2004 BUICK RAINIER Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ONE MORNING AND NOTICED THAT MY SPEED REGISTERED 80MILES WHEN I HAD JUST PULLED OFF. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN STARTING BACK DRIVING AND IT THEN SAID I WAS GOING 120. I TOOK MY CAR IN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS REPAIR, AND IT WOULD COST ME $575. TO GET IT FIXED. I ASKED FOR THE MAIN NUMBER TO BUICK AND CALLED THEM, THEY SAID THAT MY CAR DID NOT FALL IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY CATEGORY AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO HAVE THIS AS A RECALL. I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I COULD BE SITTING WITH THE CAR IDLE AND THE SPEEDOMETER READS 120, EVEN WHEN I MADE THE APPT. TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT THE SERVICE GUY SAID THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN WITH THAT PROBLEM. *TR

THERE SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH SPEEDOMETER CONTROL MODULE. THE DEALERS KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE, TRANSMISSION AND SPEEDOMETER REPAIR SHOPS KNPW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS YOU ARE DRIVING AND THE SPEED REGISTERS DIFFERENT & SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM; HOWEVER,THE CONTACT COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

AS I BEGAN TO WORK ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, I LOOKED DOWN AND MY SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 120 MPH. I WAS ONLY JUST BEGINNING SO I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I STOPPED AND SWITCHED THE CAR OFF AND THOUGHT IT WOULD RESET THE GAUGES BUT IT ONLY WENT TO 65MPH. AS I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN IT STARTED REGISTERING 120MPH. THEN ON WEDNESDAY, IT WOULD NOT LEAVE OFF THE 120MPH WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THE NEXT TIME IT WENT BACK IT BEGINNING AT 65 AND AS I ACCELERATED IT WENT TO 120. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING WHILE DRIVING. I WENT TO MY DEALER AND HE SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED. I DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED. *TR

INTERMITTENT SPEEDOMETER READINGS. SPEEDOMETER STUCK ANYWHERE BETWEEN 0-120MPH. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK AT 60 MPH WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY AFTER EXITING OFF OF THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. I THEN PROCEEDED ON MY WAY HOME IN A 30MPH ZONE AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER WAS PEGGED OUT AT OVER 120MPH. FROM THEN ON SOMETIMES THE NEEDLE ON THE GAUGE ALMOST GOES TO ZERO UNTIL YOU START TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AND THEN IT PEG'S OUT AGAIN. CONSEQUENTLY MY WIFE AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST WE ARE GOING WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS OR DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. I HAVE NOT PAYED TO REPLACE A 500 HUNDRED DOLLAR ITEM. *TR

FAULTY SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS UNRELIABLE SPEED. 2004 BUICK RAINIER. NOW, THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS ALSO FAULTY AND JUMPS AROUND. NOTIFIED GM, WHO WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT CLAIMED IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WORTHY OF A RECALL. INTERNET WEBSITE SHOWED HUNDREDS OF OTHER GM SUV OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHASED VEHICLE WHICH HAD 34,000 MILE ON IT. IT NOW HAS 46,403 AND HAVE HAD TO FILL THE POWER STEERING PUMP UP THREE TIMES. I HAVE DETECTED NO LEAKS. TOOK TO THE BUICK DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND LEAK. PUT SOME DYE IN IT AND SAID BRING IT BACK IN A MONTH OR SO. *TR

WITH VEHICLE TEMPERATURE AT NORMAL RANGE, IN PARK AND AT NORMAL IDLE WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL THE RPM WOULD DROP TO UNDER 500 AND THEN GO BACK UP, ALMOST LIKE A HESITATION OF SORTS. TOOK VEHICLE TO BUICK DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP, BASICALLY THE EGR VALVE. WAS TOLD THIS WAS PART OF THE EMISSIONS OF THE VEHICLE BUT NOT COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY NOR WOULD MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVER AS WELL. VEHICLE HAS 46,403 MILES ON IT. *TR

AT 46,403 MILES I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP MORE THAN NORMAL WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TOOK INTO THE BUICK DEALER AND UPON INSPECTION THE TECH FOUND THAT THERE WAS SCORING IN THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION. EXTENDED WARRANTY TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUE HOWEVER I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS RARE FOR RANIERS. *TR