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Buick Encore · 2020

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V668000·2020-10-29

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Missing Start-Stop Accumulator Bolts

    General Motors is recalling specific 2018-2020 vehicles because missing bolts on the start/stop accumulator may cause transmission leaks, loss of propulsion, or fire.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, CADILLAC TERRAIN, CRUZE, EQUINOX, XT4
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V537000·2020-09-03

    2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer and 2020 Buick Encore GX Seat Fastener Recall

    General Motors is recalling 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazers and 2020 Buick Encore GX vehicles because front seat rear attachment bolts may not have been installed, potentially allowing seats to move during a crash.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, CHEVROLET ENCORE, TRAILBLAZER
    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.

  • 20205/5

    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

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2017 · engine 30 complaints, median 60,189 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2016 · engine 26 complaints, median 80,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2019 · engine 25 complaints, median 63,360 mi
  • 2018 · engine 22 complaints

Technical service bulletins

858 manufacturer service bulletins across 10 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2022: 4.5/5 · 8 complaints
  • 2021: 4.5/5 · 9 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2020: 4.1/5 · 19 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2019: 3.7/5 · 84 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2018: 4.0/5 · 74 complaints · most complained-of: engine

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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