NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Buick Century Recalls
The 2005 Buick Century has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Buick Century
2005 Buick Century complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2005 Buick Century, the newest on April 4, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Buick Century, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (42%), followed by the electrical system (32%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
None of the 2005 Buick Century's 2 recalls concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 Buick Century owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 68,977 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting8
- Electrical System6
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Air Bags1
- Engine1
- Equipment1
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Buick Century peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 3. 32% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 19 complaints about the 2005 Buick Century are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Century by model year
Other 2005 Buick models
Newest record on this page: April 4, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted