Certain trucks and sport utility vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "Tire selection and rims." These vehicles were shipped with tire and loading information labels listing an inacccurate vehicle...
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Buick Rainier Equipment problems by year
3 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Buick Rainier's equipment & accessories. Trailer hitches, mobility equipment, accessories and aftermarket parts.
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We own 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 47,829 with in 9days of repair drivers side door...
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would not open.. Called gm and dealer but it seems no one thinks it has anything to do with repair. Work\ed fine until repair an auto has little mileage. They blamed it on living near the beach, I don't. Owner of dealership call stated he would take care of paying us back but it has been well within a time to mail a check. Gm keeps calling to see if dealer paid. It is funny a door works great prior then can not open 9 days after return. Had similar problem with tires, auto serviced every 3,000 miles by dealer we purchased auto and tires worn down within less then 28,000 and they stated tires are not covered by warranty. You protects the disabled and seniors? Nobody because they think we can afford theses cost. We can't. *Tr
(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...
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wobbly??...Dealership couldn't find anything. (7) Dec 2008, driver seat heater was replaced due to major overheating...Fixed under warranty. (8) Feb 2010 - 14 months later replacing driver seat heater again due to major overheating...Seat heater has now burned 3 holes into leather seat..Not under warranty. *Tr
The speedometer has completely and instantly stopped working. To the best my knowledge the odometer appears to be working but cannot validate. The vehicle has less than 40k miles on it. I noticed several other complaints regarding speedometer issues and don't feel I the consumer should be responsible for the expense of this costly repair. Gm has not recalled due to this problem. It's unfortunate the warranty period is expired, but this vehicle has very low usage and low mileage, where I don't feel this type of problem should be occurring. Please provide your response. Thank you. *Tr
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