2021 Buick Encore Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 11%of 9 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the air bags of the 2021 Buick Encore, 11% of the 9 complaints for this model year.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Nothing air bags deployed was leaving a parking lot started went to drive off !! Bang 2000 bounds of pressure in my face! My whole body!! It was a rental !! Look into this vechicail !hair burnt! Fried wire smell still on my burnt jacket!! Look into this with great concern as iam reaching out with shock and awe about this whole situation that accured** there is video of accurance in parking lot * think the owner is going to try to cover up what ever he can , saying that for reason's of my own! Please someone's job to investagte right ! Black box data speed which 2 miles a hour was speed .. …”
NHTSA complaint #11557296, filed 2023-11Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 13% |
| 2021 | 1 | 11% |
| 2020 | 1 | 5% |
| 2019 | 11 | 13% |
| 2018 | 10 | 14% |
| 2017 | 13 | 14% |
| 2016 | 7 | 9% |
| 2015 | 16 | 13% |
| 2014 | 5 | 8% |
| 2013 | 5 | 10% |
Other parts of the 2021 Buick Encore
3 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
3 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsElectrical system
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2021 Buick Encore
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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