Foot on brake, shifted into drive, car suddenly took off at a fast pace. Ended up hitting a van on the right bumper. *bf the vehicle jumped the curb and crossed the sidewalk crossing 6 lanes of traffic ending up on the grounds of a building.
1995 Buick Century brakes problems
24 complaints (24% of all complaints for this car). 3 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 24
- of this car's complaints
- 24%
- crashes
- 3
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip10
- Foundation components5
- Foundation components: drum3
- Foundation components: disc: rotor2
- Foundation components: master cylinder1
- Foundation components: disc1
- Drum: drum1
- Antilock: wheel speed sensor1
At what mileage
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Buick Century brakes problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1995 Buick Century brakes
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Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1995 Buick Century owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
While driving 30 MPH consumer applied the brake pedal and the brakes became inoperative. This caused consumer's vehicle to collide with another vehicle. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic determined that the brakes needed to be replaced, and replaced it. However, the problem recurred.
I feel this is one of many problems I have had with the auto I have had 5 oil leaks and I have replaced all the breaks and cylinders . I am very unhappy with this auto. I have had a lot of buicks and have never had the problems I have had with this one. Thank you for your time.loretta wallace.
The drums on the vehicle are not strong enough causing the vehicle to experience transmissio failure. Nlm
Hub and sensor in the right front bearing failed causing ABS light to illuminate. Mjs
While driving at 40mph, started to slow down by applying brakes, and vehicle vibrated. Contacted dealer.
Vehicle has had repeated replacements of brakes. Brakes continued to wear out. Dealer contacted, but problems still exists. Provide further information.
Brakes failed several times in low speed drivings (<=30miles) during summer and during winter. One winter failure before a red light (speed <=25 miles) caused a head to tail collision, which cost more than $2,000 in repairs. First, I felt the brakes working with some sharp noises and not working properly sometimes. I sent the car to a gm dealer service station t o inspect. No problem was found, then, several days later, when the brakes failed, I almost hit a police car. The same gm service station found some problems with the brakes this time and made a repair. Finally, last winter, the brakes failed again and caused a low speed collision mentioned above. I lost confidece on their brake quality. Please help me to remind others to watch out gm brakes. Never trust it.
Wheels were replaced by dealer after I took to a tire shop and paid to have tires checked for runout, replaced all four, two of the new ones were bad when installed as I took to tire shop again, told tires were problem by dealer, tire shop gave signed statement, still would not do anything about, still have the two with runout,after purchasing a new set of tires to satify the service manager(?), tires were not the problem still have problem. Charged $12.55 to replace a supposedly bad turn signal after owning vehicle only about 1/2 months, called gm got that taken care of but told that the servicemans word was all they needed that tires were ok. Door had bad rattle, service caked grease on hinges to where would not rattle, after some grease came off same problem. Anti lock brake light came on and would not go off for one day,hasn't come on since had brakes checked could find nothing. The self adjuster and spring came off into the drum on left rear brake, was able to stop and fix with new parts.
Front brake rotors failed twice prematurely.
Questions about the 1995 Buick Century brakes
Does the 1995 Buick Century have brakes problems?
Owners have filed 24 complaints about the brakes of the 1995 Buick Century, 24% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 1995 Buick Century brakes problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1995 Buick Century brakes?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Buick Century have bad brakes?
The Buick Century model years with the most brakes complaints are 2000 (31 complaints), 1998 (29 complaints) and 1999 (29 complaints).
Other 1995 Buick Century problems
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