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Transmission and drivetrainPart report

2004 Buick Rendezvous Transmission and drivetrain Problems

Complaints
12about this part
Share
6%of 200 total for the year
Median mileage
37,914miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 12 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2004 Buick Rendezvous, 6% of the 200 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 37,914 miles.

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 driving my vehicle on the freeway going 70 miles per hour and all the sudden my vehicle had pretty much came to a complete stop and if I hadn't had my seatbelt on, I probably would have went through the windshield.”

NHTSA complaint #11329049, filed 2020-06, 132,132 miles

“The following are the symptoms which I experienced within 1-3 miles of leaving your dealership: 1.transmission disengaged 2.engine raced 3.transmission reengaged 4.the vehicle lurched forward, causing me to have to break to avoid an accident 5.speedometer readings were all over the dial and not indicative of speeds actually traveled. When the above was not happening the transmission shifted very unevenly”

NHTSA complaint #10062524, filed 2004-03, 1,800 miles

“I had a transmission repair at an ammco transmission outlet. As a result of the repair my instrument cluster was not working the first day the car was declared repaired. I left the car with the repairer who told me a second transmission would be installed. I was told approximately ten days later my car was repaired. When the car was picked up a second the time the problem was not resolved. I was told it needed to time for the computer to reset itself. That never happened since I found out later that the computer was in default mode and was not communicating with the transmission. …”

NHTSA complaint #10597348, filed 2014-06, 128,050 miles

“2004 Buick Rendezvous awd light came on and has never gone off. It came on when we had less than 30k miles on the car. We have had our car to many, many mechanics. None are able to fix this problem. One told us we needed all new tires, we bought new tires, one said it was the alignment we had it aligned. One mechanic went through the car and charged us 3 hours of labor to tell us that he did not know what was wrong and nothing appeared to be wrong. Another suggested we contact the dealer must be a central computer system defect. …”

NHTSA complaint #10312341, filed 2010-02, 25,000 miles

“I was driving the vehicle to an appointment and all of a sudden it thumbed when I moved from the light taking off not like it was shifting but as something was knocked in, then the lower light I turn on in the truck stopped working, the interior dash lights as well stopped on the 11 of march about 6 pm I was heading back in from out of town had to position my cell phone so I could see what speed I was going, the turning to the right knocks like something is about to fall off, and the to top it off the wiper from the back window leaks in the inside when I try to clean with fluid, the seat…”

NHTSA complaint #10503236, filed 2013-03, 16,800 miles

Related service bulletins

Transmission and drivetrain: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2007819%
20061112%
20051712%
2004126%
2003259%
2002408%

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
Air bags
14 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 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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