FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Rendezvous

Owners have filed 1,798 complaints about the Buick Rendezvous with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2007. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Buick Rendezvous

690 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2007 Buick Rendezvous

70 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Rendezvous 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.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2007 C 70 7 0 93,333 Electrical System
2006 C 131 15 2 80,000 Electrical System
2005 C 196 14 1 73,000 Electrical System
2004 C 300 16 2 67,000 Electrical System
2003 C 407 18 17 67,291 Fuel & Propulsion
2002 D 690 24 11 68,500 Engine & Cooling
2001 4 1 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Buick Rendezvous

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 312 17.4%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 291 16.2%

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 280 15.6%

Worst in 2002

Brakes 150 8.3%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Suspension 105 5.8%

Worst in 2002

Steering 81 4.5%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2002

Airbags 67 3.7%

Worst in 2002

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Worst in 2002

Worst in 2005

Lights 32 1.8%

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a Buick Rendezvous

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Engine 43 13.8%
Wheel Bearing 42 13.5%
Cooling System 41 13.1%
Automatic Transmission 39 12.5%
AIR Conditioner 36 11.5%
Storage 25 8.0%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 23 7.4%
Ignition 22 7.1%
Tank Assembly 21 6.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 20 6.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Buick Rendezvous, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2001 peak 31 Apr 2026

Buick Rendezvous 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 Rendezvous

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.