2015 Buick Enclave problems
NHTSA has received 221 complaints about the 2015 Buick Enclave, and 48% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (6%) and engine (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 221 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 48% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 77 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 77 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 67,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 9 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Buick Enclave with enough data (75 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tuesday, 7/18/2017. I was coming over a small decline on local road in east brunswick, nj. I applied the brakes and came upon the traffics light and traffics ahead and the vehicle shot foreword. Applying the breaks had no effect. In fact the car appeared to accelerate. I did not have enough time to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me which caused that vechile to hit another. My vehicle accelerated vs braking when applying the brakes. Applying the brake had no or little effect in slowing the vehicle.
Son was driving car and the steering locked. Veared off road after turning onto street, went over curb onto sidewalk and hit light pole and concrete bench, stopping inches from a building. Car was totaled
Service side detection system . Side and rear alerts do not work. Notice comes up on dashboard every time I start the car. Happened 200 miles after warranty is over at 50,000 miles.
Motor mount broke potentially causing serious damage to the engine or more. Unknown when it broke, was noticed in routine check. Rear AC and front AC have both quit working properly twice in 2 years: 1st in 2018 and again july 2020. Rear of vehicle above wheel well keeps separating from vehicle for unknown reasons.