NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Buick Rainier Recalls
The 2004 Buick Rainier has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Buick Rainier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 158
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Buick Rainier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Buick Rainier
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 05V198000
- Reported
- May 5, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 286,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights
- Campaign
- 04V527000
- Reported
- November 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 871,473
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2004 Buick Rainier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 158 owner complaints about the 2004 Buick Rainier, the newest on April 15, 2019. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Buick Rainier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (53%), followed by the exterior lighting (13%) and the power train (9%).
2 of the 2004 Buick Rainier's 2 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2004 Buick Rainier owners gave the mileage (132 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System83
- Exterior Lighting21
- Power Train15
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Air Bags10
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Buick Rainier peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 19. 21% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 158 complaints about the 2004 Buick Rainier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Rainier by model year
Other 2004 Buick models
Newest record on this page: April 15, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted