15V599000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
The protective coating may not eliminate the risk that the circuit board could short and result in a fire, even while the vehicle is unattended.
2006 BUICK RAINIER
5 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations, 117 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints117
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire7
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
15V519000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Headlamps that do not illuminate reduce the driver's ability to see the roadway and reduce the vehicle's visibility to oncoming vehicles, both of which increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
14V404000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
13V248000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
12V406000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
What owners report most
- 25FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 6VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 5SUSPENSION
- 4FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
- 4FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2006 BUICK RAINIERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.