2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE TEMPERATURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A HOLE WAS IN THE HEAD GASKET, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,500.

Mileage: 96,500

I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL GAS STATION ABOUT 3 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE. I WENT IN CAME BACK AND OUT AND BEFORE I WAS EVEN HALFWAY HOME MY CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I HADN'T EVEN DRIVEN HALF A MILE. THE THERMOSTAT AND THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE RADIATOR FLUSHED. THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF BROWN GUNK IN THE LINE BUT THE ISSUE STILL IS NOT RESOLVED. THE HEAT ONLY WORKS OCCASIONALLY AFTER THIS AND THE CAR STILL WILL RUN HOT AND THEN DROP BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL TEMPERATURE ALL WITHIN 2 MINUTES. NO ONE IS SURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH IT. THE CAUSE CANNOT BE FOUND AT THIS POINT. *KB

Mileage: 85,000

MY 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS WOULD PERIODICALLY STALL IN TURNS OR AT RED LIGHTS. 1 INSTANCE IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A BUICK DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A NEW BATTERY. AFTER THAT IT WOULD STILL STALL AT LIGHTS AND INTERSECTIONS. I TOLD VARIOUS MECHANICS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND NEVER FOUND A PROBLEM. I EVEN HAD MY FUEL FILTER CHANGED ETC. WELL, ON JANUARY 21 2011, I WAS MAKING A ROUTINE LEFT HAND TURN INTO WORK ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR STALLED... IT WOULDN'T PICK UP AND GO. I WAS THEN HIT HARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOTALING OUT MY VEHICLE AND RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES ON BOTH PARTIES. *TR

Mileage: 85,300

TL*THE CONTACT 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE COOL DOWN. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET BROKE WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO ENTER THE GAS CHAMBER AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF IT BUT HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 52,676.

Mileage: 52,676

2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS STALLING. ON 4 OCCASIONS TO DATE THIS VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON ME. THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT JUST SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. I ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED. I MANAGED TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT STARTED BACK UP. THE NEXT TIME I WAS IN A SCHOOL ZONE GOING ABOUT 10 MPH TURNING A CORNER AND IT WENT DEAD. IT STARTED BACK UP. THE THIRD TIME I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A LIGHT AND IT STALLED. IT STARTED BACK UP. THIS IS VERY WORRISOME AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF THE ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAPPEN DUE TO THIS. *TR

Mileage: 48,020

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING 35-65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AND THEY WOULD CALL HER. THE FAILURE HAS CURRENTLY RECURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY GET REAR ENDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

Mileage: 47,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS 2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT IS CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WASALSO USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN FOR A DAYCARE. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DECELERATING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER THIS OCCURRED. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A COMPUTER UPGRADE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. IT HAPPENED 7 TIMES. THE CONTACT FELT IT WAS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT WAS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE PROMPTLY ADDRESSED. UPDATED 06/07/2006. *AK *TS

Mileage: 13,750

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 21,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLS, THIS OCCURRED SIX TIMES BETWEEN 5-15 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESTARTS AFTER STALLING. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.

Mileage: 23,762

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE ONLY WARNING WAS THE BATTERY LIGHT. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAVE PLACED A RECORDER ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. FROM THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE RECORDER THEY HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION RELAY, IGNITION SWITCH, THE AIR CONTROL MODULE VALVE, AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. NONE OF THESE REPAIRS HAVE CORRECTED THE STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

2005 BUICK VIN [XXX] ENGINE DIED WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT DOWNHILL AND STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. ENGINE WOULDN'T START UNTIL IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED BACK ON. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 9,316

I WRITE TO REPORT AN OCCURRENCE OF UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION IN A BUICK RENDEZVOUS. I RENTED THE CURRENT MODEL YEAR RENDEZVOUS FROM AVIS AT LAX AIRPORT ON 5/14/05. THAT EVENING AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL, AND PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE, YET THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I NOTICED THAT EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND PRESSING AS HARD AS I COULD, THE SPEED WAS INCREASING. FORTUNATELY, AT THE ON-RAMP WHERE I GOT ON, THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT, AND THERE WAS APPROX A HALF MILE WHERE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN MY LANE. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS GETTING READY TO TURN THE KEY OFF, SINCE I COULD NOT OTHERWISE SLOW THE CAR DOWN. AFTER A TOTAL OF 8 ? 10 SECONDS, THE THROTTLE WENT BACK TO ITS NORMAL CONDITION ? IE THE RUN AWAY ACCELERATION CEASED. I SPOKE TO THE RETURN AGENT AT AVIS WHO ASSURED ME THE CAR WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. I WRITE THIS NOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT AVIS KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF THERE HAD BEEN OTHER CARS NEAR MINE. BUICK RENDEZVOUS (HAD ABOUT 4500 MILES ? SO PRESUMABLY A 2005) CA LICENSE # [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 4,500