2002 Buick Rendezvous power train problems

“VEHICLE GAVE NO KIND OF NOTICE JUST STARTED JUMPING OUT OF GEAR GOING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD. IT WILL JUMP IN AND OUT OF GEAR AND JUST STOPS SHIFTING. HAVE TO TURN ENGINE OFF THEN BACK ON FOR IT TO GO BACK INTO GEAR AND SOMETIMES THAT STILL DOES NOT WORK. ALMOST GOT HIT FROM THE REAR BECAUSE IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATION DECREASED AND THE ENGINE REVVED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.”

“CAR IS RELUCTANT TO MOVE AT LOW SPEEDS (25/30 MPH). GEAR MOVES VERY RELUCTANTLY INTO HIGHER GEAR. HEAR LOUD CLUTTERING NOISES FROM GEAR BOX, METALS GRINDING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THIS CAUSES SLOWING THE TRAFFIC AND FEEL AS IF SOMEONE WILL HIT ME FROM BEHIND. FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SAFETY ISSUE. *TR”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REPLACING THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE TO THE RADIATOR, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145, 000.”

“I PURCHASED A USED 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS IN APRIL OF 2004 FROM A GM DEALERSHIP (ABOVE). IT IS AN AWD V6 CXL SUV. MY CAR MANUAL SPECIFICALLY STATES NOT TO USE ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM GM OR THE DEALERSHIP OR DEXCOOL REGARDING THE PROBLEMS ON THIS VEHICLE AND DEXCOOL. EVEN AFTER THE LAWSUIT AGAINST GM IN 2008 I DID NOT GET NOTIFIED IN ANY WAY, AND THE DEALERSHIP NEVER TOLD ME TO STOP USING DEXCOOL, SO I HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE PROBLEMS! WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR IT HAD 37,591 MILES ON IT. I PAID JUST UNDER $20,000 FOR IT. ON 12/8/05 I DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. FOUR MONTHS LATER, ON MARCH 9, 2006, THE CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING OIL AND COOLANT, AND THE FRONT TIMING COVER SEAL WAS LEAKING. IT ALSO NEEDED FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. AT THAT TIME THEY TOLD ME THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING ALL OVER EVERYTHING AND WAS GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION (AND THE BRAKES, TOO, I THINK.) HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FLUSH DONE AND I THINK COOLANT FLUSH DONE - COST WAS $222. I HAD 3 ESTIMATES DONE FOR THE REST OF THE WORK AND THEY RANGED FROM $3,300, TO 1700 TO $1,380. IT COST ME $89 AND $73…”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAD BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.”