Faults:

Rear wheel bearing at 115,000km; front wheel bearing at 150,000km. Alternator at 155,000km.

General Comments:

The good: The creature comforts are top notch. The stereo is good, the seats are comfortable, and options such as the Homelink garage door opener, rear backup sensor, and heads-up display, become necessities. Passing power is fine on the highway. The all-wheel-drive allows me to traverse steep snow-covered hills easily. Design of the console and front storage areas is excellent. Flipping the 3rd row seat up and down is a breeze. Headlights are great.

The bad: The roof rack is flimsy. Removal and reinstallation of the 2nd row captains seats is a nightmare; they are heavy, awkward, and difficult to fit through the rear doors. There is no handle on the rear hatch – you have to use the button on the dash or key fob. It suffers from the corroding aluminum hood common with this line from GM. The engine is getting noisy. I have replaced one front and one rear wheel bearing and an alternator. Front tire wear is excessive. I expect I’ll soon run into one or both of the infamous 3.4l manifold gasket leak or body control module failure. Gas mileage is poor. All the paint has since chipped off the stereo controls. Seat trim, and adjustment knobs and buttons have fallen off.

Faults:

My head gasket blew at 43,000 miles. There has already been a recall for the rear liftgate.

And a recall on the driver side airbags.

General Comments:

I am not pleased at the fact my head gasket blew at 43,000 miles. There has already been a recall for the rear lift-gate as well as the driver side airbags. I have been a faithful buyer and will continue to buy ford automobiles. The only regret is not purchasing the extended warranty. It appears if I am already having problems at 43,000 miles what am in store for.

Faults:

Why does this vehicle not want to start? What is the solution? Everyone including Buick knows about the CX stalling and or not starting for no reason. What is the cure for this? What about a recall? Help!!

General Comments:

I just can't trust this Buick. It has been a failure.

Faults:

2002 Buick Rendezvous CXL.

For 2 years we kept hearing a clicking noise and had the automatic level pump checked. Finally it went out at 50,00 miles, but the dealer replaced under warranty because we had it worked on twice before. When it came back from this service the AC was not working. Returning to the dealer with in 2 weeks, (hoping that they had accidentally disconnected something and this would be a minor problem) we were told the condenser was cracked and needed to be replaced at a cost of $650. I have owned quite a few cars over the last 30 years and never had a condenser crack. This was a $34000 vehicle and a condenser cracks in under 3 years. There is something wrong and perhaps consumers should be asking for a recall.