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2005 Buick Rendezvous problems
Owners have filed 196 complaints about the 2005 Buick Rendezvous with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 19.9% of them — the clear leader, ahead of power train at 9.7%.
Complaints196
Crashes14
Fires1
Injuries15
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 19.9% · 39
Power train 9.7% · 19
Steering 9.7% · 19
Engine 9.2% · 18
Engine and engine cooling 7.1% · 14
Vehicle speed control 6.6% · 13
Suspension 5.6% · 11
Fuel/propulsion system 5.1% · 10
Severity
Of those complaints, 14 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 15 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 5 model years of the Buick Rendezvous in this data, 2005 draws comparatively few complaints; 2002 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 6 in the last three years against 13 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 73,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The speedometer stopped working properly and reads seriously erroneous speeds, both higher and lower than true speeds, which I checked with a gps unit. Apparently this is due to defective stepper motors in the instrument cluster from what I read on the internet. Gm needs to recall and fix these. The defect can cause drivers to travel at unsafe speeds, as they are misled by the speedometer reading. Electrical system · reported at 82,000 miles
I was driving down eastern and stewart in las vegas nv when the car stalled and would not start again while trying to coast into a 7-11 parking lot hit a wall and car rear ended me . I replaced the fuel pump, ecv and the vehicle worked fine there was gas leaking from the ecv now I cant get the car to start at all I believe it has to do with the electronic ignition system. Electrical system · reported at 98,647 miles
It feels like the transmission is going out but only sometimes. On occasion it will be driving fine then I go to pull off from a stop and it just wont really go like maybe skips 1st gear or at least part of it. It's crazy and dangerous. I do not believe it to be the transmission. Only happens from complete stop, sometimes. Buick Rendezvous 05 Electrical system · reported at 144,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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