Tire failure. Failure was spontaneous. New tires less than 2 months old and only 200 miles driven. Bulging sidewall. Is in process of being fixed.
Buick Century tire blowout problems
19 of the 1,688 owner complaints about the Buick Century describe tire blowout or tread separation, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 19
- worst model year
- 1999
- typical mileage
- 71,803
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20031
- 20002
- 19994
- 19983
- 19972
- 19952
- 19942
- 19931
- 19921
- 19901
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 buick century equipped with goodyear douglas (na) tires, size: 215/70r15/98t xtrac2 (na). After inspecting the tires, the contact discovered that the rear passenger side tire sidewall was uneven. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician stated that the tire needed to be replaced. The tire was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate vehicle and tire failure mileage was 71,803.
Driving on I-95 southbound when I experienced a catastrophic tread separation to my driver's side rear tire. I was able to get my vehicle to the side of the road and signal help. Fortunately, I escaped this failure uninjured.
Firestone fr710 tires purchased in 2011 are experiencing tread separation around the shoulder of the tire starting with right front tire. Tires have approximately 30000 miles of mostly highway miles. All tires have been rotated every 6000 miles or less and all other vehicle components suspension, tie rods, ball joints, and alignment are all within spec per. Took said vehicle to two other tire shops to confirm tire shoulder separation.
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 buick century with sigma shadow tires, size 195/75/r14. The contact stated he had experienced tread separation seven times with the tires. Each time he expereinced the failure, the contact would take the vehicle to a tire specialist and the tire would be replaced at the contact's expense. The contact was unable to contact the manufacturer. The tire failure mileage was 15,000. The vehicle failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 142,000.
Tl*- the contact owns a 1999 buick century. While driving at approximately 75 MPH on the highway the contact heard a loud grinding noise. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and noticed the tire blew out. The road conditions were clear. There were no pot holes or other road hazards visible on the highway. There was approximately 6000 miles on the tire at the time of the blowout. The tire was a douglas touring p205/70r15 bw. The vehicle currently had an odometer reading of 43000 miles.
Vehicle was travels along 113 in kankakee il at approx 55 MPH, as vehicle entered a bend the right front tire tread separated from the vehicles right front tire causing the vehicle to go into a left side spin over the embankment and into a fence poll. Vehicle did roll possibly two time. Vehicle was completely destroyed, if anybody else was in the vehicle they would be dead. Drive did suffer multiple injures but was alive, as the police and fire dept put it lucky to be alive. The tire in which the tread separated was a firestone fr440 dot #ejtudjd288. Vehicle was a 94 buick century in good mech shape inspected aprox 1,000 mile prior to accident. The driver stated the was driving fine up to the accident, no vibrations, pulling, noise etc.
Dt: on march 14th two new front tires were purchased at sears. On april 10th the right front tire blew out while driving at 45 MPH. This resulted in damage to other parts of the vehicle. There was damage to wheel well, the passenger door, tire axle and the underbody of the vehicle. There has been no inspection made of the tire at this time. The vehicle owner made attempts to have sears replace the tires and pay for vehicle damage. The blow out resulted in a single vehicle accident. The police were notified, but no report was filed. The passenger and driver sustained injuries , neither received medical treatment.
While driving at 40 MPH rear driver's side tire blew out.
While driving at 50 MPH the front passenger tire blew out, causing the consumer to pull of the road. Michelin radial tires. *ak at 28k miles, the left front tire tread separated, at 32k miles the right front tire tread separated and 34k miles the left rear tire went flat overnight. *sc
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Buick Century tire blowout
Which Buick Century years have tire blowout or tread separation problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1999 (4 complaints), 1998 (3 complaints) and 1994 (2 complaints).
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