I have had to replace the front and back brakes and rotors in my 2003 buick rendezvous twice now - one at 36,000 miles and again just recently at 73,000 miles. I had to have $1200 worth of work on the transmission at 62,000 miles because a gasket was leaking and causing transmission fluid to leak into the anti-freeze. Buick knew of this problem and had changed the design in 2003, but after I had purchased my vehicle. Now, I have been told the transmission cooling lines are leaking. Didn't they notice that when I had the transmission work done or did they cause it? Mechanic says it has been leaking a long time.
2003 Buick Rendezvous transmission complaints
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2003 buick rendezvous - engine gaskets, wheel bearings, awd, rear differential, A/C condenser and on and on. Car is a lemon.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 buick rendezvous. While making a right or left turn, the vehicle made a grinding noise. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact had to replace the front driver side tire. When the spare was placed on the vehicle, the all wheel drive system had to be disabled. Ironically, the noise stopped immediately afterwards. Once the repairs were made, the all wheel drive was reactivated and the noise returned. When attempting to stop the vehicle, she heard a dinging noise and the all wheel drive indicator light illuminated. The brakes failed and the contact drove off the road in order to stop the vehicle. The brakes locked, which caused the all wheel drive to engage. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that this was impossible. They stated that the two front all wheel drive sensors needed to be replaced and a code was received for the ABS light. The contact stated that the ABS light never illuminated. The current and failure mileages were 90,000.
03' buick rendezvous. Axle assembly (front) failed at 60,000/4 years. Repaired at buick dealership that costs ~600 parts plus labor. Was told it would be a severe safety risk if not fixed.
My husband and I purchased a vehicle from little apple toyota in manhattan, ks on june 2, 2006. The vehicle we purchased was a 2003 buick rendezvous and this was done through toyota motor credit corporation. We explained to the gentlemen named tim that we would be making a few trips back and forth from kansas to texas. Also, my husband wanted peace of mind with him deploying to iraq that we would be safe. We were informed by him that this vehicle would be accepted even under the miles progam and that our vehicle would meet and exceed those. We took it for a test drive and heard some grinding and he said that they would put on new brakes that this was probably the cause. So anyway we have it a year to date and I am making a trip to kansas when it goes haywire. I take it to little apple who will not help me and they send it to stagg hill transmission who tells me it's going to be $4,000 for a new transmission and that all my wheel bearings needed replaced, but they won't be able to fix that. I guess bottom line is that no one wants to make good on a vehicle that we have only had for 1 year. The transmission shouldn't just go out at 24,000 miles. I went to a site and found others complaining of similar problems with their buick rendezvous. I think they need to be looked into more carefully. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy one. Now I am stranded, car less, and my husband is deployed and can't help take care of the issues. I would like the buick rendezvous 2003 investigated.
Buick rendevous. 1st was a 2002 cxl - problems: rear differential slipped, passenger side window regulator broke, AC condenser broken, rear view mirror fell off, back up sensors shut down vehicle - because of this fried entire electrical system, brakes and rotors replaced at 30k. 2nd is a 2003 cxl - problems - rear differential slipping, passenger side window regulator broken, driver 1 & 2 memory broken, engine running hot because of leak in radiator - again 30k
Check engine light came on and took into transmission shop to have looked at told it might be sensor so took it to electronic shop who fixed wiring that had rubbed in half. Started to not go when gas pushed took back to transmission shop and transmission out.
I just purchase a 2003 buick rendezvous with 41,532 miles on it. Within 700 additional miles a front wheel bearing has failed. Any auto should be able to last twice that mileage. Is this a one of a kind failure or has buick's quality control people asleep?
I have had so many problems with my rendezvous I feel like the dealership has had my car more than I have. For starters, the front and rear hub failed four times, with the fourth one still needing to be repaired and gm refusing to address the problem because of the number of miles on the car, the check engine light stays on intermittently, the rear wiper stays on and I had to remove the fuse, I have replaced the tires three times with no explaination on the uneven excessive wear, the power steering pump makes loud whining noise and leaks power steering fluid with no explaination, windshield wipers catch on each other and I have on numerous occassions had to stop the car, get out and untangle them, however, the dealer cannot duplicate the problem, the rear air compressor still does not work after being repaired twice, fuses blow for no reason.
Both of the front wheel bearings on my 2003 rendezvous have failed. They were replaced under warranty, but the first side went around 18k miles, the other side went at just over 36k miles.
Transmission failure- replaced 12/04, wheel hub bearing failure-replaced 06/05, heating/AC problems since new 09/03, brake problems since new, window regulators replaced 2x's, hatch latch failure-multiple, parking brake failure 07/04-present, overheating 07/04-present
Blown transmission.
Consumer called complaining about gear arm indicator problem. When changing gear it would not always indicate in which gear it was on. Manufacturer was not contacted at the time of this call. Dealer was contacted, and stated that they would get back to her.
While the vehicle was park in front of the house and without prior warning vehicle jumped out of gear and hit another vehicle.
Engine noise and over heating, transmission hard shifts between 1-2.
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