2004 Buick Rendezvous Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 76about this part
- Share
- 38%of 200 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 67,000miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 76 complaints about the electrical system of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous, 38% of the 200 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 67,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I can be on the street driving and my vehicle just stalls out and I have to get it restarted and pulling the side of the road to restart it that's the first issue the second one is my check engine light keeps coming on and off and my traction system light stays on had it looked at it was fine system light remains on.”
NHTSA complaint #11230574, filed 2019-07, 173,551 miles“One day I woke up got in my car started driving and it wouldn't go past 55mph I took it to east detroit auto on gratiot in detroit mi and they kept my car for over 30 days saying they don't know what's wrong with it. They changed the fuel pump and gave me my car back not working. I just recently brought this car and its a huge hassle.”
NHTSA complaint #10594369, filed 2014-05, 131,000 miles“This has happened quite a few times when I am traveling. The ignition sticks when I try to start the car, when I turn the key on to start it, the ignition sticks and it won't start it just keeps turning over. It's very scary, it has even happened when I am not traveling, when the car is just sitting in my driveway and I am going somewhere try to start it and the ignition sticks.”
NHTSA complaint #10627811, filed 2014-08, 78,000 miles“Dash gauges, warning lights, & alarms, bells flash on & off and vehicle suddenly runs rough. Dash codes of all sorts blink on & off. New battery and new altenator installed, problem still exists. This happened first when driving on hiway. After vehicle pulled off road and engine turned off. The dash code then read battery issue. We tried to drive again but now vehicle operated roughly and there was no more daylight. We had vehicle towed 100 miles. …”
NHTSA complaint #11047219, filed 2017-11, 200,000 miles“Speedometer on my 2004 Buick Rendezvous cxl SUV has not been working properly for the last 6 months. Some days it will be alot lower than actual speed of the vehicle and other days it will be alot higher, like showing 110 MPH while I'm actually driving 45 MPH. Some days it does not register anything other than 0 MPH.”
NHTSA complaint #10377059, filed 2011-01, 100,000 milesRelated recalls
- 05V157000Apr 20, 2005On certain sport utility vehicles, contamination on ignition relay contacts can cause high resistance. This can affect signals to the powertrain control…Covers: Buick Rendezvous 2004, Pontiac Aztek 2004
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Electrical system: other model years
Other parts of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous
49 complaintsBrakes
21 complaintsEngine cooling
21 complaintsSteering
16 complaintsAir bags
14 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
12 complaintsOther or unknown
11 complaintsEngine
10 complaintsSuspension
9 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
9 complaintsVehicle speed control
8 complaintsBody 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 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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