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#1 of 4 Buick Rendevous Spare Tire and Jack by rtk Feb 23, 2007 (1:10 pm)
The spare is under the rear of the auto. It goes up and down on a hand crank cable like other GM vans. BUT, on the Rendevous, brilliant automotive engineers put a strut and frame piece right across where the tire goes so that the tire cannot be pulled directly up but must be pulled rearward to avoid the strut and frame while cranking the cable up. WELL, brilliant auto engineers!! So how do you get the spare back in. Two grown strong men laying on the ground pushing the spare up and into it's little keyhole.   The jack is another story. It's TOO BIG to get in and out of the right rear inside panel behind which it hides.   GM must be thinking the Buick owners never get flats or change their own tires. Do something about this GM. Also fire the engineers who designed this mess. Replies to this message: barb9 (Mar 22, 2007 10:46 am)
#2 of 4 Re: Buick Rendevous Spare Tire and Jack [rtk] by barb9 Mar 22, 2007 (10:46 am)
Replying to: rtk (Feb 23, 2007 1:10 pm) I had to use my spare on an interstate last summer. A little frustrating at first but then it made sense. Upon lowering tire, I found it didn't come down all the way, so I raised it back up and re-lowered it and that was it. As for replacing the tire, I too had a guy from the tire shop on his back trying to get it back in. He said it was done, and when I looked it was still hanging out (at the cross piece). So I lowered the tire only enough to have some movement with it, angled the tire up and in the cross piece and winched up the remaining cable. Note: do not have the cable fully extended with replacing the tire in the slot, take up about half the slack. The tireguy at the shop was shock when it only took me with one hand and one knee to replace the tire in its correct position. As for the jack, make sure it is fully retracted before placing in the wheel well. It is a tight fit buy I found no problem with it.
#3 of 4 RENDEZVOUS SPARE TIRE by dan195 Oct 13, 2009 (7:48 am)
The Spare tire on the 02 rendexvous is stuck . It will not lower down. I have loosed the cable and sprayed lubricant from underneath. The bracket under the tire does rotate about 90 degrees but the tire does not budge. I have started banging on the tire with a hammer to loosen the thing. What should I try next.? A bigger Hammer?
#4 of 4 Buick Rendevous Steering Light Switch by dan195 Oct 13, 2009 (7:51 am)
The lights for the switches on the steering wheel are out. In additon, one of the ones on the dash is out too. What is the best way to replace these switches? Should I try prying these out with a screw driver?   Thanks

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