2006 Buick Rendezvous Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2006 Buick Rendezvous names a 3.5L overhead-valve V6 and a 3.6L dual-overhead-cam V6 as its engines, both breathing naturally and both running on gasoline. The body is a 4-door sport utility, and the trim list is short, CX and CXL. Specifications, torque values and procedures address those engines and their fuel system, ignition and cooling, along with the transmission, brakes, suspension and steering, with wiring diagrams and diagnostics for the electrical system.

Engines covered

• 3.5L V6 (213 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 3.6L V6 (217 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• CX
• CXL

Known issues on the 2006 Rendezvous. Owners submitted 89 complaints about the 2006 Rendezvous, spread across the electrical system (21), engine (14), suspension (14), fuel and propulsion (13) and power train (11); 9 complaints reported a crash, 6 an injury and 1 a fire. The federal record also holds 1 recall. It involves certain 2006 Rendezvous vehicles that left the factory with cloth seats and a passenger sensing system but were later given aftermarket leather covers, which could make the system enable or disable the front passenger air bag at the wrong time. Because no compatible cover existed, the vehicles were repurchased. The manual's procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics address the engine, suspension and electrical system.