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Buick Enclave 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.39 per 1,000

4.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 62 complaints filed in the first three years, of 535 ever. 95% lower bound 1.04.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.39	62
2009	0.39	17
2010	0.59	29
2011	0.74	42
2012	0.26	15
2013	0.24	14
2014	0.41	25
2015	0.18	11
2016	0.24	14
2017	0.26	13
2018	0.55	27
2019	0.30	15
2020	0.24	11
2021	0.27	11

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 139 complaints

wave	36	26%
plate	34	24%
wave plate	32	23%
transmission needed	12	9%
wouldn't	11	8%
diagnosed transmission	10	7%

Air Bags 113 complaints

service air	11	10%
water	10	9%

Steering 99 complaints

pump	34	34%
low	23	23%
steering pump	20	20%
low speeds	13	13%
transmission	12	12%

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 82,000 miles, from 452 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.