NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Buick Rendezvous Recalls
The 2003 Buick Rendezvous has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Buick Rendezvous. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 281
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Buick Rendezvous, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2003 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 2002, 2004 Rendezvous, 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hatchback/liftgate: lock
- Campaign
- 04V150000
- Reported
- March 29, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 103,956
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Rendezvous
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 03V052000
- Reported
- February 20, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,512
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Rendezvous, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 Rendezvous, 13 other models
2003 Buick Rendezvous complaints by year
NHTSA has received 281 owner complaints about the 2003 Buick Rendezvous, the newest on March 15, 2022. Of these, 12 describe a crash (4%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Buick Rendezvous, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (19%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the fuel/propulsion system (15%).
None of the 2003 Buick Rendezvous's 7 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2003 Buick Rendezvous owners gave the mileage (214 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling53
- Electrical System45
- Fuel/Propulsion System43
- Fuel System, Gasoline36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic30
- Power Train25
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 33 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 34 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Buick Rendezvous peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 34. 32% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Buick Rendezvous drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Buick Rendezvous year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 281 complaints about the 2003 Buick Rendezvous are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Rendezvous by model year
Other 2003 Buick models
Newest record on this page: March 15, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted