Safety Score
78
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-02 | 14V404000 |
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | 184,611 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Buick Rainer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel jerke… |
| 2023-06-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Buick Rainier. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in his driveway, the contac… |
| 2022-07-05 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | During periods of time with ignition switch on, the wipers will loose the ability to both regulate speed and shut off. … |
| 2021-11-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | In driving cross country, filled up the fuel tank and resumed travel when the fuel gauge immediately went to empty (I d… |
| 2021-08-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | When I fill my gas up my gas gauge goes to empty, the low fuel light comes on, and my check engine light comes on. I ca… |
| 2021-05-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Low beam lights go off intermittently while driving and eventually come back on. This does not affect high beams or any… |
| 2020-05-10 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WE BOUGHT A BUICK RAINIER 2006 AND IT HAS HAD NOTHING BUT ELECTRICAL, DOOR PROBLEMS AND DOOR HANDLE PROBLEMS. IT HAS A … |
| 2020-05-01 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | BUICK RAINIER 2006: WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FLUID COME ON BY THEMSELVES. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE ON / OFF FUNCTION DOES … |
| 2019-10-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DOOR LOCKS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. LATCHES WOULD NOT OPEN, COULD NOT CLOSE DOORS. |
| 2018-12-06 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | MY WIPERS COME ON STEADY AND STARTS MY WINDSHEILD WASHER FLUID TO COME OUT. I PUT THEM IN A DELAYED SETTING AND THEY ST… |
| 2018-02-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL WIPER BLADES AND WASHER FLUID COME ON BY THEMSELVES. HAPPEN TO MY WIFE TODAY ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL AND SH… |
| 2018-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS WANT WORK AT ALL .. |
| 2017-09-06 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTA… |
| 2017-06-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. "SERVICE AIRBAGS" MESSAGE KEEPS POPPING UP. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND PASSENGERS. T… |
| 2017-06-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT IS COMING AND ON AND GOING OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. REASON UNKNOWN. THIS I… |
| 2017-02-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDIT… |
| 2016-05-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR OF CAR DROPS TO JUST ABOVE TIRES WHEN CAR SITS FOR A FEW HOURS. AIR SUSPENSION PUMPS IT BACK UP AFTER CAR IS START… |
| 2016-04-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | JUST PURCHASED CAR 3 WEEKS AGO, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AT 3 AM AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 6 HOURS.FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT STARTE… |
| 2016-03-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAI… |
| 2015-12-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DRIVE THE HEADLIGHTS AND DRL FAILED. THE NEXT DAY THEY WORKED. THIS IS SIMILAR… |
| 2015-11-26 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING DIMMED AS IF THEY WERE NOT ON AN… |
| 2015-11-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | REGARDING EXTERIOR LIGHTING- WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT -THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY GO OFF & STAY OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIM… |
| 2015-09-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER FILLING UP THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, THE GAS GAGE GOES TO ZERO AND THE TANK EMPTY WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, AFTER DRIV… |
| 2015-05-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND FAILED TO IL… |
| 2015-03-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WERE SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDERNEATH … |
| 2015-03-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING CONTROLS HAD NOT BEEN WORKING AND /OR WORKING ERRATICALLY. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE … |
| 2015-03-04 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V519000 (EXTER… |
| 2015-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LAMPS FAILED TO FUNCTION INTERMIT… |
| 2014-11-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V404… |
| 2014-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY RAINER STARTED TO LOOSE AIR IN THE REAR SUSPENSION, AIR RIDE SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME THE COMPRESSOR WORKS AND DOES FIL… |
| 2014-07-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND T… |
| 2014-07-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY THE AIR SUSPENSION FAILED CAUSING THE REAR OF VEHICLE TO DROP TO AND UNSAF… |
| 2014-04-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DRIVING BACK TO FINDLAY OHIO FROM LIMA OHIO ON INTERSTATE 75 AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED, NOTHING WORKED - NO LIGHTS, NOTH… |
| 2014-03-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BUICK RAINIER 2006, [XXX], I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY SUV TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING MANY TIMES. ALSO, IT WILL NOT START… |
| 2014-02-10 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | Yes | 0 | I HAD INVOLVED CAR ACCIDENT WHICH FROM THEY CALLED THROTTLEBODY DUE TO (TPS...SHIFT BY WIRE) YOU CAN FIND IN ASK.COM E… |
| 2013-12-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ENGINE QUITS UNANNOUNCED AND THE SAFETY LOCK DASH LIGHT ILLUMINATES. THIS CAN OCCUR ANYTIME REGARDLESS OF SPEED. IF… |
| 2013-10-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. LEAVING ONLY THE BRIGHTS OR FOG LIGHTS OPERATABLE. THEY SOME TIMES WIL… |
| 2013-08-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIO… |
| 2013-06-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING I LOVE MY 2006 BUICK RAINIER AND DO NOT WANT THIS EXPERIENCE TO BREAK MY COMMITMENT TO … |
| 2013-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTU… |
| 2013-02-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LO… |
| 2012-12-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIRB AGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT W… |
| 2012-09-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V40600… |
| 2012-08-20 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WE OWN A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V406000 (VISIBILITY:… |
| 2012-06-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL SENSOR FOR MY 2006 BUICK RAINIER STARTED TO MALFUNCTION APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED BY GM … |
| 2012-06-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK RAINIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR DRIVER LATCH BECAME LOOSE AND THE DRIVE… |
| 2012-03-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | DRIVER'S DOOR MODULE, POWER DOOR LOCK AND POWER WINDOW SWITCHES FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY AND BECAME INOPERATIVE. I TOOK… |
| 2012-01-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS TUESDAY AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MY 2006 BUICK RAINIER TURNED OFF AND CA… |
| 2011-11-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY SHOWED EMPTY AFTER FILLING AND THEN ABOUT 10 MILES LATER SHOWED FULL. SHORTLY LATER EMPTY AGAIN… |
| 2011-09-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY FUEL GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2006 BUICK RAINIER. *KB |