Buick Enclave vs GMC Acadia

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	Buick Enclave	GMC Acadia
Complaints on file	3,307	7,767
Model years covered	2008–2026	2007–2026
Worst model year	2011	2017
Best model year	2021	2025
Crashes reported	141	219
Fires reported	32	109
Injuries reported	118	207
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	6.9%

Buick Enclave by year

779 290 358 284 174 108 352 221 155 203 92 69 75 31 21 23 11 57 4

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Airbags 772 23.3%

Steering 445 13.5%

Engine & Cooling 378 11.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 357 10.8%

Electrical System 276 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 186 5.6%

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Brakes 126 3.8%

GMC Acadia by year

641 1,297 486 436 373 401 196 603 313 280 954 529 539 163 215 74 67 80 107 13

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,373 17.7%

Electrical System 1,081 13.9%

Airbags 907 11.7%

Steering 810 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 804 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 723 9.3%

Lights 280 3.6%

Brakes 257 3.3%