1999 Buick Century: sudden unintended acceleration

5 of the 235 complaints about the 1999 Buick Century describe sudden unintended acceleration.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Sudden unintended acceleration by model year

2003
5
2001
4
2000
1
1999
5
1998
2
1996
1
1995
2
1993
4
1992
2
1991
2

What owners say

Filed Feb 22, 2010 · Acceleration · 102,000 miles · MA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 buick century. The contact's wife was applying the brakes while pulling into the driveway when the vehicle surged forward into the garage. There were no injuries and no police report was taken. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealership and had not spoken with the manufacturer to-date. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 102,000. Updated 03/19/2010. *lj updated 07/14/10

Filed Feb 12, 2003 · Acceleration · NJ

The vehicle was at a stop, when it suddenly accelerated and rear ended another vehicle.

Filed Jul 31, 2001 · Acceleration · IN

The cruise control was set at 55 MPH, suddenly the vehicles speed steadily increased until it approached 70 MPH in the midst of heavy traffic, the consumer depressed the brake to cancel the cruise control but it would not disengage, the dealer found that the cruise control cable was pinch by the strut tower bolt causing the sudden acceleration, the dealer replaced and re-routed the cable. Nlm

Filed Jan 9, 2000 · Acceleration · IL · crash · 1 injury

I pulled into a parking space & was just ready to complete brake and turn off engine when my car lunged forward as though the gas was floored. It was so fast I could do nothing! The car went barreling down the side of the building scraping the wall & only stopped when it hit a parked car. This car did this all on it's own. Now I am afraid to drive it when it gets out of repair (giuffre buick). They said they have never heard of such a thing but I found a complaint just like it on your site.

Filed Oct 27, 1999 · Acceleration · MN · crash · 1 injury

While pulling into a parking space, vehicle suddenly accelerated and hit the side of sears building. Driver sustained minor bruises, and cover from passenger's side caused front windshield to crack. Dealer / manufacturer notified.