Ownership Cost for 1998 Buick Century Custom
Estimated: $33684 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1592 | $1640 | $1697 | $1765 | $1844 | $8538 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1890 | $820 | $234 | $2291 | $7998 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $334 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $7992 | $6667 | $5815 | $5419 | $7791 | $33684 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2001 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK AT FAIRLY HIGH SPEEDS. IT IS NOT THE MAT, BUT IS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. AT ONE POINT I STOPPED, AND WHILE IN PARK (THE ENGINE WAS RACING), EXAMINED THE ENGINE (I AM A MECHANICAL PERSON) AND DISCOVERED THE LINKAGE FOR THE ACCELERATOR WAS WORKING FINE. WHEN SOMEONE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE THROTTLE MECHANISM WOULD TURN AND WHEN THEY LET UP ON THE PEDAL THE MECHANISM WOULD RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION - BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RACING! THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. ONE TIME WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING, I STARTED FROM A STOP LIGHT AND REACHED 50 MPH WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL! I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM WITH THIS CAR (2001 BUICK CENTURY) SEE: HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/[email protected]@.EF22120/30. *JB |
| 1998 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | AFTER NOTICING A FEW DROPS OF DEXCOOL COOLANT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, I CHECKED THE RESERVOIR. IT WAS EMPTY. I CHECKED FOR LEAKY HOSES OR CLAMPS, THEN NOTICED THAT AROUND SOME GASKET I COULD SEE WHERE COOLANT WAS OBVIOUSLY OOZING AND SOME HAD POOLED IN A RECESS IN THE ENGINE MOLD. ANYWAY, I REFILLED THE RESERVOIR WITH DEXCOOL AND TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BEFORE DOING ANY DAMAGE. THE REPAIR BILL CAME TO OVER $900. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND IT NEEDS A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, HOW ABSURD. AFTER SURFING THE WEB, I FIND THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD FIRES AND BLOWN ENGINES FROM THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE LUCKY, BUT MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER TRAVEL THE LOCAL HIGHWAYS ALOT, WHAT IF THEY RAN OUT OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING AND THE ENGINE SIEZED, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR AT LEAST STRANDING THEM. (3.1L V6) |
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