2015 Buick Encore problems
Owners have filed 193 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Buick Encore. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 17% of complaints. Next are electrical system (16%) and steering (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 193 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 35,000 miles 124 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 | 39 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 28 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 124 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 35,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 50,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 12 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Buick Encore with enough data (120 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
A car pulled out in front of my wife. She struck the other vehicle in the driver's door. The airbag did not deploy and the seatbelt did not lock. This caused her injuries. There has been a recall for this problem. It did not fix the problem. The accident occurred in a 35 MPH zone and on a 4 lane road.
My car was in motion going approximately 45-50 MPH when it hit a stationary vehicle on the highway. I was able to hit my brakes but still hit the car in almost full force, head on. Both my car and the car I hit are totaled, and I was taken by ambulance to the hosputal after, but my airbags did not go off.
The car had been parked in an unheated garage for more than 24 hours. I started it, put my foot on the brake pedal, and put it in gear (r). The car lunged back at a high rate of speed. My foot was still on the brake. To avoid hitting a vehicle behind it in the driveway, I shifted to drive (d) and the car immediately started forward still at a high rate of speed. The brakes did not slow the car down. I bumped the front wall of the garage and again shifted into r.
I've had my encore for almost 2 years. It is a 2015 and just under 50000 miles. For the last month its been saying AWD off. This is as soon as the car starts. It also dibgs and comes up again every 10 minutes while driving. I've.consulted the manual and it says overheating and to turn back on. This does nothing. It's been icy here and I'm starting to feel unsafe. I don't know what.to do. I cant shell out hundreds to have it looked at.and have someone not be able to fix it.