2002 Buick Rendezvous problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Electrical System (43) · Engine And Engine Cooling (30) · Fuel/Propulsion System (29)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Buick Rendezvous model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
377 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (391)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the tire pressure monitor, active fuel injector tester, multi media tester, pico scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Electrical System 2024-08-26 · General Communication · Service Campaign
vehicle wide programming (vwp) is a new process to update software on gm vehicles. it provides the ability via a single selection within techline connect to first identify which modules need updating and then proceed to updating affected modules (with some exceptions). the updating of modules is com
Showing the 6 most recent of 391 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2021-02-06 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 130,000 mi“my car has a gas tank leak from the intake tube. in 2007 i received a recall letter for this problem but it wasn't a problem until now. i'm the original owner and the car has only 130,000 miles on it. can i get help with this repair? my local dealer doesn't want to talk about it.…”
2019-11-17 · Unknown Or Other“over heating for no reason. sometimes the fuel line seems clogged or full but will act as if it out of gas. have changed the alternator and distributor and the problem is still occuring. was told that it was a radiator but there seems to be a defect with the fuel system. some days it will start to run hot and if you keep yoyr foot on the gas the ho…”
2019-08-13 · Air Bags · 104,776 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2002 buick rendezvous. the contact stated that while entering the vehicle and closing the door, the driver seat side air bag deployed without impact. the air bag deployed violently on the drivers head. the contact sustained head and face causing unconsciousness. in addition, left arm and shoulder injuries were sustained. the …”
2018-06-26 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 150,000 mi“i find the 2002 rendezvous has a defective gas tank. when they make the tank they use two different plastic materials for the tank and the filler tube that result on the weld not holding on. and due to the unusual position of that filler tube in the middle of the gas tank a very dangerous situation for explosion and fire. there is plenty of reports…”
2018-06-12 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 20,000 mi · 🔥 fire“no notice from gm on recall dated 08/08/2007 fuel tank defect. fuel leaking from fuel tank at this specific location. dealers will not repair this defect. i am the orig. owner.…”
2018-05-15 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 110,000 mi“vehicle showed check engine code for emissions for some time. now smelling fuel from car. mechanic diagnosed as cracked tank, same as recall number 06230a. vin does not match recall. dealership and buick were not helpful at providing alternatives to getting issue fixed. upon more research there are many complaints online of this same issue. cracked…”
2018-05-15 · Engine · 169,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2002 buick rendezvous. while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle started to overheat and the temperature gauge started to flash. the vehicle was taken to an unknown independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the intake manifold gaskets were damaged and it would be best to rebuild the engine. the dealer was not con…”
2018-03-26 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 121,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2002 buick rendezvous. while driving at 5 mph, the contact noticed a very strong fuel odor in the vehicle. the contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and noticed fuel was leaking very heavily from the vehicle. the contact drove the vehicle to their residence, then to an independent mechanic where the technici…”
2018-03-22 · Unknown Or Other · 126,000 mi“my vehicle did not have heat. i was not able to determine if it was blowing cold air or not blowing at all. before i had a chance to address the heating issue, the vehicle ran hot and continued to run hot until a mechanic replaced the thermostat and the coolant and cu at 2/3 slit in the rubber under the hood. it came to my attention that the vehicl…”
2018-02-07 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 45,000 mi“noticed smell of gas by the 2002 buick rendezvous. mechanic verified there was a leak near filling point of car. said would be expensive to fix this, thought he saw something about gm recalling gas tanks on some vehicles. looked it up and saw many complaints about this issue and there was a recall. this was my parents car, now being used by my tee…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.