NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick LaCrosse Recalls
The 2016 Buick LaCrosse 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 LaCrosse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 48
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Buick LaCrosse, 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 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 2014–2015 LaCrosse, 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 LaCrosse, 15 other models
2016 Buick LaCrosse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 48 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick LaCrosse, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick LaCrosse, the component group named most often is the steering (25%), followed by the power train (15%) and the air bags (13%).
2 of the 2016 Buick LaCrosse's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Buick LaCrosse owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering12
- Power Train7
- Air Bags6
- Vehicle Speed Control6
- Service Brakes4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick LaCrosse peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 8. 38% 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 LaCrosse drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Buick LaCrosse year in the same window: 10th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Buick LaCrosse years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 48 complaints about the 2016 Buick LaCrosse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick LaCrosse by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted