2002 Buick Rendezvous electrical system problems

103 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2002 Buick Rendezvous — 21% of all complaints for this model year.

103

Electrical System complaints

21%

share of all complaints

74,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

1 / 5

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“My vehicle did not have heat. I was not able to determine if it was blowing cold air or not blowing at all. Before I had a chance to address the heating issue, the vehicle ran hot and continued to run hot until a mechanic replaced the thermostat and the coolant and cu at 2/3 slit in the rubber…”
filed Mar 22, 2018
“When driving the buick rendezvous 2002 home the brakes began to not respond. After arriving home and driving down our driveway, the suv had smoke coming out of the engine. The buick rendezvous was turned off but continued to expelled large amounts of smoke under the engine area. Within 5 minutes…”
filed Aug 1, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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