# 2001 BUICK CENTURY — SEAT BELTS:FRONT
> NHTSA complaint `558009` · 2005-10-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BUICK
- **Model:** CENTURY
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS:FRONT
- **Miles at failure:** 30,000
## Narrative
DT:   THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.  WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED TO LOCK.  THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.  THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED  MINOR INJURIES.  THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 5, 2005, AND  A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN.   WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE  VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP THEY CHECKED  THE VEHICLE.  AT FIRST,  THE DEALER  SAID THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE ALRIGHT.  THEN, HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE CONTACT, AND THE SEAT BELTS WORKED  ON/OFF.  AFTERWARDS, HE THOUGHT THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE NOT SUPPOSE TO LOCK WHEN BEING  HIT FROM THE REAR.  THE DEALER SAID THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD TURN  VEHICLE OVER TO  THE  INSURANCE COMPANY.  *AK UPDATED 11/29/05.*JB
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