2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

40,000 MILES TRANS WENT OUT. STARTING GRINDING INCIDENT @SAME TIME. *TR

2006 BUICK RENDEZVOUS: OPERATOR STOPPED THE CAR IN PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVED THE KEYS. CAR WAS IN DRIVE "D" AND KEYS WERE REMOVED. LATER, CAR ROLLED BACKWARD AND HIT ANOTHER CAR IN PARKING LOT (LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED). DEALER INDICATES THAT THE KEYS CANNOT BE REMOVED WHEN CAR IS IN DRIVE. THE RENDEZVOUS SAFETY FEATURE IN THE STEERING WHEEL / IGNITION IS NOT WORKING. *TR

ON JUNE 12, 2006 I WAS LEAVING MY WORK PLACE WITH BOTH OF MY CHILDREN. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STRAPPING MY DAUGHTER'S SEAT BELT ON HER (AGE 5) WHEN MY 2 YEAR OLD SON JUMPED UP INTO THE DRIVER SEAT AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, AS IT WAS PARKED ON A GRADUAL SLOPE. I WAS TRAPPED BEHIND THE LEFT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR UNTIL THE CAR MADE A SLIGHT TURN AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FROM BEHIND THE DOOR. WITH THE DOOR STILL OPEN THE CAR THEN MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN AND THE PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS SITTING CAUGHT THE TREE AND BOUNCED BACK FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET WHERE IT CAME TO REST. I RAN DOWN TO THE CAR GOT MY SON OUT OF THE DRIVER SEAT AND PULLED THE KEYS STRAIGHT OUT OF...