NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Buick Enclave Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 132
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2008–2011, 2013–2017 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 2010–2011, 2013–2015, 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 2008–2011 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, 2013–2014 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 2008–2011, 2013 Enclave, 3 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 12V151000
- Reported
- April 9, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,846
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Enclave, 2 other models
2012 Buick Enclave complaints by year
NHTSA has received 132 owner complaints about the 2012 Buick Enclave, the newest on May 16, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 25 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Buick Enclave, the component group named most often is the engine (18%), followed by the structure (18%) and the air bags (16%).
1 of the 2012 Buick Enclave's 6 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2012 Buick Enclave owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine24
- Structure24
- Air Bags21
- Electrical System19
- Unknown Or Other19
- Steering17
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Buick Enclave peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 19. 25% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Buick Enclave drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Buick Enclave year in the same window: 5th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 132 complaints about the 2012 Buick Enclave are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Enclave by model year
Other 2012 Buick models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted