FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Envision

Owners have filed 359 complaints about the Buick Envision with NHTSA across model years 2016 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Buick Envision

116 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2018 Buick Envision

20 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Envision 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
2025 8 0 0 Electrical System
2024 C 21 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 C 38 0 0 1,500 Electrical System
2022 C 43 0 0 11,000 Electrical System
2021 C 33 2 0 36,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2020 D 19 2 0 15,150 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 34 2 0 5,793 Brakes
2018 A 20 0 0 Steering
2017 F 116 3 3 22,000 Electrical System
2016 B 27 0 0 10,637 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Buick Envision

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

Worst in 2017

Brakes 51 14.2%

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 38 10.6%

Worst in 2017

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Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 24 6.7%

Worst in 2022

Steering 18 5.0%

Worst in 2017

Fuel & Propulsion 16 4.5%

Worst in 2021

Suspension 13 3.6%

Worst in 2016

Airbags 12 3.3%

Worst in 2022

Lights 12 3.3%

Worst in 2017

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 2.5%

Worst in 2017

Body & Structure 6 1.7%

Worst in 2017

Wheels 6 1.7%

Worst in 2019

Complaints filed over time

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

May 2017 peak 12 Aug 2026

Compare the Buick Envision

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