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Buick Encore 2013

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

0.78 per 1,000

1.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 25 complaints filed in the first three years, of 52 ever. 95% lower bound 0.48.

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
20130.7825
20140.3514
20150.5733
20160.2216
20170.2622
20180.2018
20190.2323
20200.4331
20210.4815
20221.1820
20231.6316

What owners describe

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

When it breaks

62% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 21,693 miles, from 39 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

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:

10543765 · 10550123 · 10563044 · 10566380 · 10566897 · 10573306

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.