1999 buick century. Have had to replace power windows 6 different times on 2 windows. Left front power window motor twice. Have had to replace right rear power window motor twice plus the regulator. The right rear power window has gone again and this will be the third time. I have tire plus do the left front window and the dealer working on the right rear. The dealer states there is only a 12,000 or one year warranty so I have to keep paying for these repairs every one to two years. One mechanic said the part was rusting. That indicates water but why can't they fix the problem with the water causing them to rust rather than me paying $300 each time when the motor finally rusts out?
1999 Buick Century visibility complaints
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Bought this car new. Have had intermittent problems with electric windows not operating. In june, drivers window fell down and would not close. Mechanic replaced entire window mechanism. Three weeks later left rear window begin to fall while driving. Drove to dealership where mechanic taped window up and he said this had been a problem but thought it was with all makes/models not just buick. The original repair on front window was $440. To repair rear window would be the same. My husband has disconnected switch and temporary fixed window up. Now the remaining two windows seldom operate.
1999 buick century, bought new, currently has 22,000 miles. First failure occurred at approximately 19,000 miles. Passenger side window stopped functioning due to worn out plastic grasp. Dealer explained that is a common problem but has never been recalled. 400 dollars to fix!! Now the other 3 windows have the same problem. Dealer wants 1200 dollars to put in the same plastic graps!!!! Help.
Consumer states 3 of the 4 window mechanisms broke within a month of each other. The windows were stuck in the down position. Consumer paid $700.00 in repairs. *ak *cb
The rear power windows motor failed which caused the window to be inoperative.
Consumer was unable to see out of the windshield.*jb vehicle's windshield builds up a film making it hard for the driver to see out of.
Power windows fail and will "go down" while driving with no warning. Unable to close the windows as they are "off the track". This the 4th window this has happened to. The 3rd happened 4 days prior to the 4th. The 1st and 2nd happened several months before. Repairs are over $425.00 per windw. I had been informed they are not covered under the extended warranty I had purchased. At this time all 4 window have failed. Two have been repaired at my cost. The other two I am not able to repair at this time due to the expense.
Consumer experiences poor visibility through windshield ,especially at night time and during rain. When headlights shine onto windshield view becomes opaque , and consumer can ot see center or edge lines on the road. Ts....
Driver and rear driver side power windows ceased to operate. *yh please refer to attached copy of the letter sent 10/11/2002 which sets out information about two previous power window failures on the above identified vehicle. Both of them had to be replaced at #391.87. And surely a third power window failed it is obviously a product failure and matters need to be resolved.
Consumer discovered cracks in the sidewall of the tires due to them being dry rotted, all 4 tires were replaced. The upper strut mount was lubricated, the blower resistor in the air condition was replaced, the carpet was replaced, and there was a wind noise coming from the driver side window.ts
Heated, monochromatic glass on mirror turned dark yellow .
Windshield cracked without just cause. Car was parked when windshield cracked. There is no start of origin or blemish to blame crack on rock, bb, etc. Took car to mechanic who stated looked like a "stress fracture" to him. I wanted to report this in case there were other similar cases like this one. Thank you.
Windows fog up too easily, causing poor visibility. 2. No insulation in firewall, causing loud road noise , and distracting the driver.
The reflection on the windshield is blocking the driver's view especially when facing sun light. Yh
This customer was not given the opportunity to test drive this vehicle before purchase. This car is "unsafe " to drive. The why's are listed below. Mym basic complaint is the constant annoying reflections in the windshield and even makes it differcult to see through the windshield under certain driving conditions. Some of my experiences and examples. Stopping and crossing a elevated railroad tracks. Very differcult to distinguish a horozontal reference line related to the railroad tracks and the horozontal line on the windshield in the bottom third of the windshield resulting from the reflection off the top of the large dashboard surface. Construction cones located along the side of roadway, difercult to distinguish their assigned locations. When using full depth of the sun visor, your one third see thru area of the windshield is contaminated with the full annoying reflections from the top of the dashboard. In ny state, the vehicle registration, and the inspection certificate must be attached to the lower left hand corner of the front windshield. These two stickers cover a 7x3 inch surface area. During the daylite hours driving, the reflection from the 7x3 inch stickers is further enlarged onto the corner of windshield as a large black area, resulting in further loss of safe driving windshield visiabilty seeing area.
While driving during daylight hours there would a massive reflection from the dashboard onto the windshield, affecting visibility and this distracting driver from the road. Been back to leasing corp. & nothing was done or corrected. No problem was found.
Front right windows exploded for no apparent reason, causing damage to exterior mirror. (ohio traffic crash report). Mjs
Air dam deflector on the front of the vehicle is designed too low, it hits bottom on a lot of dips and bumps in the road surface. Mjs
Passenger side windshield wiper deposits water directly in the line of vision of the driver on the up-stroke, temporarily blocking drivers vision during moderate to heavy rainstorm until the driver side wiper clears the driver side of the windshield on its downstroke.dealer service manager said nothing can be done by dealer to correct problem. Problem is worse for taller drivers due to the angle at which the passenger side wiper stops on the up-stroke. I am six feet three inches tall and the passenger side wiper stops directly in the center of my line of sight, forcing me to lean to the left substantially during a moderate or heavier storm.
Design placement of vent behind shifting handle becomes extremely hot when heat is on.
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