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Buick Rendezvous Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 10 recall campaigns for the Buick Rendezvous, across 5 model years from 2002 to 2006. The 2003 has the most (7); the fewest among years with a recall is 2006 (1).

No Buick Rendezvous model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2002, is at 2.0×.

Model years
5

2002–2006, with a recall

Recall campaigns
10
Most recalls
2003

7 recalls

Owner complaints
1,241

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,241 complaints with NHTSA about the Buick Rendezvous across 7 model years; the most, 486, concern the 2002.

Owners marked a crash on 68 of the Buick Rendezvous complaints (5%) and a fire on 25.

Across all Buick Rendezvous model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 295 complaints), then the engine and engine cooling (203).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Buick Rendezvous in 2005: 128, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Buick Rendezvous is air bags: frontal, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Buick Rendezvous recall, 07V349000, was reported on August 8, 2007 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage.

Buick Rendezvous years to avoid

The best-measured Buick Rendezvous years are 2007 (0.2×), 2006 (0.3×) and 2005 (0.8×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Buick Rendezvous, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
200704313
0.2×
200618919
0.3×
2005213843
0.8×
2004520079
1.2×
2003728191
1.4×
20023486162
2.0×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Buick Rendezvous years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Buick Rendezvous

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL4
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE4
  • FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES4
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL1
  • STEERING1
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1

Buick Rendezvous model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Buick Rendezvous recall campaign (10)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Buick Rendezvous, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
07V349000August 8, 2007fuel system, gasoline: storage2002–2004fire20,594
06V417000October 31, 2006air bags: frontal2005–2006crash and injury794
05V157000April 20, 2005electrical system: ignition2004crash34,186
04V150000March 29, 2004latches/locks/linkages: hatchback/liftgate: lock2003–2004crash and injury103,956
03V454000November 10, 2003fuel system, gasoline: storage2004fire79
03V250000July 15, 2003equipment: other: owners/service/other manual2003—1,707,825
03V052000February 20, 2003steering2003crash4,512
03V051000February 14, 2003air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2003injury130
02V222000August 9, 2002air bags: frontal2002–2003injury133,221
07E021000fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices2002–2005fire—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Buick Rendezvous. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: April 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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