2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Electrical Systemwiringinteriorunder Dash Problems

6 NHTSA complaints on file

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Electrical Systemwiringinteriorunder Dash Issues in the 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS

6 electrical systemwiringinteriorunder dash complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Electrical Systemwiringinteriorunder Dash Complaints

#10148810 | January 27, 2006 Fire

DASH INSTRUMENTS AND REMOTE ACCESS CLICKER FAILED. WE HAD NO SPEEDOMETER OR ANY OTHER ENGINE INDICATORS AND COULD ONLY GAIN ACCESS WITH KEY IN DOOR LOCK. AFTER ONE WEEK DELAY WAITING FOR A NEW CLUSTER IT WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER, SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. UPON PICKING CAR UP FROM THE DEALER IT WAS DRIVEN HOME AND PARKED IN FRONT OF GARAGE. NEXT DAY SAME PROBLEM AGAIN BUT, WHEN DOOR WAS UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED INSIDE. AS SOON AS 911 CALL WAS MADE, CAR BURST INTO FLAMES AND BLEW OUT WINDOWS, AND SUNROOF 10 FEET INTO THE AIR. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED (LOCATED ONLY 1/4 MILE AWAY) CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOTALLY DESTROYED. IF IT HAD NOT BURNED, WE'D HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.*AK

#10076059 | June 10, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS USED INTERIOR WILL NOT COOL IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER FOUND THAT AIR CONDITIONER CONDENCER MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED AND WENT OUT. THEN VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY SPEED. *AK

#10049463 | December 9, 2003

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2002 BUICK, RENDEZVOUS KEPT GOING OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP (VANATTA BUICK IN VESTAL NY) AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. THEY SCANNED THE DATA OUTPUT AND FOUND SEVERAL CODES THAT INDICATED A MALFUNCTION OF THIS UNIT. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE UNIT. THEY COVERED THE COST OF THE UNIT AND I PAYED THE LABOR.. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURED SENSE THE UNIT WAS REPLACED. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS MALFUNCITON IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. IN MY SITUATION THE SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, II WAS NOT IN A DANGEROUS PLACE (IE ON A SUPER HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH) IF I HAD BEEN IN THAT SITUATION, THE SECOND OR TWO THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS WERE OUT COULD HAVE HAD FATAL CONSEQUENCES-- SUCH AS A DEER CROSSING THE ROAD OR WORSE...

#10039895 | September 12, 2003

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A RECALL # 03 V 211 000 AND THE DEALER FAILED TO RECONNECT THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *PH

#8012255 | June 20, 2002

WHILE DRIVING INSTRUCTION PANEL LIGHTS GO OUT, AND VEHICLE LOSES ALL ELECTRIC POWER.,ETC HEAD LIGHTS, POWER WINDOWS, ETC.*AK

#8012257 | June 20, 2002 Crash

WHILE DRIVING INSTRUCTION PANEL LIGHTS GO OUT, LOSES ALL POWER IN VEHICLE. WHEN SYSTEM IS OUT IT IS EASY FOR VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. LOST CONTROL, AND VEHICLE WENT OVER HILL.*AK

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