NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Buick Century Recalls
The 2000 Buick Century has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 6, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Buick Century. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 193
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Buick Century, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Buick Century
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 01V109000
- Reported
- April 6, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,007
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Century, 1 other model
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 00V371000
- Reported
- November 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Century, 2 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228003
- Reported
- August 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Century, 12 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- Campaign
- 00V160000
- Reported
- June 16, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: drum
- Campaign
- 00V143000
- Reported
- May 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Century, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Century, 10 other models
2000 Buick Century complaints by year
NHTSA has received 193 owner complaints about the 2000 Buick Century, the newest on July 17, 2020. Of these, 11 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Buick Century, the component group named most often is the power train (25%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the visibility (12%).
1 of the 2000 Buick Century's 7 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2000 Buick Century owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 60,935 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train48
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic28
- Visibility23
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
- Electrical System20
- Exterior Lighting14
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29 | |
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Buick Century peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 29. 43% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Buick Century drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Buick Century year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 193 complaints about the 2000 Buick Century are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Century by model year
Other 2000 Buick models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted