Buick Rendezvous Complaints

1,241 consumer complaints on file.

#10154484April 4, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
@ 81,000 MILE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, HEAD GASKET AND FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPEED SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED! RECENTLY THE WINDOW HAS COME OFF THE TRACK AND THE SWITCH FOR THE SUNROOF IS NO LONGER WORKING! PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154503April 4, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED THE BACK GROUND COLOR ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MADE THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. THE PRIMARY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS IN DAYLIGHT. THE SUN BEAMS INTO THE WINDOW AND THERE IS DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MAKING IT UNABLE TO BE SEEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED HE COULD NOT READ THE SPEEDOMETER DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT WAS SO BAD THAT THE CONTACT'S WIFE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT DRIVE IN DAYLIGHT HOURS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153975March 29, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE KEYS WERE LEFT IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT'S TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD CHILD TURNED THE KEYS TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION. ONCE THE KEY WAS TURNED, THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARK POSITION AND PLACE THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, ROLLED 100 FEET THEN CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE CHILD ESCAPED UNHARMED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS DAMAGED SUSTAINED TO THE VEHICLE AND THE FENCE. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED SINCE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS ALSO NOT NOTIFIED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153530March 23, 2006
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE TOO BIG AND CAUSE A BLIND SPOT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THIS IS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE WAY TOO BIG AND LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT BLOCKS VIEWS. THE CONTACT HAD TO LIFT HERSELF OF THE SEAT TO LOOK OVER TOP OF THE REARVIEW WINDOW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153147March 20, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRANSMISSION WAS KICKING IN AND OUT AND FOUND OUT FROM TRANSMISSION DEALER THAT THE ELECTRICAL CARRIAGE WAS BURNT AND REPAIRED/REPLACED. NOW THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, AIR CONDITIONER QUIT AND SENSOR FOR REVERSING QUIT AS WELL. WE ARE WONDERING IF THIS CARRIAGE ISSUE WOULD CONTROL THESE OTHER ISSUES? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM, THAT APPEARS TO BE SENSOR/ELECTRICAL RELATED. WE HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES LATELY WHERE THE CAR WOULD STALL. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY, BUT THE BATTERY WAS FINE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153176March 20, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CONTINUES DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE OVERHEATING CAUSING DAMAGE. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM AND THERE ARE NO CODES ON THE COMPUTER. THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK AND THE GAS CAP WAS FAULTY WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. UPDATED 04/06/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153255March 20, 2006
STRUCTURE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS UNREADABLE DURING THE DAYTIME. THE DEALERSHIP WAS ALERTED AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A DESIGN ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 4/6/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152655March 14, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE'S RPMS KEPT RACING WHEN GAS WAS PRESSED. EVENTUALLY FELT A SLIPPING IN GEAR WHEN CAR WAS IN DRIVE. SOON IT STARTED HAPPENING IN REVERSE. TOOK IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND A TEST DRIVE AND WAS TOLD NO ERROR CODES CAME UP AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN AND ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER - GEAR SHIFTING GOT MUCH ROUGHER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN INITIALLY PUT INTO DRIVE, THEN WOULD JUMP INTO GEAR - BUT WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING! BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER SERVICE COMPANY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND IS USED MOSTLY FOR LOCAL DRIVING. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT 4 OTHERS WHO HAVE RENDEZVOUS STATE THAT THEY ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITHIN THE PAST MONTH. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION WORK - SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ON SUCH LOW MILEAGE. BUICK SHOULD BE MADE TO LOOK INTO. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152992March 2, 2006
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
2006 RENDEZVOUS TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW ON ALL FOUR TIRES. *TS THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH WHEELS. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE LACKED THE SMOOTH RIDE AND STABILITY AS HIS PREVIOUS 2003 MODEL. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND IT WAS 28 PSI IN ALL FOUR TIRES. THE CONSUMER INCREASED THE AIR TO 35 PSI AS RECOMMENDED BUT THE VEHICLE BECAME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151501March 1, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS - EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE HORN (DESIGN FLAW). I HAVE NARROWLY ESCAPED MANY ACCIDENTS BY SHEER LUCK. HAVE HAD PEOPLE BACKING INTO ME & BEEN UNABLE TO HONK THE HORN BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND THE VERY LIMITED "SWEET SPOT." WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED EVEN SLIGHTLY, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151278February 27, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A SLIGHT THUMPING NOISE IN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE AREA AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED. THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING HAD SIGNIFICANT PLAY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE COMPLETELY WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/20/2006 - THE ROTORS WERE ALSO REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150716February 21, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WATER PUMP FAILURE AT 40,000 MILES. HEAD GASKET COOLANT LEAK AT 45,000 MILES. REPLACED THE WATER PUMP. REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150005February 10, 2006
VISIBILITY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY RENDEZVOUS I FEEL LIKE THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MY CAR MORE THAN I HAVE. FOR STARTERS, THE FRONT AND REAR HUB FAILED FOUR TIMES, WITH THE FOURTH ONE STILL NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED AND GM REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE CAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE REAR WIPER STAYS ON AND I HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE, I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES THREE TIMES WITH NO EXPLAINATION ON THE UNEVEN EXCESSIVE WEAR, THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAKES LOUD WHINING NOISE AND LEAKS POWER STEERING FLUID WITH NO EXPLAINATION, WINDSHIELD WIPERS CATCH ON EACH OTHER AND I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS HAD TO STOP THE CAR, GET OUT AND UNTANGLE THEM, HOWEVER, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE REAR AIR COMPRESSOR STILL DOES NOT WORK AFTER BEING REPAIRED TWICE, FUSES BLOW FOR NO REASON. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149627February 7, 2006
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE LOW TIRE WARNING COMES ON. STOPPING AND CHECKING FINDS NO LOW TIRES. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES THAT WE NO LONGER STOP TO CHECK. IF WE REALLY DO HAVE A DANGEROUSLY LOW TIRE, WE COULD HAVE A TIRE FAILURE LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM AND IS DOING NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUICK CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS OF NO ASSISTANCE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149538February 6, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
FRONT AND REAR WINDOWS FAIL TO PROPERLY MOVE OR UP DOWN. ONE WINDOW FALLS WHILE DRIVING. ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED AS BROKEN WINDOW REGULATORS. PROBLEM APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD AS PARTS ARE HARD TO FIND (OUT OF STOCK). UNABLE TO LEAVE VEHICLE IN PUBLIC AREAS AS YOU CAN'T KEEP THE WINDOWS CLOSED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149225February 1, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I PURCHASED MY 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS ON JAN. 14, 06. AFTER HAVING IT FOR 3 DAYS, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, COMING TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE DIED. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, CRANKED IT, AND LUCKILY IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. I LATER HAPPENED TO ME 2 MORE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY CAN NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO I'M STUCK DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT GOES DEAD ON ME FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149016January 30, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THIS OCCURRED AT 5-10 MPH IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC ON A DRY ROAD. THE POLICE WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME ON FOUR FLAT TIRES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, NECK, AND BACK INJURIES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DEEMED IT TOTALED. UPDATED 2/28/2006 - *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10148810January 27, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DASH INSTRUMENTS AND REMOTE ACCESS CLICKER FAILED. WE HAD NO SPEEDOMETER OR ANY OTHER ENGINE INDICATORS AND COULD ONLY GAIN ACCESS WITH KEY IN DOOR LOCK. AFTER ONE WEEK DELAY WAITING FOR A NEW CLUSTER IT WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER, SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. UPON PICKING CAR UP FROM THE DEALER IT WAS DRIVEN HOME AND PARKED IN FRONT OF GARAGE. NEXT DAY SAME PROBLEM AGAIN BUT, WHEN DOOR WAS UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED INSIDE. AS SOON AS 911 CALL WAS MADE, CAR BURST INTO FLAMES AND BLEW OUT WINDOWS, AND SUNROOF 10 FEET INTO THE AIR. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED (LOCATED ONLY 1/4 MILE AWAY) CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOTALLY DESTROYED. IF IT HAD NOT BURNED, WE'D HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148868January 27, 2006
STEERING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS OCCURRED AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIMMY BECAUSE OF LOSS OF STEERING AND IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND TURNED OVER. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY. THE POLICE WERE NOT ALERTED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V052000 REGARDING THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER THE RECALL LETTER WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT UPDATED 2/27/2006 - *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10148219January 20, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB
DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED A WHINING NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN DRIVING AROUND 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE LOCAL MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE FRONT HUB BEARINGS WERE WORN AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE HUB BEARINGS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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