NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick Encore Recalls
The 2016 Buick Encore has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Buick Encore. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Buick Encore, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 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 2014–2015, 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 2014–2015, 2017 Encore, 15 other models
2016 Buick Encore complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick Encore, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick Encore, the component group named most often is the engine (51%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (16%) and the power train (15%).
None of the 2016 Buick Encore's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Buick Encore owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 32,251 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine41
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
- Power Train12
- Electrical System9
- Unknown Or Other8
- Air Bags7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick Encore peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 12. 35% 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 Encore drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick Encore year in the same window: 5th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Buick Encore years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 80 complaints about the 2016 Buick Encore are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Encore by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted