2020 Buick Encore Gx
Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2020 Buick Encore Gx.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I am writing to formally report a serious mechanical failure involving my vehicle and to request further review and ass… |
| 2026-03-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My 2020 Buick Encore GX which has only $30,600 had the "Shift to Park" message appear on the dashboard screen and my ca… |
| 2026-02-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | My 2020 Buick Encore GX is showing a message with accompanying ding ding sounds "Shift to Park" after I put my car in p… |
| 2026-02-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2020 Buick Encore GX; pulling out of a service station, my check engine light illuminated, and message on cluster state… |
| 2025-11-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SHIFT INTO PARK WARNING WHEN CAR IS IN PARK |
| 2025-10-25 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | To Whom It May Concern, I am submitting a formal complaint regarding a recurring issue with my 2020 Buick Encore GX (V… |
| 2025-10-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle beg… |
| 2025-09-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Powder Train When parking the car in garage, placed vehicle in park, then turned vehicle off, received a message on das… |
| 2025-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When I put the car in park and go to turn off the car, I'm getting a "Shift to Park" error when the car is already in p… |
| 2025-08-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Getting a shift to park error when placing the gear in park. It’s not recognizing the car is already in park and I have… |
| 2025-07-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I am getting a shift to park message on my Buick. I have to shift through heats multiple times to get it to stop. |
| 2025-04-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | I was traveling to school when my breaks didn’t work I tried them twice and I crashed into another vehicle. And the mon… |
| 2025-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I have started to receive multiple 'Shift to Park' messages when attempting to turn off my vehicle after already being … |
| 2025-03-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Shifter malfunction not allowing transmission to shift to park without multiple attempts. Car lurches at times while at… |
| 2025-03-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The gear shift when placed in park and the car ignition turned off would cause an alarm to go off and a message to show… |
| 2025-02-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I was at a stop light and the light turned green, I preceded to press the accelerator, I was just starting to move forw… |
| 2025-01-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | This is a new issue. Upon exiting my car last night. My car would not shift into park. Everytime I cycled the engine a… |
| 2025-01-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I purchased a car from Carvana , a few days later the airbag light came on , I was instructed by Carvana to call the w… |
| 2024-12-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while shifted into reverse on several occasions, the b… |
| 2024-12-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | My vehicle is undrivable. Multiple times per trip the check engine light comes on and I see multiple messages come on … |
| 2024-12-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The dash shows an error message "Shift to park" whenever I put the car in park. This message last for about 10 minutes … |
| 2024-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | For the past several months, my 2020 Buick Encore has been giving me a message to shift to park even though I placed my… |
| 2024-10-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked and attempting to turn off the… |
| 2024-10-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The vehicle will flash a message “Shift to park” when the car is already parked. This is a known issue across multiple … |
| 2024-09-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I bought this vehicle in 2024, I have been having issues one after another with it, I have taken it to the dealer and a… |
| 2024-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Since the repair, the original claim no. 11619901. the checked off stuff no longer works. This lapse has occurred a… |
| 2024-09-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | When I park the vehicle doesn’t recognize that I switched my gear to park and it won’t let me turn my vehicle off and w… |
| 2024-08-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Shift to park! When I put the car in park it tells me “shift to park” so I’m unable to turn my car off. It’s happening … |
| 2024-07-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The dealership replaced in the “fish body electric system “ to make the shift to park “flag not appear It is availabl… |
| 2024-06-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When parking car in garage, placed vehicle in park, then turned vehicle off, received a message on dash " SHIFT TO PARK… |
| 2024-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive po… |
| 2024-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle, the gear shifter was shifte… |
| 2024-01-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | "Shift toPark"message is displayed on the dic shifter control leaver |
| 2023-06-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I was driving on the interstate on June 7, 2023 heading to work doing the speed limit of 60 MPH and all of a sudden the… |
| 2023-06-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I was driving on the interstate on June 7, 2023 heading to work doing the speed limit of 60 MPH and all of a sudden the… |
| 2023-03-13 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | We have two infants in car seats. The car does not have the car seat LATCH system in it. The instructions were followed… |
| 2023-01-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Spongy breaks. Gets harder to break as time goes. |
| 2022-11-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV) | No | 0 | The contact’s mother-in-law owns a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated while his mother-in-law was driving at an und… |
| 2022-09-29 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | Rear end accident. Distracted driver hit the back of my car at least at 40 mph. No airbags deployed. |
| 2022-07-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact’s fiancé owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated while driving approximately 2 MPH, the vehicle was… |
| 2022-04-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving this 2020 Buick Encore GX with around 7,000 miles on the odometer, the entire electrical/electronic syste… |
| 2022-03-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle fai… |
| 2022-03-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while attempting to stop, the brake pedal was depresse… |
| 2022-02-16 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I live in Oklahoma so it’s hot then cold then hot again then colder the next morning. I had my defroster on while on my… |
| 2021-12-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Engine light came on. There was a problem between the harness and the transmission. It took 6 weeks to rectify the prob… |
| 2021-06-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Dealership, fixed brakes due to previous recall. Brakes continue to squeal and grind with every stop. