Transmission.
1998 Buick Century transmission complaints
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Automatic transmission malfunctioned, causing vehicle to go into neutral while driving. This could result in a crash.
Vehicle has a problem engaging transmission from park to reverse.
Started engine,no reverse, no forward; turned engine off, waited 30 seconds or so; turned engine on, shifted to drive- ok, shifted reverse - ok. Brought to dealer on 4/5/99. Told today 4/9/99 that a "ring" in transmission popped out. My question is: "if a ring did pop out the first time I shifted, did it pop back in again after shutting of engine and restarting?" my mechanic at my local garage has heard of the same problem several times,but in those cases (gm cars) it was a problem with a computer part. Thank you..
When shifting transmissiom from park to driver or any other gear, the gears will not engage. Cause unknown. Dealer replaced transmission cable which did not correct the problem. Took vehicle to dealer a second time, transmission cable was adjusted, and the problem seems to be fixed. *ak
Transmission cable failure causing difficulty in shifting, excessive effort. Yh
Transmission housing failed. Nlm
Reverse gear failed. Yh
Gear shift indicator is difficult to shift into the selected gear. Had accident involving dump truck backing into vehicle because could not shift quickly enough tp avoid collision. Afterwards, gear shif tfailed to operate properly on several other occasions.
Whenever trying to shift into reverse, it would not shift. Had taken vehicle to dealer & mechanic could not locate problem. The gauge indicates it's in reverse when its not. It's an intermittent problem. Buick reached an agreement with consumer for the following: the customer is being traded for a 1999 buick. The customer is paying 10 cents per mile and the difference between sticker price.
Brakes overheat on occasions.
Transmission has trouble engaging into reverse gear.
Vehicle stalls in reverse for no reason. Vehicle also shifts erratically when put in any gear. *ak consumer states that when the vehicle is in any forward gear and upon stopping and putting the shift lever into reverse, the vehicle is not engaged in reverse and does not respond when depressing the gas pedal, consumer states that he has to move the shift lever around and back into reverse for it to engage, this has been an ongoing problem and the dealer has worked on this problem 3 times, just recently the dealer replaced the shift control cable and everything seems okay for right now.
Gear shift indicator out of alignment causing transmission not to engage properly.
When vehicle is put from park into reverse the shifter stays in neutral.
While putting vehicle in reverse vehicle will not move. Gear shift idicator seems to be faulty.
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