Buick Encore vs Audi A6

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 Encore	Audi A6
Complaints on file	905	2,209
Model years covered	2013–2022	1994–2026
Worst model year	2017	2001
Best model year	2021	2025
Crashes reported	85	94
Fires reported	10	87
Injuries reported	62	76
Deaths reported	3	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	17.7%	11.7%

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%

Audi A6 by year

2 22 71 26 158 276 201 148 113 85 44 119 83 63 79 22 24 26 86 79 48 29 77 24 16 196 39 21 4 2 1 11 14

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 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

Electrical System 401 18.2%

Airbags 322 14.6%

Engine & Cooling 248 11.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 229 10.4%

Brakes 170 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 118 5.3%

Steering 113 5.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 84 3.8%