Buick Rainier
Registered from 2004 to 2007.
About this model
The Buick Rainier is a mid-size luxury SUV that was manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Buick for the 2004 to 2007 model years. It was named after Mount Rainier, and with the Saab 9-7X served as the replacement for the Oldsmobile Bravada.
From the Wikipedia article Buick Rainier, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 2099 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2006 | 2099 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2005 | 2099 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 12.4 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2004 | 2099 kg · 2870 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Loss of Headlights
Recall query, opened April 2017, closed March 2021.
Driver's Master Power Window Switch
Engineering analysis, opened June 2012, closed June 2013.
Fuel level gauge system failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 2011, closed September 2011.
Fuel Level Gauge System Failure
Defect petition, opened January 2010, closed May 2011.
Fuel pump module leaks gasoline
Engineering analysis, opened July 2007, closed August 2008.
Brake lamp failure
Engineering analysis, opened August 2004, closed November 2004.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Buick filed 859 bulletins about the 2007 Rainier.
- Equipment: 310
- Electrical system: 138
- Engine and engine cooling: 96
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 48
- Power train: 44
- Engine: 27
- Visibility: 26
- Wheels: 26
- Fuel system, gasoline: 23
- Structure: 20
- Other: 101
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming… · August 2025
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the… · December 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for maintenance cleaning of the fuel injectors and gasoline detergent additive. · October 2024
851 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.