Buick engine problems

Owners have filed 4,108 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Buick vehicles — 15% of everything reported about the brand, across 24 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Buick Lesabre, worst in 1998.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

4,108

Complaints

15%

Share of all Buick complaints

Crashes

555

Fires

Which Buick models have the most engine problems

Lesabre 848 20.6%

Worst in 1998

Regal 811 19.7%

Worst in 2011

Enclave 378 9.2%

Worst in 2008

Park Avenue 356 8.7%

Worst in 1998

Century 304 7.4%

Worst in 1999

Rendezvous 280 6.8%

Worst in 2002

Lacrosse 257 6.3%

Worst in 2010

Encore 248 6.0%

Worst in 2016

Skylark 114 2.8%

Worst in 1994

Verano 112 2.7%

Worst in 2012

Lucerne 106 2.6%

Worst in 2006

Riviera 66 1.6%

Worst in 1995

Encore GX 51 1.2%

Worst in 2021

Roadmaster 40 1.0%

Worst in 1994

Envision 38 0.9%

Worst in 2017

Worst Buick model years for engine problems

Vehicle	Complaints	Share of that year	Median miles	Grade
1998 Buick Lesabre	228	44%	69,017	F
1997 Buick Lesabre	137	27%	94,250	F
2002 Buick Rendezvous	130	19%	68,000	C
1998 Buick Park Avenue	116	35%	77,163	F
2011 Buick Regal	112	25%	69,926	D
2000 Buick Lesabre	103	12%	59,000	D
1999 Buick Regal	94	31%	101,000	F
2008 Buick Enclave	87	11%	82,040	C
2001 Buick Regal	86	38%	111,000	F
1998 Buick Regal	84	22%	115,000	F
1999 Buick Lesabre	84	31%	79,338	F
2010 Buick Enclave	74	21%	92,000	C
1999 Buick Century	64	22%	52,950	C
2000 Buick Regal	64	26%	112,500	F
2003 Buick Rendezvous	64	16%	68,449	C
1997 Buick Park Avenue	61	17%	95,000	F
2001 Buick Lesabre	52	11%	106,270	F
2010 Buick Lacrosse	51	18%	64,000	D
2012 Buick Lacrosse	51	17%	52,947	B
2002 Buick Regal	50	33%	95,179	F

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Worst Buick model years for engine problems

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