2005 Buick RAINIER - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"fuel gauge is erradic. it bounces from full to empty."

"tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainier. the contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the speedometer failed and displayed 120 mph without warning. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 146,000. the vin was not available."

"while driving the locks start unlocking and locking multiple times, while this is happening the gear shift indicator on the dash goes from drive to park. this also happened on may 30,2015 and june 1,2015. i noticed there has been a recall on the 2006-2007 model it would seem that a problem like this would be looked at in all models."

"tl* the contact owns a 2005 buick rainer. the contact stated that the driver side window panel failed to operate. also, the contact stated that there was a burning odor inside the vehicle. the failure recurred multiple times. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 109,000."

"speedometer did not register correct speed, at times would read going over 100mph when going 40mph. when car stopped would register still a speed such as 30mph. would be out for a few days and then start working again. continued to keep this pattern for few years. dealer wanted to replace with rebuilt instrument panel for approximately $500. no longer have car. *tr"

"vehicle speedometer performs erratically or not at all. sometimes shows 80 mph while vehicle is parked and off, sometimes shows nothing when vehicle is moving. common, long-standing and well-know problem among these vehicles. reported to gm, who has declined to take any action. *tr"

"the speedometer is faulty and is working intermittently. it will read i am going 120 mph when going approx. 65 mph or if stopped 40 mph. took it to gm mechanic and they said the instrument cluster needs to be replaced or rebuilt, for $500. *tr"

"the speedometer does not read the correct speed. sometimes while traveling at 55mph it will state i am only going 40 while other times it will state i am going 120. sometime when i start my vehicle the needle will read below 0 and others it will read over 80 while just idling. this on top of the gas gauge not reading accurately, stating i am almost out of gas after i just filled it tells me there is something majorly wrong with the electronics on this make. all i had to do was put in the words "2005 buick rainier speedometer gas gauge failure" and found way to many incidents of the same problem. i contacted buick and they are going to send me to have it looked at, i have a feeling they are going to charge me. and i think it should be their responsibility since it seems to be a prevalent issue and my vehicle only has 60k miles on it for an almost 8 year old car. if i have to pay for it, it will be the last gm car i purchase. especially since my grand daughter is getting of driving age and i wanted to pass this on to her. *tr"

"the speedometer has begun registering significantly higher speeds than the vehicle is traveling. at one point, a gps device in the vehicle indicated a speed of 55, and the speedometer for the vehicle registered more than 100 mph. in other cases, when standing still, the speedometer showed a speed of 35 mph. subsequently, and intermittently, the speedometer works correctly, and then reverts to defective mode. gm advised that the vehicle was out of warranty and that the cost of repair would have to be borne by the vehicle owner, even if it was a safety issue. a gm dealer in vermont indicated that the entire "bundle" for the instrument panel would have to be replaced. when given the ok to proceed, the dealership said that new bundles were no longer available, and rebuilt bundles would have to be used - and none were currently available. they suggested leaving the vehicle, removing the bundle and sending it away for rebuilding, and then installing it back into the vehicle. i declined that offer. the defective speedometer problem continues today, and i have to believe that the unavailability of new bundles, if correct, means that this is likely a widespread problem and potentially major safety issue. *tr"

"i recently was driving my vehicle when i realized the speedometer was incorrectly working. for a few days it was acting up then stopped working all together. then a week or so later the gas gauge reads empty when i had just filled it. i am very concerned with these matters for i use this vehicle to transport 3 very small children and both issues are very unsafe. i read now that there are several other complaints with these matters along with several other issues with the same make of vehicle. i would think that gm would offer a recall on these issues because they are both very expensive to have fixed. when i priced the speedometer cluster my mechanic wanted over 500.00 to fix and i currently can not afford these costs due to being out of work on medical leave. *js"