I purchased this car and every since I've replaced many tires, tie rods, electrical issues, service engine lights, maf sensor, downstream sensor, my mechanic hotwired my fuel pump lines with a 50 amp fuse to fuse box, battery dying, alignment issues, car dying on hiway or any street, gas gauge issues, you name it... Dropped a lot of money for a crummy car, this was my wife's birthday present that has a mind of its own. My mechanic and triple a both love me... Hah. Do yourself a favor... Stay very far away from this car.......
2006 Buick Rendezvous: wrong fuel gauge reading
5 of the 89 complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous describe wrong fuel gauge reading.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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What owners say
Fuel gauge has been grossly inaccurate since about the fall of 2009. We are never sure if we are going to run out of gas and be stranded. My wife is an registered nurse who's worked nights and getting off at 2:00 a.m. And running out of gas on the freeway could potentially put her life in danger, not to mention having to look for gas in crime riddled neighborhoods. This has happened once already, where the gauge showed 1/4 tank but was in fact empty, and caused a stall. Fortunately this was during the daytime on a lightly traveled rural road although we are just waiting for it to happen in traffic on the freeway. Very dangerous. 2006 buick rendezvous cxl awd.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 buick rendevous. While driving approximately 25 MPH the fuel gauge reading began to fluctuate. The contact stated that he was unable to tell what the actual amount of fuel in the vehicle was. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technicians replaced the main computer module and the fuel gauge. A new sensor was also installed in the fuel tank. The failure continued after the vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
The gas gauge on my 2006 buick rendezvous is very erratic. It shows 1/2 tank one minute, and can quickly drop to less than 1/4 of a tank. Basically, you can't trust it at all. I have read of similar problems with other gm suvs and ask that you add the rendezvous to the list. Many people seem to have this problem.
Erratic gas gauge !!! Any where between 1/2 and empty the gas gauge will read something different. Last week during my lunch the gas light came on. But, when I left work it read I had a 1/4 of tank. I decided to get gas anyway. Luckily I did... It took 16 gallons of gas. So it was actually empty. I would have run out of gas on my way home. I have taken my SUV to the dealership 5 times now and they still have mot corrected the problem. I have read on line there are so many other people out there with the same problem. Please do a recall and fix our vehicles before someone runs out of gas and gets hits on the side of the road.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous fuel gauge
Is wrong fuel gauge reading a common problem on the 2006 Buick Rendezvous?
5 of 89 owner complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous (6%) mention wrong fuel gauge reading. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2006 Buick Rendezvous?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2006 Buick Rendezvous
Stalling 15Ball joint 9Check engine light 9Loss of power 8Fuel leak 6
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