2004 Buick Rendezvous: check engine light

8 of the 200 complaints about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous describe check engine light.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 4%
typical mileage: 121,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 76 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Check engine light by model year

2007
2
2006
9
2005
3
2004
8
2003
14
2002
21

What owners say

Filed Feb 10, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 110,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 buick rendezvous. While driving at approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle has not yet been diagnose. There were consequences but the contact was concerned for his safety. When the check engine warning light illuminated, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated. The contact also stated that the vehicle had been experiencing the failure for approximately every day for the past two weeks. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the nature of the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not taken to not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

Filed Jul 9, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 173,551 miles · MI

I can be on the street driving and my vehicle just stalls out and I have to get it restarted and pulling the side of the road to restart it that's the first issue the second one is my check engine light keeps coming on and off and my traction system light stays on had it looked at it was fine system light remains on.

Filed Feb 5, 2016 · Fuel system · 220,000 miles · MI

Recently the cabin is filling with the smell of gas fumes while at idle and filling at gas station. There is no service engine light coming on, indicating some sort of leak in the fuel entrance to the tank. There is a recall #06230 that directly relates to this, however I am told that my vehicle was made a little later and gm had determined the later produced vehicles did not have the problem that required the fuel tank to be replaced. I think this needs to be investigated further.

Filed Jan 19, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 194,000 miles · MI

I bought my rendezvous on 9/2/14 with 193,960 miles on it. On the way home from the dealership, the instrument cluster started acting up. All of the readings of gauges are accurate, however most of the lights on the cluster do not work. The turn signal lights, check engine light, etc. Don't work, however the lights on the speedometer, gas gauge, and as of recently the temperature gauge work. The rendezvous has experienced no other issues. I haven't contacted gm because I assumed I'd get shrugged off due to the age and mileage of the vehicle.

Filed Mar 26, 2009 · Fuel system · 121,000 miles · FL

My engine light came on and I took my truck to have an oil change where they discovered that gas was leaking my truck and they told me I need to have my gas filler hose replaced before it starts a fire and endanger me and my family. I was researching this on the internet and came across recalls for the same problem that I am having now. I want know how can I see if my truck is on that recall list. I am not the original owner of the truck but I only had it a year and a half. If my truck is only the recall list can I still get it fixed if I am not the original owner.

Filed Jul 9, 2006 · Brakes, Engine · 42,100 miles · WI

I have a 2004 buick rendezvous that I bought in 2004 with 9000 miles on it. At 32000 miles the check engine light came on and the dealer said the number three cylinder was misfiring. He reset the the cylinder and 10000 miles later it is doing it again. Also at 42000 I have had to replace both front and rear breaks along with the power steering pump and the master cylinder. I think these are excessive breakdowns for a vehicle this age and milage. So far repairs to the vehicle in the last month have exceeded $1000.00. Luckly I wasn't in and accident when the steering and breaks failed. There was no warnign chirp or dash indicator showing the steering and breaks were failing.

Filed Mar 20, 2006 · Acceleration, Engine · 13,500 miles · PA

Dt*: the contact stated in stop and go traffic, the vehicle overheats. This is an intermittent problem. The contact continues driving the vehicle without the overheating causing damage. The dealership is unable to determine a problem and there are no codes on the computer. The cruise control did not work and the gas cap was faulty which caused the engine light to illuminate. Updated 04/06/06.

Filed Nov 21, 2004 · Electrical · 300 miles · PA

Purchased the vehicle on 7/15/04, 3 days later upon startup the security light on the dashboard came on and stayed on until the vehicle was restarted. Dealer replaced a body control module and that solved the problem. In october 04, the engine stalled while pulling into a parking space; as the engine stalled the check engine light came on. Vehicle restarted and check engine light turned off. Had vehicle towed to the dealer and several body control modules were replaced. During this time had an intermittent problem with the radio not holding presets, also upon startup the radio would randomly pick a station that was not preset. I will have to return to the dealer in the near future for a possible problem with the anti-theft; the dashboard light does not flash to show that it is armed, also a rubbing noise coming from the right front area just as the vehicle starts to move either forward or rearward. Worst american car I have ever owned and will never buy another gm car again.