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Buick Encore GX Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Buick Encore GX, across 5 model years from 2020 to 2025. The 2024 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
5

2020–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2024

2 recalls

Owner complaints
236

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 236 complaints with NHTSA about the Buick Encore GX across 7 model years; the most, 70, concern the 2020.

Owners marked a crash on 8 of the Buick Encore GX complaints (3%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Buick Encore GX model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 63 complaints), then the power train (48).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Buick Encore GX in 2026: 74, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Buick Encore GX is equipment: mechanical: accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift: stand, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Buick Encore GX recall, 26V539000, was reported on August 20, 2026 and concerns the back over prevention: sensing system: camera.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2023 Buick Encore GX, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Buick Encore GX years to avoid

Too few Buick Encore GX model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Buick Encore GX, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202604—not ranked
2025115—not ranked
2024232—not ranked
2023028—not ranked
202213425not ranked
202125323not ranked
202027030not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Buick Encore GX years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Buick Encore GX

  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT:STAND3
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA2
  • SERVICE BRAKES2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1

Buick Encore GX model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Buick Encore GX recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Buick Encore GX, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V539000August 20, 2026back over prevention: sensing system: camera2024–2025crash306,511
23V744000November 6, 2023electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2024crash60,154
21V440000June 10, 2021equipment: mechanical: accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift: stand2020–2022injury135,400
20V588000September 24, 2020service brakes2020–2021crash3,677

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Buick Encore GX. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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