2005 Buick Rainier: engine stalls while driving

6 of the 103 complaints about the 2005 Buick Rainier describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 6%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 113 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2007
1
2006
5
2005
6
2004
3

What owners say

Filed Mar 15, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · MI

Our 2005 buick rainier started acting up this past summer when the blower stayed on when car shut off..now when we turn on the heater on the car hesitates and stalls out while driving! The volt gauge is maxed out...the passenger window doesn't work now? Now the blower doesn't work unless I fool with wires in the glovebox going to some black box? I also noticed front headlight always flickers when driving ..even replaced bulb! Always dimmer?? Now we smell wires burning from somewhere..so many problems !! Over 100;000 miles on it....

Filed Oct 29, 2015 · Engine · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. While driving at approximately 20 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown.

Filed Oct 14, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 100,000 miles · TN

My speedometer does not work correctly. Some times it seems to read right, but lots of times it will say I am doing 120 when I am doing 30 MPH or it will show I am doing 0 when I am actually doing 70 MPH on the interstate. I cannot rely on my speedometer to be accurate. I can be driving, it appears to be working but then it starts to slowly go down until it is back at zero and all the while I am in drive and moving. Also, my oil gage has stopped working. It moves when I start my car and shut it off, but it is never correct either. It is either at zero or on the complete opposite side. Sometimes my car stalls when I am sitting at a light or driving slowly. My dash will say, oil pressure low, stop engine and die on me. I keep my oil changed regularly and keep the levels checked. It does not leak, it always measures fine when I check it. So something is wrong with the oil gage and it is continuously telling my computer the oil pressure is low causing my car to die on me while driving or in traffic. These are both very serious driving hazards. I could go to pull out left and turn, my car could die on me, and I could get hit from oncoming traffic. This has not happened, but it is a possible scenario due to my car stalling out of the blue because of the oil gage/sensor not working right. I have also noticed some of my lights in my dash area half work and on my doors. Other than this, I have had great luck with my vehicle. I bought it new and really have not had any problems but with this. I also had the fuel gage go out, but there was a recall on it, and I had it replaced. I cannot give you a specific date, because this happens almost on a daily basis, so I will give you an approximate date as to when I think it started around.

Filed Jul 15, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 103,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. While at a traffic light, the door locks started to lock and unlock rapidly without warning. After the light changed, the vehicle failed to accelerate and then stalled. The vehicle restarted and resumed normal operation. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. The VIN was not available.ma 09/25 updated 11/27/2017

Filed Mar 5, 2012 · Fuel system · NY

On 2/29/12 I came back from the grocery store and parked my vehicle and unloaded my groceries and returned to my vehicle which was left running. I put my vehicle in drive and proceeded to do a uturn and had put the vehicle in reverse to prevent collision with other vehicles parked on the odd side of the street. When I put the vehicle in reverse the car just stalled, it did not move at all. I looked at the dashboard and it keep informing me that the fuel was low. This was impossible due to the fact I knew I had over a half tank of gas in my vehicle. I had to put the vehicle in park and re-start the car to continue parking the vehicle. I live on a very busy street and luckily there was no traffic coming when my car stalled. The incident occurred again on 3/4/12 when I went to start my vehicle and the dash indicated that the fuel was low but this time the gas gauge proceeded to beep and the orange low fuel indication light came on and the gas gauge needle began to move to e and then the car stalled once again and I was unable to move the vehicle.

Filed May 3, 2011 · Electrical, Fuel system · 28,426 miles · FL

Gas gauge is erratic, goes from empty to full and full to empty leaving you with no idea how much fuel you have. When slowing down or turning, vehicle lunges or stalls. Also, low beam headlights will go off with no warning and takes time to re-light. Low beams also tend to flicker to dim.