2007 Buick Rainier problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Fuel System, Gasoline (8) · Exterior Lighting (5) · Suspension (4)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
25 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (5)
Visibility:power Window Devices And Controls 2015-09-24 · campaign 15V599000 · 9,932 vehicles
Defect: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 Buick Rainier, Chevrolet Trailblazer and GMC Envoy vehicles, and 2006 GMC Envoy XL and Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT vehicles. Fluid may enter into the driver's door master power window switch module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board, causing window switches to become inoperative. Previously, the affected vehicles may have had their master power window switch module treated with a protective coatin
Risk: The protective coating may not eliminate the risk that the circuit board could short and result in a fire, even while the vehicle is unattended.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a new driver's door switch module, free of charge. The recall began on November 2, 2015. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15700.
Exterior Lighting:headlights 2015-08-14 · campaign 15V519000 · 429,170 vehicles
Defect: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix, 2006-2009 Buick LaCrosse, 2006-2007 Buick Rainier, Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT, GMC Envoy XL, 2006-2008 Isuzu Ascender, and Saab 9-7x vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the headlamp driver module (HDM) may overheat and fail, causing the headlamps and daytime running lights to not illuminate.
Risk: Headlamps that do not illuminate reduce the driver's ability to see the roadway and reduce the vehicle's visibility to oncoming vehicles, both of which increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the HDM, free of charge. The recall began on May 17, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. GM's number for this recall is 14291.
Visibility:power Window Devices And Controls 2014-07-02 · campaign 14V404000 · 184,611 vehicles
Defect: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2005-2007 SAAB 9-7x; 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL; and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier and Isuzu Ascender vehicles. Fluid may enter the driver's door master power window switch module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board. A short may cause the power door lock and power window switches to function intermittently or become inoperative. The short may also cause ove
Risk: A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the part number on the door module, and install a new door module if necessary, free of charge. Parts for the remedy are not currently available. An interim letter was mailed to owners in August 2014. A second owner letter will be mailed when parts are available. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), 1-800-462-8782 (GMC), 1-800-955-9007 (SAAB), and 1-800-255-6727 (Isuzu). GM's number for t
Visibility:power Window Devices And Controls 2013-06-13 · campaign 13V248000 · 193,652 vehicles
Defect: General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2005-2007 SAAB 9-7x; 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL; and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier and Isuzu Ascender vehicles. Fluid may enter the driver's door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board. A short may cause the power door lock and power window switches to function intermittently or become inoperative. The short may also cause overheating, which could melt comp
Risk: A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
Fix: Owners will be contacted and dealers will test the driver's door module. If the module is functioning properly, a protective coating will be applied. If the module is not functioning properly, it will be replaced. These repairs will be done free of charge. GM will notify Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC owners, Isuzu and Saab will contact their respective owners. The recall began on August 2, 2013. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, GMC
Visibility:power Window Devices And Controls 2012-08-16 · campaign 12V406000 · 278,174 vehicles
Defect: General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, and Isuzu Ascender vehicles, originally sold or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. Fluid m
Risk: A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
Fix: Parts for this recall are expected to available in March 2013. GM will notify Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC owners when parts are available. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463. Isuzu owners will be notified by Isuzu Motors when parts are available. Owners may contact Isuzu customer service at 1-800-255-6727. SAAB owners will be notified by SAAB Cars North America when parts are available and for inquir
Service bulletins (859)
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 2025-08-07 · PIC5650M · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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 on. technician may find diagnostic trouble codes b3055, b3060, b3935, c0750, c0755, c0760, c0765, and/o
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 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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.
Unknown Or Other 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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.
Unknown Or Other 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
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.
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
Showing the 6 most recent of 859 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2023-11-28 · Suspension“window motors and window controls failing. i replaced two window motors at in 2017, at dealer because they failed, then the rear passenger window motor failed in 2020 and was replaced at mechanic shop with factory replacement, this rear passenger window is seldom used, but rear passenger window motor failed again in 2023 and was replaced again a…”
2020-12-23 · Suspension · 110,000 mi“both trailing arms in the rear suspension have failed to due to rust. the failure of at least one of the two trailing arms occurred when traveling across a bump in the road at low speed while on a long distance trip. the 2007 buick rainier had a history of being in pennsylvania. the use of salt during the winter months was the likely cause of the f…”
2016-08-22 · Unknown Or Other · 100,000 mi“this problem started and has occured intermittently since 2015. when i shift the gear shifter into park, it does not release, the ignition will not cut completely off so that you can take the keys out. this has been a major problem! this only happens when vehice is parked, trying to cut off/take keys out of ignition. something is not releasing so t…”
2016-08-22 · Suspension · 150,000 mi“around january 2016, the rear end was basically sitting almost on the rear tires--the air bags would not pump the rear end up. after a couple of days, it was fine. then around march 2016, same thing happened. in june 2016, same thing happened but only down for about a day. the fourth time this happened was the other day, august 18, 2016--today is a…”
2016-04-04 · Exterior Lighting“tl* the contact owns a 2007 buick rainier. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v755000 (exterior lighting). the dealer was not able to supply the part for the repair for longer than 18 months. the manufacturer was unable to provide a permanent remedy for the recall repair beyond a reasonable time frame. the contact was unc…”
2016-01-11 · Exterior Lighting“tl* the contact owns a 2007 buick rainier. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v755000 (exterior lighting) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact…”
2015-12-25 · Exterior Lighting“headlights go out without warning causing hazardous night driving. recall issued but gm has no fix yet! has happened several times. i have checked with local dealer and still no fix available.…”
2015-11-09 · Exterior Lighting · 109,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2007 buick rainer. the contact stated that the headlights flickered on the vehicle intermittently. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v519000 (exterior lighting) in 2015. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the hdm service part was replaced, but the failure reccured two days later. the contact m…”
2015-11-02 · Unknown Or Other“first recall was on the window swith in driver door . second recall was on the lights and as of now they still do not have the parts to fix it. before i got the recall notice we went and had it fixed and we had to pay for that. they dont seem to be to concerened about our saftey or it woul already be fixed .now only back passenger dorr can be opene…”
2015-10-08 · Engine“my husband was driving down the highway and the vehicle just stopped, he coasted to side of road and tried to restart the car and it wouldn't. we had to have it towed and waiting to here.…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.