Service bulletins for the 2002 Buick Century
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
386 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 3102 | 2004-11-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. SERVICE VME 01-04 VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH 4T65E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 4T65E TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY INSPECTION PROCEDURE. (TO INCLUDE 2004 PONTIAC AZTEC) *SC ALL 2001 - 2006 PASSENGER VEHICLES WITH 4T65E TRANSAXLE. *TT |
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| 3097 | 2004-11-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. HVAC SIDE TO SIDE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE. *SC |
| 3129 | 2004-11-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. A/C EVAPORATOR FREEZING. *TC |
| 3125A | 2004-11-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). UNABLE TO CONTACT ONSTAR IN ALASKA *TC |
| 3050A | 2004-10-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 02-05 ONSTAR EQUIPPED VEHICLES EMITTING BEEPING NOISE BEFORE CONNECTING TO ONSTAR. *TT |
| 3059 | 2004-10-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. WHEN USING ONSTAR PERSONAL CALLING FEATURE, THE CALLER CANNOT BE HEARD ON OUTBOUND CALL ONLY. *TT |
| 3047 | 2004-10-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 99 THROUGH 05 YEAR VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH THREE-BUTTON ONSTAR SYSTEMS. *TT |
| 3052 | 2004-10-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. BREAKPOINTS FOR RELEASE 5 FOR THE F1 (GEN 5) EQUIPPED PRODUCTS. *TT |
| 04142004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WITH THE AC ON, LED APPEARS TO TOGGLE ON AND BACK OFF IN ONE UNIQUE CONDITION. THIS CONDITION IS THE HEADLAMPS ARE ON, INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS ARE DIMMED TO THE LOWEST EXTREME, DAYTIME CONDITIONS AND THE REAR DEFOG BUTTON IS TURNED ON AND OFF OR ALLOWED TIME TO TIMEOUT. ENGINEERING INVESTIGATED HAS DETERMINED THE CONDITION IS NORMAL. *TT |
| 04082004 | 2004-09-17. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. THE CURRENT BRAKE ROTOR MINIMUM ALLOWABLE THICKNESS AFTER REFINISH, OR MINIMUM THICKNESS SPECIFICATION, FOUND IN THE PAST SERVICE MANUAL APPLICATIONS ARE INCORRECT. PLEASE USE CORRECT INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS. *TT |
| 3011 | 2004-08-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. WHEN USING VOICE RECOGNITION DIALING, SOME NUMBERS OR COMMANDS MAY NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE SYSTEM ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER TWO (2). *TT |
| 01353 | 2004-07-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE MISFIRE DUE TO INJECTOR FRETTING CORROSION. *TT |
| 00579 | 2004-06-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B 1001 IN BCM AND/OR POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) SPEAICAL PROCEDURE. *MJ |
| 00372D | 2004-06-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. ONSTAR SYSTEM IS ATTEMPTING AND/OR COMPLETING PHONE CALLS WHICH THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE DID NOT INITIATE. *TT |
| 01650 | 2004-06-04. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. MANUAL DUAL ZONE FAN AND MODE KNOB REPLACEMENT. SERVICE VME. *TT |
| 01609 | 2004-05-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0650 SET AFTER PCM (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE) REPLACEMENT. *TT |
| 02027 | 2004-05-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A/C ON LED INOPERATIVE OR APPEARS TO TOGGLE ON AND OFF. ALSO INCLUDING 2005 BUICK CENTURY AND 2005 BUICK REGAL. *MR |
| 02038 | 2004-05-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1000. *MR |
| 01876 | 2004-05-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON INDICATOR DOES NOT COME ON. *TT |
| 01740 | 2004-04-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. CROSS INJECTOR WIRES CAUSING MISFIRE AT STEADY STATE SPEED AND RPM, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED, AND A P0300 SET. SIT BULLETIN 1460291. *TT |
| 020730048 | 2004-04-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID REPLACEMENT FOR 4T65-E, 4T40-E, AND 4T45-E TRANSAXLE/TRANSMISSION.*MR |
| 030844005B | 2004-03-04. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW. POOR RADIO RECEPTION OR RADIO STATIC/ INCREASED INTERFERENCE WITH REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER ON OR SOME REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER GRIDS MAY BE INOPERATIVE. *TT |
| 00612A | 2004-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INTERMITTENT CRANK NO START. SIT BULLETIN 1400565. *TT |
| 01527 | 2004-02-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. A WHISTLE TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SIT BULLETIN 1406534. *TT |
| 01533 | 2004-02-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE START AND STALL AFTER FUELING WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS). SIT BULLETIN 1408781. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.