NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Buick Rendezvous Recalls
The 2004 Buick Rendezvous has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Buick Rendezvous. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 200
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Buick Rendezvous, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2004 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 2002–2003 Rendezvous, 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 05V157000
- Reported
- April 20, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34,186
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2003 Rendezvous
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 03V454000
- Reported
- November 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 79
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005 Rendezvous, 13 other models
2004 Buick Rendezvous complaints by year
NHTSA has received 200 owner complaints about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous, the newest on June 30, 2025. Of these, 14 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (12%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
1 of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Buick Rendezvous owners gave the mileage (162 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System76
- Fuel System, Gasoline23
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
- Fuel/Propulsion System20
- Steering16
- Air Bags14
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 33. 40% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Buick Rendezvous drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Buick Rendezvous year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
The 200 complaints about the 2004 Buick Rendezvous are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Rendezvous by model year
Other 2004 Buick models
Newest record on this page: June 30, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted