2006 Buick Rendezvous

"TAKATA RECALL" I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 4/8/19 IT DID NOT INVOLVE ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY TO MY EXIT AND LOOKED TO MY LEFT TO SEE IF I WAS ABLE TO MERGE, WHEN I DID MY RIGHT TIRE HIT THE SIDE OF SOME WET GRASS AND WHEN IT DID MY CAR STARTED SPINNING OUTTA CONTROL AND I ENDED UP HITTING A PALM TREE STRAIGHT ON. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND I ENDED UP WITH A BROKEN BACK IN 2 PLACES. I HAD 2 HAVE 2 SURGERY'S THUS FAR. I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON. THE IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH FOR THE BAGS TO DEPLOY BUT THEY DIDN'T. THE DOCTOR SAID IF MY AIR BAGS WOULD OF DEPLOYED I WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFERED A BROKEN BACK. ITS CAUSED ME LOTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING DUE TO BROKEN BACK AND LOSS OF A NEW JOB I WAS ABOUT TO START THE NEXT DAY. THE ATTACHED PHOTOS SHOW THE DRIVER SIDE WHERE I HIT AND SHOWS NO AIR BAG IN SITE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD BEFORE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND ROLLED OVER. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS TO BOTH ARMS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 06/14/16*LJ

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN DECEMBER 2014, THE VERY FIRST NIGHT DRIVING IT HOME, THE ENGINE WOULD NIT START. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER, TOOK THE CAR BACK AND WATCHED AS THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS TO BE A NORMAL ISSUE WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL. THEN I NOTICED THE FAULTY GAS GUAGE, READING LOW FUEL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAVE GAS. AGAIN, CONTACTED THE DEALER, TOOK IT BACK AND YET AGAIN, DIAGNOSTIC RAN WITH CLEAR READINGS. I LOOKED UP THAYLT ISSUE AND OF COURSE, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WERE COMMON. FINALLY, ON APRIL 9TH I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT WHICH TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE WINDSHIELD WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED, GLASS FLEW EVERYWHERE. AFTER THE FRONT IMPACT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THEN LANDED ON ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. HOW IS IT SAFE TO HAVE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SERIOUS ISSUES AND NOTHING BE DONE ABOUT IT BY THE MANUFACTURES! I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE DUE TO THE AIRBAGS FAILING WHICH IS A, YET AGAIN, A COMMON COMPLAINT!

I PURCHASED MY 2006 RENDEZVOUS ON 8/28/2006. IT HAD 15,445 MILES ON IT AND WAS STILL COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED WITH CLOTH SEATS BUT AT THE TIME OF MY PURCHASE I UPGRADED TO LEATHER WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HANDLED AND INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF MY PURCHASE. I HAVE JUST LEARNED THIS WEEK, THAT ON 10/31/2006 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE EXACT MODEL I PURCHASED WHERE CLOTH SEATS WERE LATER REPLACED WITH LEATHER. ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR HAVE HAPPENED ON THESE VEHICLES. MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME IT WAS THE SENSOR. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN QUOTED VERY HIGH. I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME MY CAR OR THE MANUFACTURER, GM, REGARDING THIS RECALL. NOW MANY YEARS LATER I WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A RESALE DUE TO THE RECALL OR EVEN WORSE WILL FACE THE POSSIBILITY THIS PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED, LEAVING MY FAMILY IN DANGER. I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO MY CLAIM AND WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE. *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL 06V417000 FOR 2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS . THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND ASKED TO BUY IT BACK. THEY MADE HER AN OFFER 0N 12/06/06 WHICH SHE DECLINE DBECAUSE IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE. SINCE THAT TIME THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED HER TO MAKE ANOTHER OFFER, AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER THE DEALER GAVE HERWAS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. SHE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT THEM.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ALTER THE WEIGHT REQUIREMENT TO ACTIVATE THE SENSOR. THE AIRBAG WAS INACTIVE UP TO 100 POUNDS. HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER WEIGHED 105 POUNDS, AND THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT INDICATED INACTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONSULTED, BUT DETERMINED THE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE AT THE SPECIFIED WEIGHT. THE CONTACT FELT THAT IF A PERSON WHO WAS 105 LBS COULD DRIVER A VEHICLE SAFELY WITH AIR BAG, WHY WAS IT UNSAFE TO SIT IN A PASSENGER SEAT. DIDN'T BUY A VEHICLE SO THAT HE AT 105 LBS WOULD HAVE TO SIT IN THE REAR SEAT TO BE SAFE. *AK