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2003 Buick Rendezvous fuel/propulsion system problems

43 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2003 Buick Rendezvous15% of all complaints for this model year.

43
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
15%
share of all complaints
126,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • After filling the fuel tank there is a strong gas odor that is present until the tank is almost empty. When walking around the vehicle or loading/unloading the vehicle, the strong gas odor is always present. This vehicle was at a dealership and they took it to the local personal auction company…

    filed Feb 15, 2022

  • I purchased this vehicle in 2013, and a few years later, I began smelling gas. After doing my due diligence, I found out that there is a recall for this issue, because the check inlet valve at the top of the tank where the filler neck connects to the tank is cracked. Great, NO, only CERTAIN…

    filed Sep 30, 2021

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

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Rendezvous years

YearReportsShare
2007 Rendezvous12%
2006 Rendezvous1315%
2005 Rendezvous107%
2004 Rendezvous2010%
2002 Rendezvous337%
Rendezvous fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.