# 1990 Buick Century - CEL

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-century-cel/171929>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** engines, buick\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-century-cel/171929 "2020-11-03T22:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hoyt08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@Hoyt08](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hoyt08)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-century-cel/171929/1 "2020-11-03T22:35:10Z")

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Car check engine light comes on and will later turn off. Now the car won’t start

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-century-cel/171929/2 "2020-11-04T01:59:48Z")

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The check engine light kept coming on because something was wrong. When you ignored it the problem eventually got bad enough that the car wouldn’t start. The car’s computer stored one or more codes when the check engine light came on. Have a mechanic read the code(s) and he can give you an idea what’s wrong.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-century-cel/171929/3 "2020-11-04T22:54:21Z")

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Here’s how to retrieve the codes on your OBDI Buick.

> **[GM OBD/OBD2 Codes – TroubleCodes.net](https://www.troublecodes.net/gm/)**

Tester