NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Buick Encore Recalls
The 2013 Buick Encore has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Buick Encore. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Buick Encore, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2013 Buick Encore
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 14V488000
- Reported
- August 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 48,114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seats
- Campaign
- 14V446000
- Reported
- July 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 124,007
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Encore, 4 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 14V417000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,990
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Encore, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V298000
- Reported
- June 6, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
- Campaign
- 13V105000
- Reported
- March 28, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 144
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Buick Encore
2013 Buick Encore complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2013 Buick Encore, the newest on December 21, 2023. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Buick Encore, the component group named most often is the engine (40%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2013 Buick Encore's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Buick Encore owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 21,693 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine21
- Electrical System8
- Power Train7
- Vehicle Speed Control6
- Air Bags5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Buick Encore peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 16. 60% 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 Encore drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick Encore year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 52 complaints about the 2013 Buick Encore are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Encore by model year
Other 2013 Buick models
Newest record on this page: December 21, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted