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Hello, all. I am new here, but a regular at the Car and Driver forums. I purchased a Century 2000 on June 4, 2004, with 53,000 miles. It now has 60,000, and has a LOT of problems.
First - it appears to have serious alignment issues, but I've given up on trying to have this fixed, as the car has other problems.
The car started slamming/shifting harshly on upshifts one night. That same night the vehicle shuddered badly when accelerating. I took it in to the shop. Needed six hundred dollars worth of transmission work. Most of you seem intimately familiar with GM products, so I'm sure many of you have heard that GM cars fitted with the 4T65E AT have problems with the PC solenoid valve; there has been a technical service bulletin posted. If you've not heard of this, let me know, and I'll post the affected models. Anyhow, this was the problem with my vehicle. It was fixed...
The car doesn't shift very smooth. I made plans to take in to the dealer on a Saturday, about 10 days after the car was "fixed". It went in a lot sooner. When coming home from work on Wednesday night, it broke down. I will now describe in detail what happened. If anyone has ANY thoughts please respond. No one at C&D seems to have suggestions.
As I was turning onto a street I heard a rumbling/grinding noise. For about a split second I thought the radio was making some weird noise. But I quicly realized the sound was coming from the engine area. The car was rumbling vibrating noticeably. I said "of, f---!". I hit the brakes. The car started jerking and pitching, still rumbling and grinding the whole time. I pressed the brakes harder but the car kept pulling. The steering wheel was terribly difficult to move. When the car finally grinded to a halt it stalled. I pulled the keys out of the ignition, restarted the car. It restarted, no problem. Put the car in gear. Stalls. I played this game three or four times with the same results. The light/radio worked, but that was it. I have the car towed to the dealership, leave it overnight.
Now, I kid you not, the dealer says nothing is wrong with the car. Somehow, magically overnight, the car was fixed, running and everything. This is the same dealer that I've now taken the car to 6 times in about one month. I was angry, but the people say that they will not work on the car unless:
1) they can get the car to do the same thing that happened when it broke down.
2) codes show up on the diagnostic.
So I'm driving a car that may or may not make it from point A to B.
Again, if anyone has had the same experience, please let me know, or even to offer advice. I think GM just has bad transmissions for one. My dad's GM Envoy has had transmission issues right off the show room floor, and my grandpa had three new transmissions put in his LeSabre. Any thoughts?
First - it appears to have serious alignment issues, but I've given up on trying to have this fixed, as the car has other problems.
The car started slamming/shifting harshly on upshifts one night. That same night the vehicle shuddered badly when accelerating. I took it in to the shop. Needed six hundred dollars worth of transmission work. Most of you seem intimately familiar with GM products, so I'm sure many of you have heard that GM cars fitted with the 4T65E AT have problems with the PC solenoid valve; there has been a technical service bulletin posted. If you've not heard of this, let me know, and I'll post the affected models. Anyhow, this was the problem with my vehicle. It was fixed...
The car doesn't shift very smooth. I made plans to take in to the dealer on a Saturday, about 10 days after the car was "fixed". It went in a lot sooner. When coming home from work on Wednesday night, it broke down. I will now describe in detail what happened. If anyone has ANY thoughts please respond. No one at C&D seems to have suggestions.
As I was turning onto a street I heard a rumbling/grinding noise. For about a split second I thought the radio was making some weird noise. But I quicly realized the sound was coming from the engine area. The car was rumbling vibrating noticeably. I said "of, f---!". I hit the brakes. The car started jerking and pitching, still rumbling and grinding the whole time. I pressed the brakes harder but the car kept pulling. The steering wheel was terribly difficult to move. When the car finally grinded to a halt it stalled. I pulled the keys out of the ignition, restarted the car. It restarted, no problem. Put the car in gear. Stalls. I played this game three or four times with the same results. The light/radio worked, but that was it. I have the car towed to the dealership, leave it overnight.
Now, I kid you not, the dealer says nothing is wrong with the car. Somehow, magically overnight, the car was fixed, running and everything. This is the same dealer that I've now taken the car to 6 times in about one month. I was angry, but the people say that they will not work on the car unless:
1) they can get the car to do the same thing that happened when it broke down.
2) codes show up on the diagnostic.
So I'm driving a car that may or may not make it from point A to B.
Again, if anyone has had the same experience, please let me know, or even to offer advice. I think GM just has bad transmissions for one. My dad's GM Envoy has had transmission issues right off the show room floor, and my grandpa had three new transmissions put in his LeSabre. Any thoughts?
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