Top 20 2006 Buick Rainier Questions & Answers

Your Buick may have a separate amplifier with an open fuse.

Look for the little plastic star drive adjusters to adjust up and down. I use a very small SAE deep well socket to adjust mine 7/32" if I recall correctly. Look near the rear of the headlight assembly. That's where Trailblazers are (Same platform as Rainier), but I know the heads lights differ just a tad.

Broken shift cable

Easy fix, it's your transmission linkeage bushings. They do break because they're plastic. Dorman makes them.

Happens on rough road or bumps? Grab a hold of your sway bar links fronts and rears, should be tight, no play. These things sound like metal to metal tapping, very common. Get a replacement link that has a greaseable fitting. Easy easy DIY.

That could be a tough one to diagnose even with the proper diagnostic tools . Your best would be to take your vehicle to a qualified repair shop to have it checked ! You don't want listen to people on here saying it's this or that and just replacing parts that don't fix it . With all the electronics on your vehicle this problem could be a lot of thing's . And with out testing and knowing for sure I wouldn't even say it's one thing or another .

Most manufacturers won't provide a free service manual, just the owners manual. If you just need service details on one section of the vehicle, sometimes a dealer will copy a couple of pertinent pages from their manual just to help you out. For example, I once had a particular electrical problem and asked the dealer service department for a print-out on one or two pages of the electrical system and they had no problem doing that. Good luck.

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no their is a small motor that moves a gear ,,,well on most models i have worked on (europeon ) so i would imagine this is the same in some way so i would presume you have to change the whole unit ,how much for a new unit ?no idea but for a renault its about 60 euros ,try a scrap yard they may have a frontal accident damaged car

2004 Buick Rainier code p0446: I'm not sure what part to buy or where to find it. Can't find this answer anywhere online. Please help. This is code p0446 and non other.

Almost all relays are under the hood usually right side. There should be a chart in the cap saying what is what.

It is part of the airmass sensor on the end of the air intake pipe attached to the airbox

I assume that you want to see while driving, I use a suction cup backed mirror stuck to the windscreen to one side of the rear view mirror. If your child is in a rearwards facing seat you would need two mirrors one at the front and one towards the rear of the car. Hope this helps.

Nothing to reset. If the compressor won't come on it's probably gone. If you ever drive your car in high water you have submerged it. They aren't cheap. Around 600.00 for parts. Labor is extra.

Nope, speakers are protected by the radio fuse, so if the radio works and one speaker works, then the fuse is good......it could be loose/bad wiring, bad radio unit, or blown/inoperable speakers. Hope this is helpful :-) -Scott

you didn't say, but assume you mean outside handle. You will need to remove the inner door panel to get at the mechanism, get a new one at the wreckers of dealer. Carefully remove and replace, making sure the rods are connected properly. If you are not handy, leave it to a professional.

best advice is go on line and look up mfg recall buick rainier 2006.

I really can not see how cleaning the throttle body will help with the Electronic Traction Control, but knock yourself out.

There is an owners manual online I didn't see anything on location in there One picture on the internet, looks like it is in the back under the rear cargo area ??

If this is an oem system, they are not high quality. Regardless of what you paid for it, they are no match for aftermarket. To troubleshoot this the easy way, get a meter for measuring ohms and check the coils on each speaker, if you could get a scope to see the output on the amp that would help.