5.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
110,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
  2. replace engine (1 reports)
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problem #2

Jul 162012

Century Custom

  • Automatic transmission
  • 135,000 miles

The car has a piston knock when it is cold, when it gets warm, it tends to go away, but you can still faintly hear it. I have driven the car with this problem for a few years, and nothing has ever come from it.

- Jens T., North Logan, UT, US

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problem #1

Dec 012009

Century Custom 3.1L V-6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles

I believe this is because GM cheaped out it's engine manufacturing by no longer matching pistons to cylinder bores. Now this car sounds like a freight train!

- greywolf855, Berlin, NH, US

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