Vehicle report
2003 BUICK CENTURY
This model year
What the record shows
The 2003 Buick Century is a midsize car, and the 26th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1978 to 2005.
The EPA rated one configuration: a single 3.1-litre six-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic 4-spd and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
The federal record holds 126 owner complaints and 353 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.