NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Buick Enclave Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 275
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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 2008–2009, 2011–2017 Enclave, 1 other model
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015, 2017 Enclave, 2 other models
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 15V415000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,144
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Enclave, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 14V266000
- Reported
- May 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,339,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2014 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 2008–2009, 2011–2013 Enclave, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 10V375000
- Reported
- August 12, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 207,210
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Enclave, 3 other models
2010 Buick Enclave complaints by year
NHTSA has received 275 owner complaints about the 2010 Buick Enclave, the newest on November 24, 2025. Of these, 5 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Buick Enclave, the component group named most often is the steering (46%), followed by the engine (26%) and the power train (12%).
None of the 2010 Buick Enclave's 6 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2010 Buick Enclave owners gave the mileage (230 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering126
- Engine72
- Power Train34
- Electrical System23
- Unknown Or Other18
- Structure12
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 57 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2010 Buick Enclave peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 57. 20% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Buick Enclave drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Buick Enclave year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2010 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 275 complaints about the 2010 Buick Enclave are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Enclave by model year
Other 2010 Buick models
Newest record on this page: November 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted