19th Nov 2010, 23:31

I purchased a 2006 RDV in 2008 with only 36,000 miles on the car. Last week my car was rear-ended and totaled. I LOVED my Rendezvous so much I'm searching high and low for another one to replace it.

I only had to have the front wheel bearings replaced after driving it for a year, but that was covered under the warranty. I never had any other problems with the car, and felt I got great gas mileage as I work 30 miles away from home.

It handled well in snow and weather, and I never had to replace the brakes the whole 2.5 years I owned this car.

The seats were comfortable, we were able to take this vehicle on long trips, and I have no complaints on this great family car.

I wish that they still made Rendezvous. When my car was totaled, it had 83,000 miles on it, and it was still going strong.

2nd Dec 2010, 20:32

I purchased a brand new 2005 Rendezvous off the lot. 3 months later the issues started.

I have replaced the front hub bearing six times, wiring to the steering wheel, wiring to the heating and cooling system, wiring to the traction control (after 6 trips to the dealer because they could never "replicate the problem"), the console cover, bushings to the suspension, brakes twice, back hatch handle twice (it's been broke over 2 years now... I refuse to pay 50 dollars to have it break 6 month later again).

Back wiper arm, and most recently a transmission issue caused by failure to remove a piece in the factory that dislodged and caused my transmission to fail. My extended warranty will not cover the repair, because they deem it a GM problem due to the fact that the piece should have been removed in the factory. GM won't accept full responsibility for their error, because I am past the 36000 factory warranty.

This is the worst car I have ever owned. I will NEVER buy GM again. I should have listened to my husband who insisted I buy Ford. He has a 2005 Ford that has never needed anything beyond an oil change.