Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/06/2007 | 13000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 buick rendezvous. while driving approximately 65 mph between two 18 wheelers, the vehicle rolled over eight times and crashed into a tree due to the air current from other vehicles. the contact's forehead struck the steering column and caused severe head injuries. the vehicle was destroyed and the air bags failed to deploy. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to a wreck yard. the dealer and manufacturer have not been notified. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 13,000. | |||
| 08/07/2008 | |||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 buick rendezvous. while driving approximately 25 mph, the contact rear ended the preceding vehicle. the driver's seat belt did not lock and the air bags failed to deploy. the driver injured her chest and left knee. the contact drove the vehicle to the dealer and they repaired the front end of the vehicle; however, they stated that the seat belts were in working order. the contact was informed that the crash was not severe enough for the air bags to deploy. the dealer stated that if the brake pedal is not depressed, the seat belt is not supposed to lock. the manufacturer stated that since the dealer stated that the seat belt was not defective, nothing could be done. the failure mileage was unknown. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 07/17/2010 | 84000 | ||
| I own a 2007 buick rendevous. i was having several problems with the airbags light kept coming on. the battery light kept coming on and replacing the tires every month. the car would shake horrible and we had the car aligned. on july the 17 2010 my son had an accident and suffered a head injury and cuts to the face. the trooper said he did not have on a seatbelt, because he was partially ejected. yet the nurse reported that he had seatbelt marks from across his shoulder to his chest which indicated he had on his seatbelt. i believe the seatbelt came unlock and that how he got thrown out. the airbags did not deploy. i had gmc to check it and they said there were no problems and this is not true. | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 05/02/2009 | 174200 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 buick rendezvous. as the occupant in the front passenger seat exited and closed the door, the side air bag deployed without warning. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that they would repair the vehicle. later that same day, she received a call from the dealer stating that they would not be responsible for the repairs because they could not determine the cause of the air bag deployment. the contact retrieved her vehicle and believes that the failure should be covered under a recall. the vehicle has not been repaired. the current and failure mileages were 174,200. | |||