NHTSA Complaint #10302309 — 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS

I PURCHASED 2002 RENDEZVOUS IN 2002. IT BEGAN IN THE SECOND YEAR I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I WOULD BE REPLACING THE RADIATOR AND CONDENSER ASSEMBLY. EACH YEAR FOLLOWING I WAS SHELLING OUT MAJOR BUCKS IN REPAIRS. EACH YEAR THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH EITHER THE HEAT OR THE AIR CONDITIONER. FROM REPLACING SENSORS, THERMOSTAT TO WATER PUMPS. EACH YEAR I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AND HAD THE HUB BEARING REPLACED ONCE. IN 2009 I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL. I HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED AND ONCE AGAIN PROBLEMS WITH HEAT AND REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. IN DECEMBER OF 2009 THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW NO LONGER WORKS. THEN IN JANUARY 2010 DESPITE MY EFFORTS IN TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR WITH REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, THE ENGINE TOOK A FINIAL DUMP. THE CAM SHAFT BROKE INSIDE THE ENGINE THAT PUMPS THE OIL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND CARLESS. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE HUB BEARINGS BUT DID NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ON THE RECALL FOR THE DEX COOLANT AND WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS TOO LATE. IN MY RECENT RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE HEAD GASKETS THAT CLOSED IN APRIL OF 2009, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I DID RECEIVE A RECALL FOR THE FUEL FILL TUBE WHICH IS GOOD FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES AND I DO QUALIFY, HOWEVER, I DON'T HAVE AN ENGINE! I CALLED BUICK CONSUMER RELATIONS 1-800-521-7300, AND THEY SAID THE ONLY RECALL THEY HAVE IS FOR THE LIFT GATE LATCH. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD REOPEN THE RECALLS FOR THE DEX COOLANT, HUB BEARINGS AND THE HEAD GASKETS. I AM LOOKING FOR SOME RECOURSE BECAUSE IN NO WAY SHOULD THE CAM SHAFT BROKEN. *TR