2004 Buick Rendezvous problems
Owners have filed 300 complaints with NHTSA about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come fuel system (16%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 300 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 241 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 62 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 21 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 35 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 26 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 18 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 10 |
| 200k+ miles | 12 |
What the data shows
Among the 241 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 67,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (65 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Buick Rendezvous with enough data (158 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
2004 buick rendezvous engine stalls while driving. Consumer states that he was driving around 65 MPH when the engine shut off without warning. Customer states he is paying for buick's mistake. The consumer was unable to steer or stop the vehicle. The vehicle veered into oncoming traffic which caused the consumer to have a fatal accident involving another motorist. The consumer was injured. Eight months later, the consumer received a received a recall stating the engine could shut down and result in a crash.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 buick rendezvous. The contact stated that while the driver drove at approximately 90 MPH, he lost control of the vehicle causing the vehicle to roll over several times and crashed into an embankment. The driver and passenger frontal air bags failed to deploy however, the front passenger side air bag did deploy. The driver died and the passenger sustained injuries to the hand, face, and shoulders that required medical attention.
I was in a head on collision hitting a car that ran a stop sign off a highway. He was traveling at a high rate of speed. No airbags deployed. The entire front end was pushed into me causing extensive injuries to both knees and left shoulder because the seat belt did lock upon impact.
I brought a buick rendevouz on july 17,2004. From the very first week I had it I told the dealer the gas gage doesnot work properly. They checked it over and still cannot find ahything wrong with it. And it still not working properply now but theat is not the biggest issu with this vehicle. The first incident 10.10.04. I was driving on the highway to work when the vehilce just stalls out. I didn't know what was going on. The car get rolling for a couple of sceonds and then I applied the brake put the car in park.
I bought my rendezvous on 9/2/14 with 193,960 miles on it. On the way home from the dealership, the instrument cluster started acting up. All of the readings of gauges are accurate, however most of the lights on the cluster do not work. The turn signal lights, check engine light, etc. Don't work, however the lights on the speedometer, gas gauge, and as of recently the temperature gauge work. The rendezvous has experienced no other issues.