Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / CENTURY / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295460 Incident Date: Aug, 17 2004
Consumer's City: WASHINGTON Consumer's State: UT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CENTURY Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 26 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 19 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 2002 buick century custom. the multifunction light, wiper, cruise switch intermittently fails and i lose my headlights. i was driving on a mountain road the first time it happened and i had to turn on my hazards and find a place to stop with a lot of traffic behind me. on two other occassions i had other motorists flash me to let me know to turn on my lights. the failure has happened a lot since and i have to jiggle the switch to get it to work. this failure is extremely dangerous and has put me at serious risk. i have now figured out that jiggling the switch will bring the lights back on but that is no help if i don't know when they are out. i went to the buick dealer and they want nearly $500.00 to fix this. i don't have the money to fix it and i will have to park the car for a few of weeks until i can afford to fix it. my real concern is that this could cause a serious accident because you don't know when it will happen. please feel free to have buick contact me.*ak