NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Buick Century Recalls
The 2001 Buick Century has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 6, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Buick Century. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 145
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Buick Century, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2001 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 2000 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 2000 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 2000 Century, 12 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Century, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Century, 10 other models
2001 Buick Century complaints by year
NHTSA has received 145 owner complaints about the 2001 Buick Century, the newest on December 9, 2024. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Buick Century, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (19%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the power train (14%).
None of the 2001 Buick Century's 5 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Buick Century owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 54,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling27
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Power Train21
- Vehicle Speed Control19
- Electrical System17
- Visibility15
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 27 | |
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Buick Century peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 27. 46% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Buick Century drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Buick Century year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 145 complaints about the 2001 Buick Century are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Century by model year
Other 2001 Buick models
Newest record on this page: December 9, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted