FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Enclave

Owners have filed 3,307 complaints about the Buick Enclave with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2026. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2011 Buick Enclave

284 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2021 Buick Enclave

31 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Enclave year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2025 C 57 5 0 3,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 B 11 2 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 B 23 3 0 Lights
2022 C 21 6 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 A 31 0 0 Electrical System
2020 B 75 3 0 3,300 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 69 3 3 22,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 C 92 7 0 24,493 Brakes
2017 C 203 11 0 33,000 Airbags
2016 C 155 3 0 47,500 Airbags
2015 C 221 10 0 66,786 Airbags
2014 D 352 13 4 64,000 Airbags
2013 B 108 4 1 63,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 174 12 0 76,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 D 284 23 3 55,606 Steering
2010 C 358 8 1 75,000 Steering
2009 C 290 4 8 74,321 Steering
2008 D 779 24 12 82,000 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Buick Enclave

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 772 23.3%

Worst in 2014

Steering 445 13.5%

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 378 11.4%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Worst in 2008

Brakes 126 3.8%

Worst in 2018

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2008

Seat Belts 64 1.9%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2025

Exactly what failed on a Buick Enclave

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 100 47.2%
Hatchback/Liftgate 33 15.6%
Automatic Transmission 20 9.4%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 17 8.0%
Automatic Emergency Braking 13 6.1%
Blind Spot Detection 8 3.8%
Frontal 6 2.8%
Assist 5 2.4%
Hinge AND Attachments 5 2.4%
Sensor/Control Module 5 2.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Buick Enclave, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2007 peak 55 Aug 2026

Buick Enclave problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Buick Enclave

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.