Buick Rendezvous
Registered from 2001 to 2007.
About this model
The Buick Rendezvous is a mid-size crossover SUV that was marketed by Buick for the 2002–2007 model years. It debuted at the Chicago Auto Show in February 2000, and sales commenced in spring 2001. The Buick Rendezvous and its corporate cousin, the Pontiac Aztek, were GM's first entries into the crossover SUV segment. The Rendezvous featured a four-speed automatic transmission with a V6 engine and optional all-wheel drive. The SUV used the same platform as GM's short-wheelbase minivans, the Chevrolet Venture and Pontiac Montana. The Rendezvous provided a passenger- and load-carrying capacity not seen in the Buick lineup since the discontinuation of the Buick Roadmaster Estate station wagon in 1996.
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Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1792 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2006 | 1792 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2005 | 1792 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2004 | 1792 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2003 | 1792 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2002 | 1890 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.7 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.
Fuel tank leakage
Engineering analysis, opened April 2007, closed September 2007.
Fuel tank leakage
Recall query, opened December 2006, closed April 2007.
Ignition relay failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2004, closed April 2005.
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 774 bulletins about the 2007 Rendezvous.
- Equipment: 306
- Electrical system: 122
- Engine and engine cooling: 79
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 50
- Power train: 39
- Wheels: 26
- Visibility: 25
- Engine: 23
- Fuel system, gasoline: 20
- Tires: 17
- Other: 67
- 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
766 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.