NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Buick Rendezvous Recalls
The 2006 Buick Rendezvous has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Buick Rendezvous. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 89
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Buick Rendezvous, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Buick Rendezvous
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Rendezvous, 10 other models
2006 Buick Rendezvous complaints by year
NHTSA has received 89 owner complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous, the newest on May 28, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the engine (16%) and the suspension (16%).
The 2006 Buick Rendezvous's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2006 Buick Rendezvous owners gave the mileage (74 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System21
- Engine14
- Suspension14
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
- Power Train11
- Steering10
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 12. 21% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Buick Rendezvous drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Buick Rendezvous year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Buick Rendezvous years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
The 89 complaints about the 2006 Buick Rendezvous are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Rendezvous by model year
Other 2006 Buick models
Newest record on this page: May 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted