2006 Buick Rainier: doors won't lock, open or latch

8 of the 91 complaints about the 2006 Buick Rainier describe doors won't lock, open or latch.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 9%
typical mileage: 80,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year

2007
2
2006
8
2005
2
2004
3

What owners say

Filed May 10, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · WI

We bought a buick rainier 2006 and it has had nothing but electrical, door problems and door handle problems. It has a faulty back window wiper. Suspension issues and a voting under body carriage. I bought it from a dealer and none of these recall issues where taken care of, and these recalls date back to 2015 I bought the rainer in march 2018.

Filed Oct 31, 2019 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · PA

Door locks suddenly stopped working. Latches would not open, could not close doors.

Filed Apr 25, 2018 · Electrical · 141,000 miles · MS

The door locks and windows want work at all ..

Filed May 12, 2017 · Body · 78,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick rainier. After parking the vehicle, the front driver side exterior door handle fractured. The contact had to enter the vehicle through the passenger door. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the handle was repaired, but the failure recurred five times. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

Filed Jun 4, 2014 · Body, Locks · 15,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick rainier. The contact stated that the exterior driver latch became loose and the driver's side door latch would not open. The contact took her vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing and the stated the door latch would need to be replaced and repainted. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred two additional times. Whenever the failure occurred the dealer repaired the door latch however, the failure continued to occur. The identical failure occurred with the rear passenger side exterior latch. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 15,000. Updated 9/*cn/ updated 09/10/2014

Filed Oct 7, 2013 · Body · 80,000 miles · NE

I bought my 2006 buick rainier in march of 2011 and about 3 months later the right rear passenger door handle broke because it is plastic and can't be opened from the outside. Then a week later the child lock decided to lock itself on the same door and now the door can't be opened from either the inside or outside. Then about 6 months later the front passenger door handle broke and now it won't open from the outside and I have to reach clear across the truck to open the door for any passengers to get in on that side. This last weekend the left back passenger door is now broke and can't be opened from the outside and is self locking the child safety lock now on this door as it did on the other back passenger door. Luckily I got the door opened just once to unlock the child safety lock on this door and so it is still able to open for now from the inside until it locks its self again. Once it locks it's self again I won't be able to get the door open again to unlock the child safety lock cause the door no longer opens from the outside. At this point I have one door left that functions properly and that is the drivers door if that handle breaks I won't be able to open any of my doors from the outside and will only be able to open the two front doors from the inside. Who makes plastic door handles anyway what a stupid design for a car part that is used many times throughout the course of one day let alone for the life of the vehicle. I don't know if it is a safety issue but my daughter can't get in or out of the back passenger doors and has to crawl up through to the front seats and get out through the drivers door. I can't believe I have a fairly new car and can't properly use 3 doors on it. I too have issues with my gas gauge and will be taking it in to have fixed very soon.

Filed Aug 6, 2013 · Driver assistance, Visibility · 47,829 miles · FL

We own a 2006 buick rainier. The contact received a recall noticed for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v406000 (visibility: power window devices and controls). The contact stated that the recall had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repaired. The contact stated that the repairs needed to be done as soon as possible since the driver door failed to unlocked electronically or manually. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000 and the approximate current mileage was 47,829 with in 9days of repair drivers side door would not open.. Called gm and dealer but it seems no one thinks it has anything to do with repair. Work\ed fine until repair an auto has little mileage. They blamed it on living near the beach, I don't. Owner of dealership call stated he would take care of paying us back but it has been well within a time to mail a check. Gm keeps calling to see if dealer paid. It is funny a door works great prior then can not open 9 days after return. Had similar problem with tires, auto serviced every 3,000 miles by dealer we purchased auto and tires worn down within less then 28,000 and they stated tires are not covered by warranty. You protects the disabled and seniors? Nobody because they think we can afford theses cost. We can't.

Filed Aug 21, 2012 · Electrical, Locks · 100,000 miles · MI

Driver's door module, power door lock and power window switches function intermittently and became inoperative. I took it to dealership and this was the problem. $422 to fixed. Waiting on part, as it was ordered today. 8-21-12 nothing on the drivers side door works, the whole door is dead.