Buick Encore GX
Owners filed 238 complaints across 7 model years of the Buick Encore GX. The 2020 drew the most (70).
Which Buick Encore GX years should you avoid?
Going by 238 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Buick Encore GX years to avoid are 2020.
- 202070 complaints, 2.1× a typical Encore GX year, most often about the brakes.
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 Encore GX model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 34 | 2 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 28 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 34 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2021 | 53 | 2 | — | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020Avoid | 70 | 2 | — | 5 | Service Brakes | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.