2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Complaints

NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO EVENT. DASH FIRE. CAR IS TOTALED. WAITING ON INSURANCE PAY OFF. *JB

THE REAR HATCH DOES NOT STAY OPEN. IT IS A BIG DANGER TO KIDS, ADULTS, ETC. WE CAN NOT USE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AT ALL BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT IT CRASHING DOWN ON SOMEONE - YOU NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD IT OPEN WHILE THE OTHER LOADS OR UNLOAD ITEMS (EG GROCERIES) IN OR OUT OF IT. VERY DANGEROUS. *JB

DT: 2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR 30,000 MILES SERVICE. WHEN THE VEHICLE LEFT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE 8 MILES AND THERE WAS FUEL ALL OVER THE ROAD. ALSO, THERE WERE FUMES IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PARTS WHEN THEY DID THE MAINTENANCE. THEY STATED IT WAS NOT A RECALLED ITEM FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANAGER OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL FILTER. THIS OCCURRED AUGUST 8, 2005, THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED.*AK

FILLED UP TANK, PUT CAR IN GARAGE. NEXT DAY ENTERED GARAGE AND SMELLED GAS. FOUND LARGE PUDDLE UNDER BACK OF CAR. MY SON CAME OVER AND CRAWLED UNDER CAR, FOUND LEAK WHERE FILLER NECK ENTERS TANK. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED, JUST A BAD SEAL. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AFTER MUCH ARGUING DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPLACE TANK UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

I PURCHASED A GM MANUFACTURED BUICK RENDEZVOUS IN AUGUST OF 2003. BEGINNING JUNE OF 2005 THE "ABS" AND "BRAKE" WARNING LIGHTS STARTED TO ACTIVATE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE OWNER'S MANUAL INSTRUCTS YOU TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO RESET THE ALARMS, IF THEY DO NOT RESET YOU ARE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER TO BE SERVICED. WHEN I DID THIS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, THIS HAPPENED ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS, 4 TIMES AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THE OTHER TWO TIMES I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR OVER 30 DAYS SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE BCM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, THIS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH VISIT TO THE DEALER THEY DID NOTHING AND SAID THAT THEY HAD EXHAUSTED ALL KNOWN FIXES. IN MY OPINION THERE ARE VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES TO NOT HAVING THE PROBLEM FIXED. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES 3 CHILDREN. WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN AK WHERE GAS STATIONS OR SERVICES ARE OVER 100 MILES APART. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT THE BRAKES MAY GO OUT OR THAT THE ENGINE MAY NOT START. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM, BBB, AND NHTSA, AND I AM REQUESTING THAT GM PURCHASE MY VEHICLE OR ALLOW ME TO TRADE IT IN FOR THE AMOUNT CURRENTLY OWED.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. HAD TO GET IT TO THE DEALER, WHERE BY THEY FOUND WIRES THAT HAD SHORTED OUT TO THE BODY VIA VIBRATION IN DIFFERENT PLACES. I WAS ALSO CHARGED CLOSE TO $500 FOR REPAIRS ON WHAT IS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. ITS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD WITH 56,000 MILES AT THE TIME. NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

BOTH OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ON MY 2003 RENDEZVOUS HAVE FAILED. THEY WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE FIRST SIDE WENT AROUND 18K MILES, THE OTHER SIDE WENT AT JUST OVER 36K MILES.

2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS STALLING INTERMITTENTLY AND FAILS TO START SINCE MAY 2005. ONCE CAR'S ENGINE STOPS AND I REMOVE THE KEY, I AM UNABLE TO RE-START CAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN TWICE FOR PROBLEM. EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN MIS-DIAGNOSED AND I AM CHARGED FOR UN-NECESSARY SERVICE. LOU SOBH HAS SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS A BAD CELL IN THE BATTERY AND TRANSMISSION AND BRAKES NEEDED SERIOUS ATTENTION - I REQUESTED THE EMERGNCEY ITEMS TO BE FIXED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BATTERY AND TRANSMISSION AND PAID $537; HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS STILL STALLING. I RETURNED THE CAR TO LOU SOBH, THEN I WAS TOLD I NOW REQUIRE A NEW FUEL PUMP ALL FOR $900. A RECALL IS POSTED FOR THE 2004 BUICK RENDEVOUS. I BELEIVE THIS ALSO PERTAINS TO MY CAR MODEL AND THE RECALL MUST BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE 2003 BUICK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE- REPLACED 12/04, WHEEL HUB BEARING FAILURE-REPLACED 06/05, HEATING/AC PROBLEMS SINCE NEW 09/03, BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE NEW, WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED 2X'S, HATCH LATCH FAILURE-MULTIPLE, PARKING BRAKE FAILURE 07/04-PRESENT, OVERHEATING 07/04-PRESENT

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD VEHICLE STALLED. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT TURN OFF, CAUSING IT TO FAIL STATE OF GEORGIA INSPECTION. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE WAS A DRAIN HOSE THAT IS DRAINING WATER INTO THE WIRING HARNESS, AND THAT WAS WHY THE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. WHEN THE PART WAS REPLACED THAT THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE STATES NEEDED REPLACING, IT CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN IN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE STALLED BECAUSE THE WIRING HARNESS WAS DAMAGED.*AK