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Buick Enclave 2010

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

0.59 per 1,000

2.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 29 complaints filed in the first three years, of 274 ever. 95% lower bound 0.37.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.39	62
2009	0.39	17
2010	0.59	29
2011	0.74	42
2012	0.26	15
2013	0.24	14
2014	0.41	25
2015	0.18	11
2016	0.24	14
2017	0.26	13
2018	0.55	27
2019	0.30	15
2020	0.24	11
2021	0.27	11

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 126 complaints

pump	39	31%
low	31	24%
steering pump	29	23%
turns	29	23%
low speeds	18	14%
low speed	12	10%

Engine 72 complaints

timing	45	62%
chain	39	54%
timing chain	38	53%
stretched	17	24%

When it breaks

12% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 73,000 miles, from 230 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

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:

10286368 · 10293721 · 10308692 · 10310182 · 10315135 · 10317292

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.