NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Buick Century Recalls
The 2002 Buick Century has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Buick Century. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 154
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Buick Century, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Buick Century
2002 Buick Century complaints by year
NHTSA has received 154 owner complaints about the 2002 Buick Century, the newest on October 3, 2023. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Buick Century, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (16%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the exterior lighting (16%).
None of the 2002 Buick Century's 2 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Buick Century owners gave the mileage (101 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling25
- Electrical System24
- Exterior Lighting24
- Visibility21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
- Steering11
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 21 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Buick Century peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 21. 40% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Buick Century drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick Century year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Buick Century years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 154 complaints about the 2002 Buick Century are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Century by model year
Other 2002 Buick models
Newest record on this page: October 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted