Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Buick Rainier.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WAR… |
| 2018-04-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING LAST NIGHT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THE HIGH BEA… |
| 2018-01-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, A FUEL ODOR WAS NOTICED OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. ONCE… |
| 2017-12-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILURE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. FIRST TIME A YEAR OR SO AGO, … |
| 2017-07-21 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | LOW BEAMS ON LIGHTING GOES OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. DEALERSHIP S… |
| 2017-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LOW BEAM LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS APPLIED AND RETURNS TO CENTER POSITION. A/C COOLING FAN DOES NOT COOL… |
| 2017-04-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I'VE BEEN HAVING SPORADIC FLICKERING LOW BEAM ISSUES WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT, AND HAVE SPENT UNTOLD HOURS AND T… |
| 2016-11-19 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I NOTICED IN NOVEMBER OF 2016 MY BUICK RAINNER WAS SMELLING LIKE GASOLINE AFTER I GOT OUT AND LEFT IT RUNNING WHILE I W… |
| 2016-06-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS MAKING ON U-TURN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN I CONTINUED TO PROCEED, MY BACK TIRES WAS ST… |
| 2016-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ELECTRICAL FIRE - VERY SIMILAR TO RECALL 15700 -FLUID ENTERED INTO THE DRIVER'S DOOR MASTER POWER WIN… |
| 2016-05-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | AFTER HEADLIGHTS ARE ON FOR A LONG TIME THEY WILL GO OFF. |
| 2016-04-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED. TH… |
| 2015-11-19 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED YOU CAN SMELL GASOLINE CAN PARK CAR IN GARAGE DUE TO OUR WATER HEATER RECEIVED NOTICE FROM G M … |
| 2015-11-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR A VOLUNTARY RECALL AND DRIVING AT A LOW S… |
| 2015-10-08 | TIRES | No | 0 | BLOW OUT OF TIRE ON INTERSTATE 90 IN MADISON AT 70 MPH. SIDEWALL OF TIRE DISINTEGRATED. NEARLY LOST CONTROL. TIRE WAS A… |
| 2015-06-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HAVE NOTICED AFTER A HEAVY AND DRIVING RAIN THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ACTS UP. WE CALL IT CRAZY CAR! ALL THE DASH LIG… |
| 2015-05-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING MY VEHICLE AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS DID NOT TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY. THERE I… |
| 2015-05-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ENGINE STA… |
| 2014-10-17 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I TRIED TO GET MY CAR INSPECTED TODAY IN VIRGINIA BUT IT FAILED DUE TO THE DUMMY LIGHTS ON IN THE DASH BOARD ABS AND BR… |
| 2014-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH MY LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING. ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS WORK FINE. BOTH LOW BEAMS … |
| 2014-08-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW LOCKS ARE INOPERATIVE. HAVE LOST ALL POWER IN THE DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS AS WELL AS THE RAD… |
| 2014-08-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE AIR BAG INADVERTE… |
| 2014-07-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RE… |
| 2014-05-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME ROT ? I BROUGHT MY 2004 BUICK RAINIER IN FOR SERVICE AND HAD THE MECHANIC CHECK THE STATUS OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM.… |
| 2014-05-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BOTH REAR AIR BAGS ARE STARTING TO LEAK CAUSING BACK OF CAR TO SIT LOW. WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED IT WILL AIR BACK UP BUT… |
| 2014-04-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO PICK UP PASSENGER'S. PUT SHIFTER INTO "PARK" BUT INDICATOR SHOWED "DRIVE". TRIED TO EXIT CAR… |
| 2013-09-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE CO… |
| 2013-09-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2004 BUICK RAINIER HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHERE THE BATTERY KEEPS BEING DRAINED BY A DEAD SHORT IN … |
| 2013-08-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND TURNING IT SEEMED LIKE MY TIRES LOCKED UP AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS I STRAIG… |
| 2013-08-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT A BUICK RAINIER 2004. I WAS DRIVING IT AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEVER WENT BACK TO … |
| 2013-07-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT RISING FROM THE SAME ISSUE, I OWN TWO 2004 BUICK RAINIER'S AND THEY BOTH HAVE HAD AN ISSUE … |
| 2013-06-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I OWN TWO 2004 BUICK RAINIER'S AND HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH BOTH, ALSO HAVE TALKED TO MANY FRIENDS THAT HAD THE SAME IS… |
| 2013-04-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER STEP MOTORS MALFUNCTION AND DO NOT GO BACK DOWN UPON DECELERATION. MY SPEEDO WILL SHOW I'M … |
| 2013-03-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD DOING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH THE SPEED SUDDENLY FROZE AT 40 AND IT NO LONGER MOVES. I… |
| 2013-03-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 YEARS AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT WORKED FOR 2.5 YEARS NOW. IT WILL WORK IF I RESET THE B… |
| 2013-03-04 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET MELTED CAUSING THE LIGH… |
| 2013-02-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DRIVING ON A CITY STREET- SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MPH MY METER READ 75 MPH. I PUT MY GPS SYSTEM ON TO MONITOR MY MPH. AT TR… |
| 2012-12-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I'VE RESEARCHED EXTENSIVELY ON LINE AND THROUGH PARTS REPLACEMENT . I BOUGHT THE SUV AT THE END … |
| 2012-11-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | A PERSON RAN TWO STOP SIGNS AND ENTERED VEHICLE PATH. THE TWO VEHICLES HIT HEAD ON AND THIS VEHICLE MADE IMPACT AT 40 … |
| 2012-11-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | A PERSON RAN TWO STOP SIGNS AND ENTERED VEHICLE PATH. THE TWO VEHICLES HIT HEAD ON AND THIS VEHICLE MADE IMPACT AT 40 M… |
| 2012-10-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING FOR A APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AT 65-70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE THE SPEEDOMETER READING DROPS OFF FROM 70 EVE… |
| 2012-09-24 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND REMOVING THE KEY FR… |
| 2012-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SHE SMELLED AN ODOR OF BURNING… |
| 2012-07-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE GAUGE CLUSTER WORKS SOMETIME. THE ONLY GAUGE THAT WORKS PROPERLY IS THE SPEED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SHORT. TOOK IT… |
| 2012-06-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL ? MY 2004 BUICK RAINIER HAS HAD A PROBLEM FOR A FEW YEARS NOW WITH THE INTERMITTENT DIMMING OF THE HEADLIGHT… |
| 2012-06-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | AIR SUSPENSION ? IT SEEMS AS IF THE AIR SUSPENSION IS RUNNING CONTINUALLY AND COULD CAUSE A DRAIN ON THE ELECTRICAL SYS… |
| 2012-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | GOING DOWN THE ROAD SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 120. *TR |
| 2012-04-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN A PASSENGER BECAME STUCK… |
| 2012-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AIR BAG SUSPENSION WILL NOT STAY AIR UP. CONSTANTLY HAVE TO WORK ON THE ABS. *TR |
| 2012-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | GAUGES DON'T FUNCTION RIGHT. SPEEDO READS TOO FAST, TOO SLOW OR NOT AT ALL, FUEL GAUGE READS TWICE AS FULL. NEEDLE PEGG… |