FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Encore GX

Owners have filed 325 complaints about the Buick Encore GX with NHTSA across model years 2020 to 2026. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2020 Buick Encore GX

108 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2025 Buick Encore GX

24 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Encore GX 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 A 24 0 1 Electrical System
2024 B 40 0 0 17,500 Electrical System
2023 B 43 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2022 B 40 0 0 20,575 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 D 66 3 0 43,000 Engine & Cooling
2020 F 108 7 0 752 Brakes

What breaks on a Buick Encore GX

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

Worst in 2024

Engine & Cooling 51 15.7%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Brakes 36 11.1%

Worst in 2020

Fuel & Propulsion 19 5.8%

Worst in 2021

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 17 5.2%

Worst in 2025

Steering 10 3.1%

Worst in 2020

Acceleration & Cruise Control 10 3.1%

Worst in 2020

Lights 7 2.2%

Worst in 2023

Airbags 5 1.5%

Worst in 2020

Body & Structure 4 1.2%

Worst in 2023

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 1.2%

Worst in 2020

Seat Belts 4 1.2%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

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

Oct 2020 peak 18 Aug 2026

Compare the Buick Encore GX

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