Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / CENTURY / 1997

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004307897 Incident Date: Nov, 11 2004
Consumer's City: WESTERVILLE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CENTURY Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 13 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Coolant was replaced at @ 115,000 miles. coolant was in globes in over flow tank. approximately 15,000 miles after replacement, coolant light came on (first time ever since i have owned car). coolant was @ 1 gallon low. coolant has also become globby again. took into replace with different coolant (not dex-cool). upon inspection garage found the engine gasket has been leaking coolant. they claim it was caused by the dex-cool coolant, they did not do the flush because they did not want to chance making the leak worse. *jb