NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Buick Encore Recalls
The 2014 Buick Encore has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Buick Encore. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 60
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Buick Encore, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2014 Buick Encore
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2017 Encore, 15 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V651000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,640,162
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2017 Encore, 15 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 14V446000
- Reported
- July 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 124,007
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013 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 2013 Encore, 3 other models
2014 Buick Encore complaints by year
NHTSA has received 60 owner complaints about the 2014 Buick Encore, the newest on October 17, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Buick Encore, the component group named most often is the engine (42%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the power train (15%).
None of the 2014 Buick Encore's 4 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2014 Buick Encore owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine25
- Electrical System13
- Power Train9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Unknown Or Other6
- Air Bags5
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2014 Buick Encore peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 9. 30% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Buick Encore drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Buick Encore year in the same window: 7th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2014 one of the three best-measured Buick Encore years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 60 complaints about the 2014 Buick Encore are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Encore by model year
Other 2014 Buick models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted