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Buick Enclave 2011

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

0.74 per 1,000

2.5 times this nameplate’s own median · from 42 complaints filed in the first three years, of 212 ever. 95% lower bound 0.52.

Against its own model years

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

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.3962
20090.3917
20100.5929
20110.7442
20120.2615
20130.2414
20140.4125
20150.1811
20160.2414
20170.2613
20180.5527
20190.3015
20200.2411
20210.2711

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

26% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 55,606 miles, from 167 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

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

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

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:

10386361 · 10398929 · 10406146 · 10409038 · 10412848 · 10413264

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.