Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/18/2013 | 140534 | ||
| Stepper motors in the instrument cluster failing. one gauge goes bad they all do. cannot determine how much gas i have or how fast i am going cause all needles point down or stop at 70. i can be at a red light , completely stopped and it says i am going 110 mph. i have a 4 year old, a 5 year old, and a 5 month old in the back of the car. its pretty scary for them as well. i have seen this is a common problem with gm made cars from 2000-2005. wouldn't you think they would fix this by now? not happy with this car at all. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 130000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rendezvous. the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 40 mph as soon as the vehicle was shifted into drive. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic test. the mechanic could not diagnose the failure. the vehicle was then taken to a dealer for another diagnostic test. the dealer stated that they could not identify the failure. the failure mileage was 130,000. the vin was not available. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 130000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 buick rendezvous. the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 40 mph as soon as the vehicle was shifted into drive. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic test. the mechanic could not diagnose the failure. the vehicle was then taken to a dealer for another diagnostic test. the dealer stated that they could not identify the failure. the failure mileage was 130,000. the vin was not available. sm. | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 130000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 buick rendezvous. the contact stated the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 40 mph as soon as the vehicle shifted into drive. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic test. the mechanic could not find the problem. the contact took the vehicle to a dealer for another diagnostic test. the dealer stated they could not identify the issue but the dealer stated the vehicle does accelerate without pressing the accelerator pedal. the failure mileage was 130,000. jo vin not available | |||
| 03/16/2011 | 82000 | ||
| The speedometer stopped working properly and reads seriously erroneous speeds, both higher and lower than true speeds, which i checked with a gps unit. apparently this is due to defective stepper motors in the instrument cluster from what i read on the internet. gm needs to recall and fix these. the defect can cause drivers to travel at unsafe speeds, as they are misled by the speedometer reading. | |||
| 02/15/2011 | 103000 | ||
| My wife was driving down the interstate at 70 mile per hour when the accelerator pedal jammed itself down speeding up the car. when she noticed that this had happened she hit the brakes and nothing happened. the brakes seemed as though they were not working. not knowing what else to try she then attempted to engage the emergency brake. it did not engage, it kept going down then just coming right back up. still not knowing what to do she shifted down to low gears slowing her down.still out of control she hit a ditch which shut down the engine finally bringing the car to a stop. i just thought that this should be brought to the attention of someone. she luckily was not injured but could have been though. | |||
| 05/29/2005 | 1 | ||
| 2004 buick rendezvous experienced unexpected sudden acceleration.*mr the consumer was parking his vehicle when it accelerated suddenly. the vehicle struck a chain, which was strung between two post, before the consumer could slam on the brake and shut the vehicle off. the consumer is concerned that this may happen again. *nm | |||