NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Buick Enclave Recalls
The 2013 Buick Enclave has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 7, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Buick Enclave. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 70
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Buick Enclave, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2013 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 2008–2012, 2014–2017 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 2010–2012, 2014–2015, 2017 Enclave, 2 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 2009–2012, 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 2008–2012 Enclave, 3 other models
2013 Buick Enclave complaints by year
NHTSA has received 70 owner complaints about the 2013 Buick Enclave, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Buick Enclave, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the power train (20%) and the electrical system (17%).
None of the 2013 Buick Enclave's 4 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Buick Enclave owners gave the mileage (50 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine14
- Power Train14
- Electrical System12
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)12
- Steering12
- Air Bags10
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 Buick Enclave peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 13. 29% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Buick Enclave drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Buick Enclave year in the same window: 11th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 70 complaints about the 2013 Buick Enclave are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Enclave by model year
Other 2013 Buick models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted