Model years to avoid

Buick Enclave

What it says about you

Opinion

You are more comfortable than everyone you know and slightly embarrassed about how little you paid for it. Quiet on the motorway. Nobody has ever asked you about it, which suits you.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

20 model years on record, 2,488 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2017 (bags however), 2015 (bags however), 2014 (bags however), 2011 (rolls), 2010 (steering), 2009 (power steering), 2008 (transmission). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 1 recall 2 complaints
  3. 2025 0 recalls 36 complaints
  4. 2024 0 recalls 7 complaints
  5. 2023 0 recalls 19 complaints
  6. 2022 1 recall 13 complaints
  7. 2021 2 recalls 25 complaints
  8. 2020 6 recalls 56 complaints
  9. 2019 1 recall 42 complaints
  10. 2018 0 recalls 64 complaints
  11. 2017 bags however 179 complaints
  12. 2016 4 recalls 140 complaints
  13. 2015 bags however 171 complaints
  14. 2014 bags however 292 complaints
  15. 2013 4 recalls 68 complaints
  16. 2012 6 recalls 132 complaints
  17. 2011 rolls 211 complaints
  18. 2010 steering 275 complaints
  19. 2009 power steering 220 complaints
  20. 2008 transmission 536 complaints

What does a Buick Enclave say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.