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1997 Buick Century steering problems reports

6 NHTSA complaints describe lost or stiff power steering, locking or wandering on the 1997 Buick Century — roughly 6% of all complaints for this model year.

6
Steering problems reports
6%
share of complaints
100,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Steering problems in other Century years

1998 Century5
Century steering problems by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 1997 Buick Century report before drawing conclusions.