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Buick Envision · 2016

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V358000·2018-05-31

    GM Recalls 2015-2018 Vehicles for Fuel Pump Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific 2015-2018 GMC, Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac vehicles because a fuel pump may detach and cause a leak, increasing fire risk.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, BUICK CANYON, MALIBU, ENVISION, ACADIA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V412000·2017-06-29

    GM Recalls 2016-2017 Buick Envision for Headliner Safety Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2016-2017 Buick Envision vehicles because replacement headliners may lack required impact-absorbing foam, increasing injury risk in crashes.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK ENVISION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V922000·2016-12-21

    GM Recalls 2016 Buick Envision for Brake Line Cracking Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2016 Buick Envision vehicles because master cylinder brake lines may crack and leak fluid, potentially reducing braking performance.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK ENVISION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V404000·2017-06-27

    GM Recalls 2016-2017 Buick Envision for Head Restraint Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2016-2017 Buick Envision vehicles because incorrectly installed tablet holders may prevent head restraints from fully engaging, increasing injury risk in a crash.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK ENVISION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V516000·2016-07-07

    GM Recalls 2016-2017 Buick Envision for Incorrect Tire Label Weight

    General Motors is recalling 2016-2017 Buick Envision vehicles because the Tire and Loading Information label may display incorrect maximum weight information, which could lead to vehicle overloading.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK ENVISION
    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.

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 · electrical 20 complaints, median 27,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

784 manufacturer service bulletins across 11 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 4.5/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 4.3/5 · 10 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 4.1/5 · 24 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2022: 4.1/5 · 25 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

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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