NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Buick Encore Recalls
The 2015 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 2015 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
- 124
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 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 2014, 2016–2017 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 2014, 2016–2017 Encore, 15 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 15V162000
- Reported
- March 20, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,831
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V146000
- Reported
- March 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2015 Buick Encore complaints by year
NHTSA has received 124 owner complaints about the 2015 Buick Encore, the newest on July 29, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Buick Encore, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the engine (23%) and the steering (22%).
1 of the 2015 Buick Encore's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2015 Buick Encore owners gave the mileage (80 complaints), the median was 33,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System30
- Engine29
- Steering27
- Service Brakes20
- Air Bags16
- Unknown Or Other15
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2015 Buick Encore peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 17. 36% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Buick Encore drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Buick Encore year in the same window: 1st highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 124 complaints about the 2015 Buick Encore are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Encore by model year
Other 2015 Buick models
Newest record on this page: July 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted