2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Complaints

I WAS DRIVING IN RIGHT LANE, SOMEONE CUT ME OFF, BY SWITCHING LANES & CUTTING IN FRONT OF ME AS LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I PRESSED ON MY BRAKES, WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, HITTING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT I INJURED MY LEFT KNEE, DISPLACED MY KNEE CAP. I WAS TRAVELING ALONE. AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. DURING THE SECOND INCIDENT MY DAUGHTERS WHERE TRAVELING WITH ME. MY DAUGHTER'S WERE WITH ME. I ENTER ROAD FROM RIGHT, HEARD A POPPING NOISE. PRESSED BRAKES WHICH WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAR SEEM TO ACCELERATE AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR. AIRBAGS ONCE AGAIN DIDN'T ACTIVATE. STUNNED FROM THE WEIRDNESS OF THE INCIDENT I COULDN'T THINK. I TOLD HER I WAS OK. AFTER GETTING BACK IN CAR I WAS HURTING & SO WERE MY DAUGHTERS. LIFE CHANGED FOR US. THEY HAVE BACK & NECK ISSUES. WE SEE VARIOUS DOCTORS TO MANAGE PAIN. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COME ON THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON. COULDN'T DRIVE FASTER THEN 20MPH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CONTROL PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. AS A RESULT, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN AND THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE START SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V157000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON JUNE 5, 2016 AND JUNE 11, 20176. THE VEHICLE JUST WENT TOTALLY DEAD. THE MOTOR, THE POWER STEERING, EVERYTHING...WENT TOTALLY DEAD. I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE AND A TRANSFER TRUCK WAS ON MY TAIL AND I HAD TO GO INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN TO AVOID GETTING SMASHED AND THE TRUCK HAD TO SWERVE OVER TO MISS ME. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE CAR, IT STARTED. I WENT STRAIGHT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CHECKED MY STARTER, ALTERNATOR, AND BATTERY. THOSE THINGS WERE OK AND THEY SUGGESTED MAYBE I HAD BAD GAS. ON 6/11/13, I WAS ON THE ROAD AGAIN DOING 65 AND WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, THE VEHICLE WENT DEAD JUST LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A TURN LANE BARELY AVOIDING A REAR END COLLISION. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP.. WHEN WE WENT TO GET THE CAR, THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE IGNITION PART THAT GM WAS RECALLING. THE MECHANIC TAPPED ON THE PART WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IT DIED IMMEDIATELY. HE ALSO ASKED US IF THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON. WE SAID YES IT HAD BEEN FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON A LOT DURING THE LAST MONTH. WE CONTACTED THE GM AND TALKED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO TOLD US THE RENDEZVOUS WAS NOT YET ON THE RECALL LIST AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. I WENT TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER, [XXX], AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME HE COULD NOT HELP ME. HE SAID THEY WERE INDEPENDENT OF GM AND IF THEY FIXED IT, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOUP THE COST FROM GM. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER RECOURSE? IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FAMILY BEING KILLED IN A RENDEZVOUS BEFORE GM WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS VERY WELL KNOWN PART DEFECT? I HAVE LIVED THROUGH TWO MIRACLES WHERE MY FAMILY COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, IS THERE A WAY I CAN BE REIMBURSED BY GM? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE 'REDUCED POWER ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD TO LET FOLKS GET BY AND SAT AND WAITED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND TRIED THE KEY AND THE ENGINE STARTED. NO CODES STORED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I STILL HAD POWER WINDOWS, RADIO, LIGHTS AND HORN. THE SILENT ENGINE HAPPENS AT LEAST TWICE EVERY OTHER DAY. NOONE HAS A SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THE SAFETY ISSUE IS WHEN I AM ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIES OUT. I AM A LITTLE WORRIED SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY CAR I HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET ME BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. *TR

MY GAS CAP LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUE TO COME ON SINCE JANUARY OF 2014. I HAVE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL REASONS WHY THIS HAPPEN AND TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO CARMAX THREE TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE. HERE IS DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS AND THE REPAIRS DONE: 2 NEW FACTORY INSTALLED GAS CAPS AND PURGE SOLENOID REPLACED DUE TO LEAK. BOTH LIGHTS ARE STILL ON.

