Buick Rainier Body problems by year

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. The contact stated that the driver's door could not be locked and unlocked. The contact removed the driver's door module himself and was able to lock and unlock the driver's door with the key. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 12v406000 (electrical system, visibility). The manufacturer provided case number: 8-4645434013. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick rainier. After parking the vehicle, the front driver side exterior door handle fractured. The contact had to enter the vehicle through the passenger door. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the handle was repaired, but the failure recurred five times. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

Just purchased car 3 weeks ago, it caught on fire at 3 am after being parked for 6 hours.Fire department says it started at the driver side headlight wiring or switch area. Completely destroyed my engine before fire department arrived.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. While at a traffic light, the door locks started to lock and unlock rapidly without warning. After the light changed, the vehicle failed to accelerate and then stalled. The vehicle restarted and resumed normal operation. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. The vin was not available.Ma 09/25 updated 11/27/2017*cn

Power door locks and window locks are inoperative. Have lost all power in the door locks and windows as well as the radio and the heater. I was trapped in my car this morning for about 5 minutes with the windows up and the heater was blowing out hot air. I was unable to stop that as I couldn't turn off the car or open the doors, I pried the door lock open and was able to get out of the car. *Tr

Frame rot ? I brought my 2004 buick rainier in for service and had the mechanic check the status of the braking system. He discovered that the frame near the rear driver side wheel was rotted through. The steel design of the frame is ?Cupped? Near the rear wheels and there was no drain hole in the area to allow the road water and debris to escape. He advised that if I were to go over a pothole or hit a bump that the rear wheel would cave inward and cause a potentially serious accident. He welded on a steel plate...

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick rainier. The contact stated that the exterior driver latch became loose and the driver's side door latch would not open. The contact took her vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing and the stated the door latch would need to be replaced and repainted. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred two additional times. Whenever the failure occurred the dealer repaired the door latch however, the failure continued to occur. The identical failure occurred with the rear...

I bought my 2006 buick rainier in march of 2011 and about 3 months later the right rear passenger door handle broke because it is plastic and can't be opened from the outside. Then a week later the child lock decided to lock itself on the same door and now the door can't be opened from either the inside or outside. Then about 6 months later the front passenger door handle broke and now it won't open from the outside and I have to reach clear across the truck to open the door for any passengers to get in on that...

I have various types of problems with my 2005 buick rainier. I have owned it for about 6 years now and it currently has a little over 93,000 miles on it. I am reported the problems to you so that you can document the problems to your list and I am also hoping that you can let me know if there is a recall for these issues? 1. Awd is not working. When there was snow on the ground. It caused me to ditch my car when I was turning a corner at a very low speed. There was a car coming towards me, but missed my car. ...

Unable to open driver side door from outside in any manner. This is starting to happen to other doors. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick rainier. The contact received a recall noticed for nhtsa campaign id number: 12v406000 (visibility: power window devices and controls). The contact stated that the recall had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repaired. The contact stated that the repairs needed to be done as soon as possible since the driver door failed to unlocked electronically or manually. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000 and the approximate current mileage was 66,000. ...Updated 01/30/13 *bf updated 2/5/2013 *js

Driver's door module, power door lock and power window switches function intermittently and became inoperative. I took it to dealership and this was the problem. $422 To fixed. Waiting on part, as it was ordered today. 8-21-12 Nothing on the drivers side door works, the whole door is dead. *Tr

1) Fuel gauge - the fuel gauge has done a 180, the needle is now upside down. And doesn't work really. I searched the internet and found out the there is a recall on 2005- 2007 buick rainiers but not on my 2004. Maybe with my complaint, maybe it will include 2004 models. 2) Drives door lock - the car key will no longer open the car door. I can only open the door with the remote button. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 buick rainier. While parked, the contact stated that the front drivers side door would not open from the exterior. The door would only open from the interior. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the door handle was replaced. The failure recurred a second time. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was again repaired. The failure recurred a third time. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000.

(1) Complete brake job w/rotors and drums replaced, I was told I had been driving with the emergency brake on though I never had used the emergency brake..Fixed under warranty. (2) Hatch back door "pistons??" That holds up the hatchback failed..Fixed under warranty. (3) Fan clutch failed...Fixed under warranty. (4) Paint chipping/peeling; radio buttons chipping/peeling. (5) Ac/heater gets stuck on hot air blowing out when switching to ac sometimes. (6) Passenger side feels like tire or front end is...