My wife was stopped by the sc highway officer for speeding. Based on her speedometer reading she was not speeding. In addition to speeding ticket she received warning for operating vehicle with broken equipment. It turned out that the speedometer quit working while she was driving and is now acting unpredictable.
2004 Buick Rainier electrical complaints
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Speed and oil pressure indicator failures.
I was driving one morning and noticed that my speed registered 80miles when I had just pulled off. I cut the car off and then starting back driving and it then said I was going 120. I took my car in and they told me that my car was not under warranty for this repair, and it would cost me $575. To get it fixed. I asked for the main number to buick and called them, they said that my car did not fall in the extended warranty category and they did not have enough complaints to have this as a recall. I also told them that this is a safety hazard and that I should not have to pay out of pocket for a manufacturer defect and that I am not the only one with this problem on this particular vehicle. I could be sitting with the car idle and the speedometer reads 120, even when I made the appt. To have it checked out the service guy said that quite a few people have been in with that problem.
There seems to be a known safety issue with speedometer control module. The dealers know about this issue, transmission and speedometer repair shops knpw about this issue. This is a very dangerous problem as you are driving and the speed registers different & sometimes not at all.
As I began to work on tuesday of this week, I looked down and my speedometer was registering 120 MPH. I was only just beginning so I realized something was wrong. I stopped and switched the car off and thought it would reset the gauges but it only went to 65mph. As I began driving again it started registering 120mph. Then on wednesday, it would not leave off the 120mph when I turned the engine off. The next time it went back it beginning at 65 and as I accelerated it went to 120. I have no clue what speed I am traveling while driving. I went to my dealer and he said I would have to pay for it to be fixed. I did not have it fixed.
Intermittent speedometer readings. Speedometer stuck anywhere between 0-120mph.
My speedometer started to stick at 60 MPH when driving slowly after exiting off of the freeway at night. I then proceeded on my way home in a 30mph zone and then the speedometer was pegged out at over 120mph. From then on sometimes the needle on the gauge almost goes to zero until you start to drive the vehicle, and then it peg's out again. Consequently my wife and I do not know how fast we are going which is a major safety issue especially at freeway speeds or driving through the neighborhood where children play. I have not payed to replace a 500 hundred dollar item.
Faulty speedometer registers unreliable speed. 2004 buick rainier. Now, the oil pressure gauge is also faulty and jumps around. Notified gm, who was well aware of this problem but claimed it was not a safety issue worthy of a recall. Internet website showed hundreds of other gm SUV owners with same problem.
I was in the midst of a 10 hour road trip over the holidays when the speedometer originally quit working. I was traveling at a rate of 70 MPH. The speedometer started inching up and buried itself at 120 MPH. I pulled off the road in an attempt to get the speedometer to go back down but it settled on 60 MPH while in park. I continued on w/my trip and took the car to the dealership upon arrival in abilene, ks. They were not able to identify the problem in the cluster and checked bulletins for past problems w/speedometers. Over the course of 3 months the speedometer continued to repeat this action. I had it into a dealership in austin, tx on three separate occasions w/the same response from the dealership until the speedometer finally quite working altogether. The dealer told me he had seen this in a few other models by gm. I called and filed a complaint with gm and was told there was nothing they would do. I then had to pay to have the cluster replaced in february 2007. Three weeks later the car was back in b/c the entire system shut down and the speedometer quit working. The service department saw the problem upon arrival but was unable to prolong.
In september 2004 while driving the fuse box blew and caught on fire. On january 14, 2005 the dashboard completely failed.
The vehicle's engine has been sputtering, missing and surging since it was purchased. *nm the vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable to find the cause of the problem. The vehicle battery failed. Water leaked through the front driver's side floor. Water also leaked into the vehicle by the hood release lever when raining. The passenger's side fender rattled. Headlight assembly seemed loose. Rack and pinion leaked.
There are no dashboard lights on the vehicle. When it gets dark consumer cannot see the speed. The dealer states they cannot repair the defect. Manufacturer indicates it is normal.
At dusk the instrument panel lights fade, causing poor visibility of the speedometer and gauges. *ak
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