NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Buick Rendezvous Recalls
The 2002 Buick Rendezvous has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Buick Rendezvous. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 486
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Buick Rendezvous, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Buick Rendezvous
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 07V349000
- Reported
- August 8, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Rendezvous, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Rendezvous, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Rendezvous, 13 other models
2002 Buick Rendezvous complaints by year
NHTSA has received 486 owner complaints about the 2002 Buick Rendezvous, the newest on February 6, 2021. Of these, 18 describe a crash (4%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Buick Rendezvous, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (24%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the fuel system, gasoline (13%).
1 of the 2002 Buick Rendezvous's 3 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2002 Buick Rendezvous owners gave the mileage (378 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling115
- Electrical System103
- Fuel System, Gasoline65
- Suspension45
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic41
- Equipment40
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | |
| 2003 | 44 | |
| 2004 | 43 | |
| 2005 | 51 | |
| 2006 | 40 | |
| 2007 | 52 | |
| 2008 | 48 | |
| 2009 | 40 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 32 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Buick Rendezvous peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 52. 33% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Buick Rendezvous drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Buick Rendezvous year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 486 complaints about the 2002 Buick Rendezvous are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Rendezvous by model year
Other 2002 Buick models
Newest record on this page: February 6, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted