Filled tank and parked in garage. next morning garage had extremely strong gasoline fumes. backed car into driveway. found fuel on garage floor. it was running out of the tank at the junction of the fuel line to the gas tank. it appeared to be the seal between the fuel line (where the gas runs down into the tank when you fill it) and the tank, the intake valve. the leak was severe and dangerous, too dangerous to drive to the dealer 30 minutes away. choose to drive it to a local garage for repair. the fuel tank and fuel pump seal were replace at a cost of $936. there is an nhtsa campaign id # 09v349000 on this issue. on the gm recall site, there are no recalls listed. we called the buick number listed and were told that there was no recall, but the issue is being escalated for review. this is a potentially disastrous situation, potential file or explosion hazard. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 buick rendezvous. while the vehicle was parked the contact smelled a fuel odor. the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed a leak in the fuel tank inlet. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the manufacturer advised the contact that the vin was not included in nhtsa recall 07e021000 (fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly:pressure relief devices). the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 89,000.
Owner purchased 2003 buick rendezvous in july, 2007. at the beginning of august, 2007, with approximately 80k miles on it, the vehicle's abs, traction control, and check engine lights came on and the gas gauge began fluctuating erratically. upon inspection at the local gm service center, the service technician diagnosed that the problem had been caused by a manufacturer design flaw related to the air conditioning system in which the condensation drain was made forward facing, which while driving at moderate to high speeds, would prevent the condensation to drain properly while running the air conditioning due to wind resistance. this caused the condensation (water) to pool inside the vehicle, causing multiple valves to rust, various electrical functions to malfunction, and resulted in a musty mildew smell inside the vehicle because the carpet was becoming saturated. the service technician stated he had seen this problem several times before and informed the consumer that buick remedied the problem for the 2005 and newer models. therefore, the remedy provided was that the original a/c condensation drain was replaced to match that of the 2005 and newer rendezvous. this remedy alone would have been relatively inexpensive had buick issued a recall for this design flaw (which they clearly recognized as evidenced by the design modification on the 2005 and newer models), however since the problem was not observable until significant damage had been done (including multiple rusted valves that had to be replaced and several hours of labor), the repair ended up costing the consumer over $1,000. *tr
I own a 2003 buick rendzvous. i am experiencing a fuel leak from the gas tank filler pipe, as described in nhtsa action #rq06009. *jb
Dt: 2003 buick rendezvous. the vehicle was taken to dealer for 30,000 miles service. when the vehicle left the service department consumer drove the vehicle 8 miles and there was fuel all over the road. also, there were fumes in the vehicle. the vehicle was then towed back to the dealership. the dealership replaced the parts when they did the maintenance. they stated it was not a recalled item for the vehicle. the manager of the service department stated it was a faulty fuel filter. this occurred august 8, 2005, the fuel filter was replaced and the problem has not occurred again. the fire and police departments responded.*ak
Dashboard lights can't be visible during the day. consumer can't see the speedometeror gas gauge. continuous complaints to the manufacturer have been made with no resolution.*ak