FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Verano

Owners have filed 670 complaints about the Buick Verano with NHTSA across model years 2012 to 2017. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2014 Buick Verano

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

Cleanest on record

2017 Buick Verano

19 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Verano 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
2017 B 19 1 0 55,021 Electrical System
2016 C 97 1 3 26,475 Airbags
2015 B 82 3 1 41,352 Electrical System
2014 D 169 5 1 44,000 Electrical System
2013 D 157 6 2 35,250 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 146 9 2 56,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Buick Verano

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

Electrical System 122 18.2%

Worst in 2014

Engine & Cooling 112 16.7%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 93 13.9%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2014

Steering 50 7.5%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2014

Acceleration & Cruise Control 19 2.8%

Worst in 2012

Tires 18 2.7%

Worst in 2013

Wheels 18 2.7%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 17 2.5%

Worst in 2015

Brakes 15 2.2%

Worst in 2014

Body & Structure 15 2.2%

Worst in 2013

Fuel & Propulsion 15 2.2%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

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

Apr 2012 peak 21 Aug 2026

Buick Verano 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 Verano

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