Audi A8 vs Buick Encore

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Audi A8	Buick Encore
Complaints on file	362	905
Model years covered	1996–2021	2013–2022
Worst model year	2015	2017
Best model year	2012	2021
Crashes reported	11	85
Fires reported	8	10
Injuries reported	2	62
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	5.8%	17.7%

Audi A8 by year

1 12 4 13 4 8 1 3 31 11 10 4 10 6 1 23 17 67 27 46 17 12 22 5 7

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 101 27.9%

Electrical System 35 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 24 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 6.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 23 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 22 6.1%

Brakes 19 5.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 19 5.2%

Buick Encore by year

70 92 193 120 136 109 129 34 11 11

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 248 27.4%

Electrical System 88 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 75 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 74 8.2%

Airbags 70 7.7%

Brakes 63 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 7.0%

Steering 48 5.3%