2003 Buick Rendezvous drivetrain & axles problems

17 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2003 Buick Rendezvous, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 17 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 67,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	1
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	4
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 14 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the drivetrain & axles complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

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.

Reported at 19,000 miles, August 2004

Undetected safety hazard with 2003 buick rendezvous..spent over 11,000 with repairs & maintenance on this SUV and now over 5000 dollars trying to find the reason for the vehicle to keep shutting down after appx. 40 miles of stop and go traffic..have had many close calls of being hit when this happens and have had the vehicle in 5 times to the dealer to diagnose the problem to no avail..can not afford to trade and should not have too..it loses power too when this problem happens..they say they can not duplicate it…

Reported at 114,324 miles, February 2009

Drivetrain & axles problems in other years

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