2017 Buick Envision
Complaints about this year name mechanic far more often than the model's other years — 17% of them, about 43× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 81 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- brake fluid — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- brake line — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- dash — 15% of complaints, 7× usual
What owners wrote
WAS GOING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY (WHICH IS ON A STEEP HILL) AND BRAKES TOTALLY GAVE OUT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS ON THE ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLES TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND A SMALL PIN HOLE IN RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE WHICH HE FOUND UNUSUAL. ALL BRAKE FLUI…
BRAKES FAILED. BRAKE FLUID LEAK OUT OF A SPLIT BRAKE LINE. I WAS DRIVING CAR FOR MULTIPLE STOPS. NO PROBLEMS. CAME TO A STOP LIGHT PUSH DOWN ON BRAKE. FOUND PRESSURE AND THEN IT RELEASE AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. ADDED BRAKE FLUID. IT IMMEDIATEL…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V404000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 18V358000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 17V412000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V516000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Buick Envision was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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