Buick Rainier Complaints (2005)

103 consumer complaints on file.

• #10124111June 3, 2005
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

  STEP ON BRAKE GRINDING NOISE WOULD NOT STOP THIS HAPPENED OVER 2 WK TIME CAR AT DEALER NOW POP NOISE INTERMINTENT IDLE PROBLEM 3 RD TIME BACK TO DEALER HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTIOR HAVE 2 CASE REPORTS ON 1 CLOSED A NEW ONE OPENED

  Crash:

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  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10114719March 25, 2005
  INTERIOR LIGHTING

  INSTRUMENT PANEL HARD TO READ DURING TWI-LIGHT WHEN HEAD LIGHTS ARE ON. .K. DURING DAYLIGHT AND COMPLETE DARK. HE SILVER BACKGROUND BLENDS IN WITH THE WHITE LIGHTS OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LEAVING NO CONTRAST.*AK

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10112752March 8, 2005
  TIRES, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

  ON FEBRUARY 18, 2005 APPROXIMATELY 6:25 AM WAS TRAVELING WEST ON QUAIL MEADOW DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET FROM STOP SIGN A BUS MADE A TURN INTO MY LANE COMING FROM INTERSECTING STREET. MOVED OVER TO RIGHT ONTO THE CURVE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A GUTTER WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM WHERE CARE ENTERED THE CURVE. WHEN THE TIRE HIT THE EDGE OF THE GUTTER THAT WAS ROUNDED, THE TIRE BLEW THROWING THE CAR TO THE RIGHT AND THE OVERHEAD AIRBAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO GRAB TIGHT AROUND ME, AND I MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR BETWEEN A LIGHT POLE AND A BRICK FENCE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE WHEEL, TIRE, AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE, HEADLINER, SEAT BELTS, AIRBAG SENSORS AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE AIR BAG MODULES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3800.00. OEM PARTS WERE REPLACED. WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO ORDER ANOTHER AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE THEY RECEIVED WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0