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2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash1 injured · 663524 · 2008-03-29

Vehicle

Make
BUICK
Model
RENDEZVOUS
Year
2005
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
37,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

A FEW MONTHS AGO MY CAR STALLED AT THE BUS STOP AND SHUT DOWN. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CAR NEEDED TO BE JUMPED. THE WARRANTY WAS GOING TO BE UP SOON SO WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO RICE BUICK IN KNOXVILLE, TN TO GET LOOKED AT. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE AND IT DIDN'T DO IT SO THEY DETERMINED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING I DID THAT MADE THE CAR STOP. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I WAS PARKED AT THE BUS STOP WITH MY CAR RUNNING WITH THE BLINKERS ON IN PARK AND WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. MY CAR SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. IT IS HABIT FOR ME TO TAKE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OFF WHEN I GO TO START THE VEHICLE SO IT REMAINED OFF WHILE I TRIED TO START THE CAR. I KEPT TAKING THE KEYS OUT AND TRYING TO START THE CAR LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN IT THAT DAY. I AGAIN CHECKED TO SEE IF I WAS IN PARK AND IT WAS. I TOOK THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY DEVICE OFF OF THE KEYS IN CASE MY FRIEND COULD NOT HELP ME AND I HAD TO USE MY HOUSE KEY ON THAT RING. WHEN I SHUT THE DOOR OF MY CAR EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN MY CAR STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE STREET. I TRIED TO USE THE REMOTE TO GET THE DOOR UNLOCKED BECAUSE MY 2 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I NEVER LOCKED THE CAR WHEN I GOT OUT. MY CAR FINALLY CRASHED INTO A PARKED TRUCK AND STOPPED. WHEN MY FRIEND TRIED TO GET MY DAUGHTER OUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SHE ASKED ME TO UNLOCK IT BUT I HAD DROPPED MY KEYS ON THE WAY DOWN. SHE TRIED AGAIN AND IT OPENED RIGHT AWAY. ALL OF THE DO

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10222667
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