Buick Rendezvous vs Nissan Frontier

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Buick Rendezvous	Nissan Frontier
Complaints on file	1,798	4,485
Model years covered	2001–2007	1998–2026
Worst model year	2002	2022
Best model year	2007	2024
Crashes reported	95	219
Fires reported	33	62
Injuries reported	78	128
Deaths reported	4	10
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	11.7%	9.3%

Buick Rendezvous by year

4 690 407 300 196 131 70

01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 312 17.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 291 16.2%

Engine & Cooling 280 15.6%

Brakes 150 8.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 120 6.7%

Suspension 105 5.8%

Steering 81 4.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 72 4.0%

Nissan Frontier by year

146 106 224 155 152 92 89 750 836 699 187 44 76 84 98 65 50 48 56 45 29 39 34 25 194 116 30 9 7

98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 997 22.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 828 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 675 15.1%

Electrical System 307 6.8%

Airbags 300 6.7%

Brakes 225 5.0%

Other & Unspecified 175 3.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 125 2.8%