Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / RENDEZVOUS / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006069691 Incident Date: Jun, 27 2006
Consumer's City: BATTLE CREEK Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: RENDEZVOUS Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3G5DB03EX2S Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 27 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Purchased 02 rendezvous cxl awd last fall from dealer. last week vehicle started acting like it was constantly running in 4wd or dragging and we noticed a whinning noise in the rear end. took the car in to the dealer, was told that the left rear wheel bearing was shot and the right one was starting to go bad. estimated cost of over $1,000. $303 for each wheel bearing hub assy (auto part store max price of $134 ea) 1.4 hr labor for each side (manager said his mechanic could have each side done in an hour). equals $606 ($338 in profit) in parts and $400 in labor for 2 hours of work. vehicle has 79,000 miles and the service manager said that the front wheel bearings will probably have to replaced every 30-40,000 miles. *nm