Buick Rainier
The Buick Rainier appears on NHTSA's register for model years 2003 to 2007: 10 recall campaigns (15 model-year entries) and 376 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is electrical system (281.4 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by fuel system, gasoline (123.8).
The 2004 model year has the most complaints (158). Recall campaigns peaked in 2005 with 4; complaints were received in the largest number in 2011 (70). Within Buick, this line ranks 10 of 27 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Buick Rainier NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 2004 Buick Rainier | 2 | 158 | 210% | 1,157,951 |
| 2005 Buick Rainier | 1 | 99 | 132% | 17,815 |
| 2006 Buick Rainier | 7 | 82 | 109% | 1,251,199 |
| 2007 Buick Rainier | 5 | 36 | 48% | 1,095,539 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Buick Rainier complaints (501 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Buick model lines
- Lesabre 57 recalls · 3,676 complaints
- Regal 165 recalls · 2,927 complaints
- Century 75 recalls · 1,795 complaints
- Lacrosse 43 recalls · 1,638 complaints
- Park Avenue 23 recalls · 1,356 complaints
- Enclave 66 recalls · 1,302 complaints
- Rendezvous 14 recalls · 1,198 complaints
- Lucerne 17 recalls · 802 complaints
- Skylark 55 recalls · 522 complaints
- Rainier 15 recalls · 376 complaints
- Roadmaster 17 recalls · 329 complaints
- Riviera 39 recalls · 316 complaints
- Verano 15 recalls · 241 complaints
- Terraza 6 recalls · 200 complaints
- Encore 22 recalls · 169 complaints
- Reatta 4 recalls · 51 complaints
- Electra 31 recalls · 37 complaints
- Envision 15 recalls · 33 complaints
- Skyhawk 18 recalls · 14 complaints
- Estate 14 recalls · 6 complaints
- Encore GX 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Estate Wagon 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Apollo 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- Wildcat 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Centurion 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Envista 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Special 3 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Buick Rainier model years have the most recalls?
2006 (7), 2007 (5), 2004 (2). Across model years 2003–2007 there are 10 distinct campaigns.
Which Buick Rainier model year has the most complaints?
2004, with 158 of the line's 376 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Buick Rainier complain about?
electrical system (281.4 per 1,000 mentions), fuel system, gasoline (123.8 per 1,000 mentions), exterior lighting (105.8 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.