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2002 Buick Century steering problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2002 Buick Century7% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Steering complaints
7%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • UNKNOWN; The issues started around 6 months ago. Just casually driving like usual, and my steering wheel would lock up and be ridiculously hard to turn, which is scary because its happened while turning through lights and intersections and trying to even just park my car. And on some of those…

    filed Oct 3, 2023

  • Driving thur ohio from mich ,hit large pot hole, did over one thousand dollars damage to the steering, could have been a lot worse, car must not be made properly to withstand hitting pot holes, this should be a safety issue there are hundreds of pot holes in all states . The state of ohio does not…

    filed Dec 4, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.