ENGINE CUT OFF AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. POWER STEERING, BRAKES AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMPLETELY QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY. COULD RESTART AFTER LETTING SIT FOR 10 MINUTES, BUT CONTINUED TO DO THIS ALL THE WAY HOME. TOOK SEVERAL MORE TRIPS OUT AROUND TOWN AND PROBLEM JUST GOT WORSE. WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, BEING AS IT WOULD SIMPLY CUT OFF IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WHILE GOING 55-60 MPH AND ALMOST UNABLE TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL AND KEEP FROM BEING HIT BY OTHER DRIVERS. PARKED IT AT HOME AND RESEARCHED PROBLEM ONLINE. EVERYTHING I FOUND STATED OTHERS WITH SAME ISSUE WOULD TAKE THEIRS IN FOR TESTING AND REPAIR AND COULD GET NO SATISFACTION, MULTIPLE AND VARIOUS PARTS WOULD BE REPLACED AND PROBLEM CONTINUED. HAVE REPLACED ALTERNATOR, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES, THROTTLE BODY, IGNITION SWITCH,CLEANED WIRING HARNESS CONNECTION UNDER DRIVERS SEAT AND CHECKED FOR CORROSION, CLEANED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, AND ORDERED AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE, BUT JUST FOUND OUT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PROGRAMMED TO THE VEHICLE TO WORK (CURRENTLY WORKING ON FINDING SOMEONE TO DO THAT, NOW). CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP, AND AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER DISSATISFIED INDIVIDUALS INFO., I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT WOULD DO ANY GOOD SINCE NO PART REPLACEMENT SEEMS TO WORK. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM FOR BUICK RENDEZVOUS VEHICLES, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THE OTHER RECENT COMPLAINTS. IT IS ALSO A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. ENGINES SHOULD NOT STALL OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THANKFULLY I AM JUST AN EXPERIENCED ENOUGH DRIVER THAT NO INJURIES OCCURRED. WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME THING IF MY SON OR DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING. IT WILL DO NO GOOD TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT AND NO INVESTIGATION OR RECALL WILL OCCUR, I'M SURE, BUT AT LEAST I CAN JOIN THE OTHER LISTINGS SHOWING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. LOVE THE VEHICLE, HATE THAT FOR THE PRICE I PAID, I ONLY GOT 100,00 MILES. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 70MPH. OUT OF NOWHERE, THE CAR FLASHED "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" LIGHT AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THEN THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AND A RED BATTERY LIGHT ALSO. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND POWER STEERING. I HAD TO FORCE THE CAR INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE ON THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT WRECKING. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IT STARTED BACK UP. I MADE IT ABOUT 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND IT DID IT AGAIN. CAR WILL NOT RUN MORE THAN 10-15 MINS WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF. WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR!!! VERY DANGEROUS FOR EVERYBODY! *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2006 RENDEZVOUS ON 8/28/2006. IT HAD 15,445 MILES ON IT AND WAS STILL COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED WITH CLOTH SEATS BUT AT THE TIME OF MY PURCHASE I UPGRADED TO LEATHER WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HANDLED AND INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF MY PURCHASE. I HAVE JUST LEARNED THIS WEEK, THAT ON 10/31/2006 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE EXACT MODEL I PURCHASED WHERE CLOTH SEATS WERE LATER REPLACED WITH LEATHER. ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR HAVE HAPPENED ON THESE VEHICLES. MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME IT WAS THE SENSOR. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN QUOTED VERY HIGH. I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME MY CAR OR THE MANUFACTURER, GM, REGARDING THIS RECALL. NOW MANY YEARS LATER I WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A RESALE DUE TO THE RECALL OR EVEN WORSE WILL FACE THE POSSIBILITY THIS PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED, LEAVING MY FAMILY IN DANGER. I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO MY CLAIM AND WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE. *TR