. There was damage to wheel well, the passenger door, tire axle and the underbody of the vehicle. There has been no inspection made of the tire at this time. The vehicle owner made attempts to have sears replace the tires and pay for vehicle damage. The blow out resulted in a single vehicle accident.
We bought this car used, but we have it serviced every 5-6,000 kms. Nothing small goes in this vehicle. We basically drive within a 55 km radius. The tranny would not shift, the body rotted out despite rust proofing, now the rad has oil in it, head gasket, not even 160,000 kms,,,please where are the old fashion value,