2005 Buick Rendezvous

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CXL AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT LEFT BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY IN JULY 2008, THEN IN APRIL 2009 THE RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHING SEPARATED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE HUB ASSEMBLY AGAIN, THEN IN SEPT.2010 THE BUSHINGS AND FRONT CONTROL ARM ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BECAUSE OF ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT OR ANY ACCIDENTS, BUT HOW LONG AND HOW MANY BEARINGS AND BUSHINGS AND ASSEMBLIES DO I NEED TO REPLACE BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED? *KB

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. *TR

ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICKING IN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOR NO REASON, THEN ANTI LOCK LIGHT AND AWD DISABLED LIGHT CAME ON. IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF RESEARCH AND READING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IM IN FEAR MY BRAKES WILL GO OUT LIKE ANOTHER RENDEZVOUS OWNER I HAVE READ ABOUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FOGGED UP WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20, 000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,500.

I OWN A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS THAT IS HAVING SAFETY ISSUES CONCERNING THE AWD BRAKE SYSTEM. FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS THE AWD AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THE LATEST TIME WAS TODAY 3/8/11 WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN AND THE I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BEFORE IT ENTERED A BUSY HIGHWAY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET IT SEEMS THAT NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED THREE OTHER TIMES. THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THE HUB HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE WIRING HARNESS REPAIRED. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILE PER HOUR WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL JAMMED ITSELF DOWN SPEEDING UP THE CAR. WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED SHE HIT THE BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE BRAKES SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY WERE NOT WORKING. NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE TO TRY SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IT DID NOT ENGAGE, IT KEPT GOING DOWN THEN JUST COMING RIGHT BACK UP. STILL NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO SHE SHIFTED DOWN TO LOW GEARS SLOWING HER DOWN. STILL OUT OF CONTROL SHE HIT A DITCH WHICH SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE FINALLY BRINGING THE CAR TO A STOP. I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF SOMEONE. SHE LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED BUT COULD HAVE BEEN THOUGH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. SHE THEN STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AFTER A STOP AND TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

MY 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS WOULD PERIODICALLY STALL IN TURNS OR AT RED LIGHTS. 1 INSTANCE IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A BUICK DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A NEW BATTERY. AFTER THAT IT WOULD STILL STALL AT LIGHTS AND INTERSECTIONS. I TOLD VARIOUS MECHANICS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND NEVER FOUND A PROBLEM. I EVEN HAD MY FUEL FILTER CHANGED ETC. WELL, ON JANUARY 21 2011, I WAS MAKING A ROUTINE LEFT HAND TURN INTO WORK ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR STALLED... IT WOULDN'T PICK UP AND GO. I WAS THEN HIT HARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOTALING OUT MY VEHICLE AND RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES ON BOTH PARTIES. *TR