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2015 Buick LaCrosse Recalls

The 2015 Buick LaCrosse has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 10, 2017.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Buick LaCrosse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
3

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
44

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2015 Buick LaCrosse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

3 recalls on the 2015 Buick LaCrosse

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 LaCrosse, 15 other models

17V437000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 LaCrosse, 15 other models

16V651000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: side/window

Campaign
15V666000
Reported
October 16, 2015
Vehicles affected
up to 395
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
also 5 other models

15V666000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2015 Buick LaCrosse complaints by year

NHTSA has received 44 owner complaints about the 2015 Buick LaCrosse, the newest on November 10, 2025. Of these, 5 describe a crash (11%); owners reported 4 injuries.

In complaints about the 2015 Buick LaCrosse, the component group named most often is the steering (27%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the air bags (16%).

3 of the 2015 Buick LaCrosse's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2015 Buick LaCrosse owners gave the mileage (27 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Steering12
  • Electrical System9
  • Air Bags7
  • Service Brakes4
  • Unknown Or Other4
  • Exterior Lighting3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2015 Buick LaCrosse received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20151
20167
20171
20188
20193
20205
20216
20224
20233
20242
20254

Complaints about the 2015 Buick LaCrosse peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 8. 39% 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 LaCrosse drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Buick LaCrosse year in the same window: 11th highest of the 12 ranked years.

That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Buick LaCrosse years.

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NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 44 complaints about the 2015 Buick LaCrosse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Buick LaCrosse by model year

Other 2015 Buick models

Newest record on this page: November 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted