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Buick Rainier

Every Buick Rainier model year on file, 2003 to 2007. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years39130 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52003 to 2007
Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3,054Summed across model years
By model year

The 2004 model year drew the most complaints, 158, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

05010015020020032004158200520062007
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Buick Rainier complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
146
Fuel system
90
Lighting
57
Powertrain
28
Suspension
24
Visibility and wipers
22
Engine and cooling
22
Speed control
21
Airbags
20
Structure
15
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Buick Rainier model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Buick Rainier by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2007SUV385.35754859
2006SUV916.621974778
2005SUV1038.715213682
2004SUV1588.225723653
2003SUV10.030082
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Buick Rainier

  • 15V-599 Sep 24, 2015
    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,…
    Visibility and wipers · 9,932 vehicles
  • 15V-519 Aug 14, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the headlamp driver module (HDM) may overheat and fail, causing the headlamps and daytime running lights to not illuminate
    Lighting · 429k vehicles
  • 14V-404 Jul 2, 2014
    Fluid may enter the driver's door master power window switch module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board
    Visibility and wipers · 185k vehicles
  • 13V-248 Jun 13, 2013
    Fluid may enter the driver's door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board
    Electrical system · 194k vehicles
  • 12V-406 Aug 16, 2012
    Fluid may enter the driver's door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board
    Electrical system · 278k vehicles
  • 05V-552 Dec 7, 2005
    Certain trucks and sport utility vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection…
    Equipment · 32k vehicles
  • 05V-455 Oct 5, 2005
    Certain passenger vehicles may have been built with a power steering hose that is not to specification
    Steering · 124k vehicles
  • 05V-198 May 5, 2005
    On certain trucks and sport utility vehicles, the driver wishing to signal a turn by moving the directional signal lever, (up or down) may cause…
    Lighting · 286k vehicles
  • 05V-035 Feb 3, 2005
    Certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 212, 'windshield mounting.' the…
    Visibility and wipers · 18k vehicles
  • 04V-527 Nov 1, 2004
    On certain sport utility vehicles, vibration and heat may cause the tail lamp/stop lamp bulb to loosen in its socket
    Lighting · 871k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.