Buick Encore
Owners filed 604 complaints across 10 model years of the Buick Encore. The 2015 drew the most (124).
Which Buick Encore years should you avoid?
Going by 604 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Encore years to avoid are 2017.
- 20172.5× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 12 crashes).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2013 and 2014 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 Encore model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 19 | 2 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2018 | 74 | 0 | — | 10 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017Avoid | 90 | 2 | 4 | 12 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2014 | 60 | 4 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 52 | 6 | — | 4 | Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.