2005 Buick Rainier: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Jan 1, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · MI

Power steering leaks, the gas gauge and other gauges don't work, most the electrical don't work inside the car, makes a weird noise when it backs up and the engine revs when it's starts and sometimes when it drives and goes faster even when you are not hitting the gas

Filed Jan 1, 2020 · Acceleration, Fuel system · MI

Power steering leaks, the gas gauge and other gauges don't work, most the electrical don't work inside the car, makes a weird noise when it backs up and the engine revs when it's starts and sometimes when it drives and goes faster even when you are not hitting the gas, the gas tank blows out gas when we are pumping gas like it's full but it's not, the window cracked from a little peddle and the wheels and hubs go bad really fast.

Filed Dec 15, 2017 · 3 miles · WI

I"ve had problem after problem in this buick since 2103. I have taken it to lynch dealer ship and complaining about same noise no resolution as of yet. I've fixed fuel gauge, both tie rods, swag bar, wheel bearing, brakes, rotor blower, on and on spent already $ 7,000 to fix it. . Now the mechanic says "oh", maybe its the differential which will cost $3200. But maybe! For those wanting to get a buick rainier please dont as you will not stop fixing it!!! Piece of junk! This differential could have caused my life and someone else's. I was driving it on 12/14/17 heard a loud pounding noise trouble turning to right side and braking. When I wanted to break truck would not stop.

Filed Jul 29, 2016 · Electrical · 76,000 miles · AK

Fuel gauge is erradic. It bounces from full to empty.

Filed Jul 11, 2014 · Fuel system · 120,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. The contact stated the fuel gauge sensor failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed May 21, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA

Fuel gauge/sensor not working. When first started to go out would read a quarter of a tank after filling up tank. After about 6 months it no longer registered any fuel, after filling tank it would remain at empty and sensor would trigger beeping warning everytime car was turned on.

Filed Sep 16, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 54,680 miles · MO

Fuel gauge started displaying erratic gas level displays. Soon, when tank was filled, it would show empty. On one occasion it left us stranded on the interstate. I had no warning, the engine died, and I had to safely navigate from the fast lane on the far left to the shoulder on the right. Luckily, I avoided other traffic contact while doing this. I asked my mechanic and he thought it was the sensor in the tank. He said the chevy trail blazers were notorious for this. I checked carcomplaints.com and saw where my vehicle, a 2005 buick rainier, was also in this grouping. My mechanic thought the manufacturer had offered some financial assistance in making the repairs. I am about to find out. They should! I see there has been a petition for the federal safety agency to investigate and consider a recall. I think they should. My scenario could have been very bad if I had been struck by other cars as I tried to move off the interstate with no engine power - just my coast and forward momentum. My vehicle is due for it's safety inspection, and my mechanic cannot pass it without this repair. Doesn't that say something in itself about the safety issue involved. He suggested I go to my buick dealership, which I will tomorrow. If the dealer and buick give me trouble with the repair, you can bet you folks will here about that too! The federal safety agency action number is dp10001.

Filed Sep 16, 2013 · Body, Electrical · 76,000 miles · OH · crash · fire

I have various types of problems with my 2005 buick rainier. I have owned it for about 6 years now and it currently has a little over 93,000 miles on it. I am reported the problems to you so that you can document the problems to your list and I am also hoping that you can let me know if there is a recall for these issues? 1. Awd is not working. When there was snow on the ground. It caused me to ditch my car when I was turning a corner at a very low speed. There was a car coming towards me, but missed my car. Thank goodness it did not injure someone, myself or my car. The rear also slides when it is wet/raining outside. I'm scared to drive it when it is wet outside...especially when there is snow on the ground. 2. My drivers side door caught on fire. I just seen that my door could have been covered by a recall, but I didn't know that then. I paid for another door and installation. 3. When I am turning my steering wheel to back-up. There is a grinding noise. 4. My speedometer does not work. I drive with other cars when I can, but I also drive several country roads. I have received 2 speeding tickets due to this. 5. My gas gauge does not work. I keep track of my gas by my current mileage and per gallons of gas, but I have still ran out of gas at least 8 times and...nearly got hit in the rear several times. 6. I believe there is a windshield recall. Is it still active? I do know that all of my car problems are very common with buick rainier's and I am hoping that there is active recalls on all of these serious issues and that buick/gm will gladly repair them. These are all safety issues that could result in fatal injuries. Thank you for your help, research and response. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Dec 18, 2012 · Electrical · 60,800 miles · FL

The speedometer does not read the correct speed. Sometimes while traveling at 55mph it will state I am only going 40 while other times it will state I am going 120. Sometime when I start my vehicle the needle will read below 0 and others it will read over 80 while just idling. This on top of the gas gauge not reading accurately, stating I am almost out of gas after I just filled it tells me there is something majorly wrong with the electronics on this make. All I had to do was put in the words "2005 buick rainier speedometer gas gauge failure" and found way to many incidents of the same problem. I contacted buick and they are going to send me to have it looked at, I have a feeling they are going to charge me. And I think it should be their responsibility since it seems to be a prevalent issue and my vehicle only has 60k miles on it for an almost 8 year old car. If I have to pay for it, it will be the last gm car I purchase. Especially since my grand daughter is getting of driving age and I wanted to pass this on to her.

Filed Jul 3, 2012 · Electrical · 65,000 miles · NY

I recently was driving my vehicle when I realized the speedometer was incorrectly working. For a few days it was acting up then stopped working all together. Then a week or so later the gas gauge reads empty when I had just filled it. I am very concerned with these matters for I use this vehicle to transport 3 very small children and both issues are very unsafe. I read now that there are several other complaints with these matters along with several other issues with the same make of vehicle. I would think that gm would offer a recall on these issues because they are both very expensive to have fixed. When I priced the speedometer cluster my mechanic wanted over 500.00 to fix and I currently can not afford these costs due to being out of work on medical leave.

Filed Apr 24, 2012 · Electrical · 105,000 miles · NJ

We no sooner have our gas gauge fixed and then the speedometer stops working. At first it would move back and forth between 0 and 120 MPH. Now it just stays on 120 MPH. Since the speedometer stopped working half of the dash board lights now no longer work, neither power seat work and last week the power windows in the back seat stopped working. Obviously there is a major problem with the electrical system in this make/model because we are not the only ones with these problems.

Filed Mar 30, 2012 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 65,000 miles · GA

I have been doing research and I have noticed that there are many people that are dealing with the same issues I am which includes gas gauge failure (false readings) and speedometer reading incorrectly. The amount of people dealing with these issues should be enough to place a recall on those clusters I would think. I have never had so many problems with a 2005 vehicle before like I have had with my 2005 buick rainier. I have ran out of gas many times because of this issue leaving me stranded on the side of the road. Something has to be done.