NHTSA Complaint #10241461 — 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS

2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT BCM NEEDS REPLACEMENT. INTERNET SEARCHES SHOW ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY OWNERS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM & I AM JUST RELIEVED THAT MY FAMILY DID NOT SUFFER ANY SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM FROM THE INCIDENT. CAR PACKED TO BRING SON BACK TO COLLEGE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ALL ELECTRICAL CONTROLS SEEMED TO STOP. RADIO CUT OUT, ALL WINDOWS BECAME INOPERABLE, AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED, BACK HATCH INOPERABLE. CONTROL PANEL GAVE SECURITY ALERT AND LOCKED MESSAGE ACROSS RADIO DISPLAY. BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS FACT THAT WE WERE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON INTERSTATE ON A VERY HOT DAY. NO OPERABLE WINDOWS AND NO A.C. HAD TO EXIT OVER TO SHOULDER. TOOK SHORT SPURTS OF STOPPING CAR TO MANUALLY OPEN DOORS FOR AIR, UNTIL WE COULD RETURN TO OUR HOUSE. IN THE TWO WEEKS PROCEEDING THIS INCIDENT, WE HAD SOME SORT OF COIL REPLACED IN OUR STEERING COLUMN, AND THE CAR'S BATTERY REPLACED (ALREADY HAD REPLACED LAST YEAR). CAR ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. ALSO WERE A VICTIM OF THE RENDEZVOUS' CRACKED A/C CONDENSER ABOUT 2 YRS AGO. THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE TSBS ON THIS STUFF, BUT NO RECALLS. THIS LATEST PROBLEM WITH THE BCM WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS! EVEN THOUGH GETTING REPLACED AT NEARLY $1,000 TO ME, I AM AFRAID OF DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS POSSESSED. *TR