Buick Rendezvous
Owners filed 1,241 complaints across 7 model years of the Buick Rendezvous. The 2002 drew the most (486).
Model years7
Complaints1,241
Recalls18
Fires25
Deaths3
Which Buick Rendezvous years should you avoid?
Going by 1,241 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Rendezvous years to avoid are 2002 and 2004.
- 2002486 complaints, 2.9× a typical Rendezvous year, most often about the engine.
- 20042.0× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (2 fires, 14 crashes, 2 deaths).
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Buick Rendezvous model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 43 | 0 | — | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 10 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2004Avoid | 200 | 5 | 2 | 14 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 281 | 7 | 13 | 12 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Above average | |
| 2002Avoid | 486 | 3 | 8 | 18 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.