NHTSA Complaint #10207430 — 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS

MY 2002 RENDEZVOUS WAS PURCHASED MID-YEAR 2005. AT FIRST THERE WERE ONLY SMALL FLICKERS IN THE HEADLIGHTS, LIKE BLINKING QUICKLY. THE AUTO ELECTRICIAN SAID OUR BATTERY WAS OVERCHARGING AND REPLACED IT. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO,MY CAR WOULDN'T START, NO SOUND AT ALL LIKE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY AND TWO DAYS LATER IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. AGAIN ELECTRICIAN LOOKED IT OVER, COULD FIND NOTHING. SOON MY DOOR LOCKS BEGAN TO LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF AND NO ONE WAS IN IT. COMING HOME ONE NIGHT ON A VERY DARK ROAD, ALL OF MY LIGHTS WENT OUT, INSIDE AND OUT. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO PULL OVER AND NO OUTSIDE LIGHTS. IT SCARED ME BAD. THE WEATHER SENSOR WOULD SAY THERE WAS ICE ON THE ROAD WHEN IT WAS 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE. WHEN IT WAS REALLY HOT ONE DAY SOME KIND OF LOCK WAS PUT ON MY AIR CONDITIONER ,POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS AND I THOUGHT I'D SUFFOCATE BEFORE I GOT TO WORK. THE CAR DID THE SENSOR LOCK BY ITSELF. I HAVE PAID ANOTHER 145 DOLLARS TO THE AUTO ELECTRICIAN TO TRY AND TRACE WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A GROUND FAULT. HE ORDERED THE ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICS AND TRACED ALL GROUNDS AND COULD FIND NOTHING. THE ONLY WAY WE COULD RESET THE COMPUTER WAS TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY, THEN HOOK IT BACK UP. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THIS CAR IN 6 WEEKS BECAUSE IT IS SO UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP PAYING PEOPLE TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT SURE IS THE PROBLEM. FROM READING COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THERE IS A BAD ACCIDENT STEMMING FROM THIS. *TR