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2002 Buick Rendezvous brakes problems

59 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2002 Buick Rendezvous, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
59 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
74,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2002 Buick Rendezvous Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 74,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 10 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 74,000 miles
Based on 54 complaints that include mileage. 30% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles10
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 54 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires.

What owners wrote

When driving the buick rendezvous 2002 home the brakes began to not respond. After arriving home and driving down our driveway, the SUV had smoke coming out of the engine. The buick rendezvous was turned off but continued to expelled large amounts of smoke under the engine area. Within 5 minutes the engine area caught on fire. The bozrah fire department was called and by the time they arrived within 15 minutes or so the entire vehicle was on fire.

Reported at 15,500 miles, July 2016 Fire

The consumer stated the horn would blow and the radio would come on for no reason. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealership for inspection; however the mechanic could not duplicate the problem. The consumer had taken the vehicle to another dealer and they fixed the module the same day. There has been no other problem. Currently the vehicle is in security mode. The consumer was unable to open the windows and the rear doors.

Reported at 62,500 miles, June 2004

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