Three problems related to brake sensor have been reported for the 2002 Buick Rendezvous. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Buick Rendezvous based on all problems reported for the 2002 Rendezvous.
We bought the car from a used dealership in oct. 2013. Just over a month later we are having problems with the vehicle. The light came on, on the dash saying abs disabled. As this comes if you are slowing down you literally have to pump the break to stop. This is scary especially when you are trying to come to a stop behind someone and you are not sure if you are going to have enough distance to come to a complete stop before hitting the car in front of you. This light likes to come on while we are driving roughly 65 on the interstate as well, not really effecting driving just stopping. We have already paid to have it fixed in December of 2013 was told it was a bad abs sensor on the front wheel. Well here we are only a few month later and its happening all over again. We figured we would look into recalls before we go and pay to have it fixed again because it's looking like it's going to be a reoccurring problem.
Got abs & tcs lights and either "traction system active" or "service traction system". Two dtc codes c0036 & c0245. Ck'd left wheel sensor per Buick service manuals by disconnecting connector at wheel hub & ck'd ok. No problem again for more than a year. Recently got same lights abt & tcs and master light (ck traction system). Also, concurrent got a thumping sound from left front of vehicle over bumps & when applying brakes. Also, when turning left/right the abs pump would turn on (felt thru steering wheel). Scan tool confirmed left wheel solenoid acivated during test drive. Ck'd the front wheel sensors ac voltage out put per Buick service manuals & found left wheel sensor output at 150 mvac and right wheel sensor at 120mvac for "approx" same wheel speed; spec is 100mvac when "spinning wheel" (no speed of wheel in spec!). Other sensor cks (open, shorts to ground, short to voltage, shorted together) all ok. During long trip (400miles) problem (abs,tcs, etc) lights never came on. Problems that occurred during local/short trips totally went away during long trip???? sooooo what to do??? plan to change left front wheel hub as thumping in front end during braking (bearings?) hasn't gone away.
Anti-lock brakes activate at low speeds. Basically the same thing that is stated with the new recall for GMC! when I unplug the sensor and plug it back in the problem goes away for a day, then the problem lasts for several days until the sensor is unplugged again.