Worst years for a Buick Rainier
Owners have filed 525 complaints about the Buick Rainier with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2007. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.
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2004 Buick Rainier205 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.
Every Buick Rainier year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Buick Rainier
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2005
Worst in 2004
Worst in 2006
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Worst in 2005
Exactly what failed on a Buick Rainier
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Buick Rainier, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Buick Rainier problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Buick Rainier
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.