2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Complaints

ALL WHEEL DRIVE DISABLED WARNING AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO LOSS OF POWER WHILE GOING UP HILL. INTERNET STATES PROBLEM IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY WHEEL BEARINGS. 2002 TO 2004 ARE COVERED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY. 2005 IS NOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR INTEGRITY, SIZE P225/60/R17 (NA) TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. A MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS ABNORMALLY LOW AND HAD A LOW OF 3 AND A HIGH OF 4. IN ADDITION, THE TIRE BELT FAILED. AFTER CAREFULLY INSPECTING THE TIRE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BELT ON THE TIRE CONTAINED LARGE BULGES. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE USED AND OUT OF WARRANTY. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 28,312.

A FEW MONTHS AGO MY CAR STALLED AT THE BUS STOP AND SHUT DOWN. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CAR NEEDED TO BE JUMPED. THE WARRANTY WAS GOING TO BE UP SOON SO WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO RICE BUICK IN KNOXVILLE, TN TO GET LOOKED AT. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE AND IT DIDN'T DO IT SO THEY DETERMINED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING I DID THAT MADE THE CAR STOP. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I WAS PARKED AT THE BUS STOP WITH MY CAR RUNNING WITH THE BLINKERS ON IN PARK AND WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. MY CAR SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. IT IS HABIT FOR ME TO TAKE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OFF WHEN I GO TO START THE VEHICLE SO IT REMAINED OFF WHILE I TRIED TO START THE CAR. I KEPT TAKING THE KEYS OUT AND TRYING TO START THE CAR LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN IT THAT DAY. I AGAIN CHECKED TO SEE IF I WAS IN PARK AND IT WAS. I TOOK THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY DEVICE OFF OF THE KEYS IN CASE MY FRIEND COULD NOT HELP ME AND I HAD TO USE MY HOUSE KEY ON THAT RING. WHEN I SHUT THE DOOR OF MY CAR EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN MY CAR STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE STREET. I TRIED TO USE THE REMOTE TO GET THE DOOR UNLOCKED BECAUSE MY 2 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I NEVER LOCKED THE CAR WHEN I GOT OUT. MY CAR FINALLY CRASHED INTO A PARKED TRUCK AND STOPPED. WHEN MY FRIEND TRIED TO GET MY DAUGHTER OUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SHE ASKED ME TO UNLOCK IT BUT I HAD DROPPED MY KEYS ON THE WAY DOWN. SHE TRIED AGAIN AND IT OPENED RIGHT AWAY. ALL OF THE DOORS WERE THEN UNLOCKED EXCEPT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. MY DAUGHTER WAS FINE BECAUSE SHE WAS BUCKLED IN HER SEAT. I HAD A LOT OF BRUISES AND SCRAPES. THIS IS THE SECOND ELECTRICAL INCIDENT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. THE POWER STEERING HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING ON SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS LINKED TO THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I HAVE READ SEVERAL INTERNET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER BUICK RENDEZVOUS. *TR

LEFT HUB BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 65,000 MILES AND THE RIGHT HUB BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 75,000 MILES. *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING 35-65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AND THEY WOULD CALL HER. THE FAILURE HAS CURRENTLY RECURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY GET REAR ENDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

LAST MONTH WE PURCHASED A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END SHOOK WHEN TAKING OFF AND HITTING A SMALL HOLE IN THE ROAD. WE NOTIFIED THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND TOLD US THAT IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE BUT THAT A MOUNT WAS AVAILABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD COST AN EXTRA $600.00. WE TOLD THEM NO THANK YOU BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WERE WE BEING TOLD THE TRUTH AND IF SO WHY WASN'T THE MOUNT ALREADY ON THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS MANUFACTURED . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE ARE AWAITING YOUR ANSWER. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE IS EXPERIENCED TOTAL POWER STEERING FAILURE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE PUMP AND THE HOSES. HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 41,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 07/10/07 *TR

THE STEERING SYSTEM FOR THE 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CXL WITH 16000 MILES , BOUGHT NEW FROM GMC DEALERSHIP EXHIBITED THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR, A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL ACCOMPANIED BY VIBRATIONS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE SOUND WAS LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD BY ALL OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLE DURING DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE DRIVESHAFT TWICE AND LUBRICATING THE STEERING MECHANISM. THE KNOCKING SOUND CONTINUED TO THIS DAY. THE INTEGRITY OF THE STEERING MECHANISM WAS IN DOUBT DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS AND LOUD SOUNDS EVERY TIME THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING HEAVY SNOW AND/OR AN ICE STORM THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATED INSIDE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE ACCUMULATION CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THISWAS DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 32,000.*AK

BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 52,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS COMPONENT FAILURE WAS EXTREMELY PREMATURE AND INDICATES A DEFECT IN THE WHEEL BEARINGS. ANOTHER COMPLIANT TO NHTSA LISTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 43,000 MILES. *JB