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Buick Encore Gx · 2020

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V440000·2021-06-10

    Emergency jack fracture risk affects Chevrolet Trailblazer and Buick Encore GX

    General Motors is recalling approximately 135,400 certain 2020-2022 Buick Encore GX and 2021-2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles because their emergency jacks can fracture if not positioned correctly, risking vehicle collapse.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK TRAILBLAZER, ENCORE GX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V588000·2020-09-24

    2020 Cadillac CT5 Electronic Brake Boost System Defect

    General Motors is recalling the 2020 Cadillac CT5 due to sensor contamination in the electronic brake boost system, which may reduce braking effectiveness and increase crash risk. GM will replace the module at no cost.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, CHEVROLET, BUICK XT4, CT4, CORVETTE, CT5
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20204/5

    2 trims tested for 2020; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • AQ14001 Audit Query · electrical system
  • RQ13003 Recall Query · electrical system:propulsion system:traction battery

Technical service bulletins

446 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2025: 4.3/5 · 15 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 4.1/5 · 31 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 4.2/5 · 25 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 4.1/5 · 32 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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