NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick Enclave Recalls
The 2016 Buick Enclave has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 141
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Buick Enclave
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V334000
- Reported
- May 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 995,085
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Enclave, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V782000
- Reported
- October 7, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2015, 2017 Enclave, 1 other model
Seats
- Campaign
- 15V833000
- Reported
- December 11, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 15V609000
- Reported
- September 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Buick Enclave complaints by year
NHTSA has received 141 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick Enclave, the newest on August 31, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (1%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick Enclave, the component group named most often is the air bags (78%), followed by the power train (7%) and the engine (6%).
2 of the 2016 Buick Enclave's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Buick Enclave owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags110
- Power Train10
- Engine9
- Electrical System8
- Unknown Or Other7
- Seat Belts3
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 32 | |
| 2024 | 67 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick Enclave peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 67. 14% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Buick Enclave drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Buick Enclave year in the same window: 10th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 141 complaints about the 2016 Buick Enclave are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Enclave by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted