2008 Buick Enclave
Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-07 | 21V782000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | 555 | — | Details |
| 2014-03-17 | 14V118000 |
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | 1,176,407 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | SEATS | No | 0 | Dealer Jeff Wyler Chevrolet replaced car cabin battery & failed to vent battery gas hose to the vehicle exterior. Hose … |
| 2025-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Electric issues, the recall for the sunroof was not disclosed and was not inspected properly…water and debris get clog… |
| 2024-08-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 1st incident was 6/29/24 my driver seat airbag deployed. 2nd incident happened 8/3/24 when the airbag on the driver sid… |
| 2024-06-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Unknown |
| 2024-05-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that the vehicle had failed to start intermittently. The cont… |
| 2024-05-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | i was driving fine until i slowed down and tried to turn, the steering wheel was hard to turn and making a grinding noi… |
| 2024-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I didn’t have any accidents but I when to many mechanics shops and each saying that it is an electrical problem with my… |
| 2023-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | At 65,000 Transmission went out 100,000 Electrical issue due to lose ground wire under fuse box 121,000 Electrical issu… |
| 2023-05-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ASB |
| 2022-08-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My airbags driver side and the passenger front all exploded while sitting in my driveway nobody in the vehicle |
| 2022-05-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | Traction control and abs. Acceleration jerking |
| 2022-05-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, she noticed that … |
| 2022-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | Apparently the catalytic converter has gone defective. Plus, the backup camera stopped working. |
| 2022-05-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated while driving 3-5 MPH and making a turn, the vehicle lost pow… |
| 2022-03-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Sunroof messing up electrical system clogs up easily radio and everything else don't work right electrical all messed u… |
| 2022-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle hesit… |
| 2021-12-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated while driving at 20 MPH, a warning message indicating that t… |
| 2021-12-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the traction control warning light illu… |
| 2021-08-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Passenger airbag will disable randomly while driving for random periods of time ranging from a few seconds to a few hou… |
| 2021-06-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicles Timing Chain keeps going out had it replaced 3 times and the problem the vehicle is having still consists the … |
| 2021-02-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Buick Enclave. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the air bag sensor light had… |
| 2021-02-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVIN… |
| 2021-01-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | IT SAYS SERVICE AIRBAG |
| 2020-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE BLEW OUT TODAY. CAUGHT FIRE. SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF MY DAUGHTER. THE CAR MADE A JERKING MOTION … |
| 2020-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LEFT MY HOUSE IT WAS FINE. I STOPPED AND TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED FOR MY FAMILY MEMBER TO COME OUT OF AN APPT. I TRIED … |
| 2020-07-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE POWER STEERING ON MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN FAILING MORE FREQUENTLY TO THE POINT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I AM A POLIO SUR… |
| 2020-03-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PRESSING THE BUTTON TO UNLOCK THE TRUNK OF THE… |
| 2020-03-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE A/C WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL IT DIDN'T AT ALL. I HAD RECHARGED IT, SIMPLE STUFF FIRST. AGAIN, WORKED INTERM… |
| 2020-03-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WA… |
| 2020-03-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG HAS FAILED IN CAR AND WAS NOT DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED INTO IT, FIXED CONNECTIONS AN… |
| 2020-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE LIFT GATE WILL GO ABOUT HALF WAY UP AND THEN SHUTS BACK DOWN EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO OPEN IT. |
| 2020-02-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT IS ON IN MY 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. I HAD NOTICED THAT AT FIRST, IT WOULD GO ON AND OFF IF I WA… |
| 2020-02-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STEERING MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN HITTING MINOR BUMPS IN … |
| 2020-01-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AT LOW RATES OF SPEED, THE VEHI… |
| 2020-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXP… |
| 2019-11-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE GRINDING CHANGED BRAKES AND ROTORS AND ALSO CONTROL ARM HUB BEARING AND STRUT |
| 2019-10-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AT 125,000 MILES THE TIMING CHAIN IT'S GOING OUT. |
| 2019-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAGS LIGHT STAYS ON REAR WIPER STOP WORKING |
| 2019-09-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG KEEP GOING OFF AND ON SERVICE AIRBAG AND WHEN I BRING IT TO GET IT CHECK THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WIT… |
| 2019-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A TURN AT 25 MPH, THE STE… |
| 2019-09-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I purchased this vehicle several years ago used and everything was working fine. Several months later, whenever a "pass… |
| 2019-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, WITH THE SHIFT LEVER IN THE PARK POSITION, THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION… |
| 2019-09-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE DRIVING, THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANE… |
| 2019-08-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SERVICE AIRBAGS JUST STARTED ILLUMINATING TODAY. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN SEEING. IT'S BECAUSE THE WIRING HARNESS… |
| 2019-08-23 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, MY CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. RPMS WERE HIGH AND I HA… |
| 2019-08-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE OWN THIS CAR FOR 1 YEAR. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING IT I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE STEERING… |
| 2019-08-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH THE STABILITRACK SYSTEM GOING OFF AND IT TELLING ME TO SERVICE S… |
| 2019-07-07 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 2008 INTERMITTENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. NO MATTER THE SPEED. SOMETIMES 30MPH ON THE STREET, SOMET… |
| 2019-06-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON I-80 AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND, LIKE A BALLOON POPPING BUT LOUDER. THE KIDS NOTICED THAT … |
| 2019-06-03 | AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT | No | 1 | 1.Passenger airbag- warning light gives me a daily message to service the airbag. I worry about whether the airbag will… |