NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Buick Enclave Recalls
The 2008 Buick Enclave has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 7, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Buick Enclave. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 536
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Buick Enclave, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2008 Buick Enclave
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V782000
- Reported
- October 7, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2017 Enclave, 1 other model
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 15V415000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,144
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012 Enclave, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 14V118000
- Reported
- March 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,407
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2013 Enclave, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Enclave, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 14 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 08V410000
- Reported
- August 14, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,809
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2008 Buick Enclave complaints by year
NHTSA has received 536 owner complaints about the 2008 Buick Enclave, the newest on November 4, 2025. Of these, 13 describe a crash (2%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 41 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Buick Enclave, the component group named most often is the power train (26%), followed by the air bags (21%) and the steering (18%).
2 of the 2008 Buick Enclave's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Buick Enclave owners gave the mileage (451 complaints), the median was 81,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train139
- Air Bags113
- Steering99
- Structure77
- Electrical System73
- Engine72
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 51 | |
| 2014 | 106 | |
| 2015 | 73 | |
| 2016 | 58 | |
| 2017 | 38 | |
| 2018 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Buick Enclave peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 106. 15% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Buick Enclave drew 4.3× the complaints of the median Buick Enclave year in the same window: 1st highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the Buick Enclave years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 536 complaints about the 2008 Buick Enclave are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Enclave by model year
Other 2008 Buick models
Newest record on this page: November 4, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted