2004 Buick Rainier electrical system problems
84 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Buick Rainier, which is 41% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 84 41% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 59,000 miles 71 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 71 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 51% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 4 fires, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
A person ran two stop signs and entered vehicle path. The two vehicles hit head on and this vehicle made impact at 40 MPH after it decelerated from 43 MPH. The two vehicle hit head on with near perfect even impact, based upon third party visual description of the front end of the vehicles damage. The vehicle decelerated at a max sdm recorded velocity change rate of -14.07 (MPH) and a algorithm enabled to maximum sdm recorded velocity change of 127.5 msec.
2004 buick rainier speedometer works sporadically. Sometimes it works then other times it registers to high or to low. From what I've read this is a common occurrence on the buick rainier.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Buick Rainier
- Lighting 22 complaints
- Fuel system 18 complaints