Year · Make · Model

1989 Buick Century

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

40 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

Vehicle Speed Control
6
Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
4
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
4
Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
3
Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
2
Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
2
Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
2

Recalls

1 campaign

95V173000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1995-09-15

THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH REAR OUTBOARD SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGES THAT MAY NOT WITHSTAND THE REQUIRED LOAD. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO.210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES."

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IN A COLLISON, STRESS CAN CAUSE THE ATTACHMENT METAL TO TEAR AND ALLOW THE ANCHORAGE TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ANCHOR BOLTS WITH A NEW SHOULDER BOLT AND THREAD LOCKING ADHESIVE. ADDITIONALLY, NOISE CONTROL PATCHES WILL BE APPLIED AT EACH ANCHORAGE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action

EA92024·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-06-26 → 1994-01-31

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