NHTSA — Power Train: Automatic Transmission: Lever And Linkage: Column Shift Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1998 Buick Century transmission problems

transmission problem

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1998 Buick Century Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 111998

Century

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Gear shift indicator is difficult to shift into the selected gear. Had accident involving dump truck backing into vehicle because could not shift quickly enough tp avoid collision. Afterwards, gear shif tfailed to operate properly on several other occasions.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #1

Jun 081998

(reported on)

Century

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle stalls in reverse for no reason. Vehicle also shifts erratically when put in any gear. Consumer states that when the vehicle is in any forward gear and upon stopping and putting the shift lever into reverse, the vehicle is not engaged in reverse and does not respond when depressing the gas pedal, consumer states that he has to move the shift lever around and back into reverse for it to engage, this has been an ongoing problem and the dealer has worked on this problem 3 times, just recently the dealer replaced the shift control cable and everything seems okay for right now.

- Jackson, NJ, USA

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