NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick Envision Recalls
The 2016 Buick Envision has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 31, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Buick Envision. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Buick Envision, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Buick Envision
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 18V358000
- Reported
- May 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 895
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Envision, 8 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 17V412000
- Reported
- June 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Envision
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V404000
- Reported
- June 27, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 768
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 202, head restraints
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Envision
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 16V922000
- Reported
- December 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 327
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Buick Envision
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 16V516000
- Reported
- July 7, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Envision
2016 Buick Envision complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick Envision, the newest on October 2, 2025.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick Envision, the component group named most often is the electrical system (21%), followed by the engine (21%) and the service brakes (16%).
None of the 2016 Buick Envision's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Buick Envision owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 11,875 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System4
- Engine4
- Service Brakes3
- Suspension3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)2
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick Envision peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 5. 47% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 19 complaints about the 2016 Buick Envision are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Envision by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted