Buick Enclave
Owners filed 2,510 complaints across 19 model years of the Buick Enclave. The 2008 drew the most (536).
Which Buick Enclave years should you avoid?
Going by 2,510 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Enclave years to avoid are 2008.
- 2008536 complaints, 3.4× a typical Enclave year, most often about the transmission.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2021 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Buick Enclave model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 3 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 38 | 0 | — | 3 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | — | 2 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | — | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021 | 26 | 2 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2020 | 61 | 6 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2018 | 66 | 0 | — | 5 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2017 | 179 | 3 | — | 6 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2016 | 141 | 4 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2015 | 171 | 5 | — | 7 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2014 | 292 | 7 | 3 | 9 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2013 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2012 | 132 | 6 | — | 9 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 213 | 6 | 3 | 14 | Steering | Above average | |
| 2010 | 275 | 6 | 1 | 5 | Steering | Above average | |
| 2009 | 220 | 8 | 6 | 3 | Steering | Above average | |
| 2008Avoid | 536 | 6 | 10 | 13 | Power Train | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.