NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Buick Encore Recalls
The 2019 Buick Encore has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 29, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 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
- 88
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 Buick Encore
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V668000
- Reported
- October 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,105
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Encore, 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 18V774000
- Reported
- November 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2019 Buick Encore complaints by year
NHTSA has received 88 owner complaints about the 2019 Buick Encore, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2019 Buick Encore, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (14%) and the air bags (13%).
1 of the 2019 Buick Encore's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2019 Buick Encore owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine33
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Unknown Or Other12
- Air Bags11
- Electrical System10
- Power Train10
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2019 Buick Encore peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 21. 32% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Buick Encore drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick Encore year in the same window: 4th highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 88 complaints about the 2019 Buick Encore are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Encore by model year
Other 2019 Buick models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted