Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2003 Buick Buick Truck

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › wheel bearing. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Mar 28, 200533,400 milesNC

FACTORY ORDERED AND PURCHASED ON 8/23/02. 11/28/02 - VEHICLE DEAD IN DRIVEWAY/NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL. DEALER CHARGED BATTERY. 2/03/03 - VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING/NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTICS TESTS ALL PASSED, INSTALLED ELECTRICAL PATCH TO SYSTEM. 12/3/03 - VEHICLE DEAD IN DRIVEWAY/NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY, SAID OLD ONE HAD ONE BAD CELL. 3/28/03 - VEHICLE DEAD IN DRIVEWAY/NO ELECTRICITY AL ALL. CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURER WARRANTY WILL END IN 3 MONTHS. I CAN NOT ETHICALLY SELL THIS VEHICLE TO SOMEONE KNOWING OF ITS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH CAN CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I'M TOTALLY SCREWED WITH NO WAY TO BE MADE RIGHT - NC LEMON LAW NO LONGER APPLIES. *JB

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed Jan 2, 200535,558 milesOH

I HAVE HAD TWO WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED ON MY '03 RENDEZVOUS WITHIN 4K MILES ONLY TO BE TOLD THIS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO RECTIFY I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP TO SELL THE CAR, BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, OR PAY THE REPAIR BILL EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS ONCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY HARM COME TO ME BUT WITH ALL THE RENDEZVOUS ON THE ROAD IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS DEFECT THAT GM IGNORES HURTS OR KILLS SOMEONE. *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2003 — this page2000Routine
20024000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.