NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Buick Verano Recalls
The 2016 Buick Verano has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 11, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Buick Verano. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 59
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Buick Verano, 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 Verano
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 16V595000
- Reported
- August 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 189
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Buick Verano
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2017 Verano, 6 other models
2016 Buick Verano complaints by year
NHTSA has received 59 owner complaints about the 2016 Buick Verano, the newest on March 29, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Buick Verano, the component group named most often is the air bags (39%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2016 Buick Verano's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Buick Verano owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 24,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags23
- Electrical System15
- Engine7
- Power Train7
- Unknown Or Other7
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)4
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Buick Verano peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 9. 53% 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 Verano drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Buick Verano year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Buick Verano years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 59 complaints about the 2016 Buick Verano are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Verano by model year
Other 2016 Buick models
Newest record on this page: March 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted