| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006105191 | Incident Date: Sep, 30 2006 |
| Consumer's City: EL PASO | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CENTURY | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2G4WS52J821 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 08 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 20 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Transmissions on american cars are messing up too early. my friend's dodge caravan went out after the 36000 mile warranty, month later. other cars the solenoid on upshifts 1-2 and 3-4 were causing harsh upshift problems on many cars. old cars before 2000, transmissions did not fail for more than 10 years, today's model transmissions were causing problems the first 3-5 years. these problems on the 2002 buick century happened the last 3-5 years. 1. harsh upshifts on transmission, 1-2 3-4. 2. power windows, after 3 years, didn't work on rear windows and were to slow on the front windows. 3. steering wheel stereo controls volume was never fixed after taking 5-10 times for repairs. these were thousands of dollars i was spending for 4-5 years of driving. if nothing was done about this i will be turning toyota, camry. your advice will very gladly be appreciated. *ak |
