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2004 Buick Rendezvous Air bags Problems

Complaints
14about this part
Share
7%of 200 total for the year
Median mileage
113,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 14 complaints about the air bags of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous, 7% of the 200 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 113,000 miles. 10 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was involved in an accident. The right front of my vehicle struck a car that came into my lane. I continued across the highway (garden state parkway in new jersey) and hit a guardrail hard with the left front of my vehicle. The airbags did not deploy with either front end collision. My vehicle sustained $10,000 in damage and was totaled by the insurance company.”

NHTSA complaint #10449936, filed 2012-03, 125,707 miles

“I was in a head on collision hitting a car that ran a stop sign off a highway. He was traveling at a high rate of speed. No airbags deployed. The entire front end was pushed into me causing extensive injuries to both knees and left shoulder because the seat belt did lock upon impact.”

NHTSA complaint #10448429, filed 2012-02, 117,000 miles

“Trac light would come on and off a few times. Eventually the trac off, and ABS light stay on. It occurs at random moments while stationary and in motion. Disabling the traction control. This is hazardous when it is on and in motion with not favorable weather ie rain or snow. I have had this happen to me, driving in the rain with the ABS disabled, I had to apply my brakes hard to avoid rear ending the car in front of me who had hit their brakes to avoid an accident as well. I have replaced hub assembly, rotors brakes, brake calipers, brake hoses the whole nine yards. …”

NHTSA complaint #10899395, filed 2016-08, 289,640 miles

“Traveling on highway, roads were wet but not icy. Hit a wet spot on a curve. Slid slightly to the right and passenger tire dropped off pavement. Easily corrected back onto the road, but then the back hydroplaned and the vehicle rolled over and crashed, landing upside down in a culvert. Driver and front seat passenger transported to local hospital via squad. Vehicle totaled by insurance. None of the airbags deployed.”

NHTSA complaint #10662753, filed 2014-12, 115,000 miles

“The rendevous was traveling 18 MPH and struck by a pacifica going 20-30 MPH that ran a stop sign. The rendevous was struck between the driver side rear door and the driver rear wheel well causing the rendevous to fall over on its passenger side, slide 15-30 feet, hit an embankment and ended up on its 4 wheels again.”

NHTSA complaint #10112377, filed 2005-03, 25,600 miles

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2007614%
2006910%
200554%
2004147%
200372%
2002245%

Other parts of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous

Electrical system
76 complaints
Fuel system
49 complaints
Brakes
21 complaints
Engine cooling
21 complaints
Steering
16 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
12 complaints
Other or unknown
11 complaints
Engine
10 complaints
Suspension
9 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
9 complaints
Vehicle speed control
8 complaints
Body and structure
7 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2004 Buick Rendezvous

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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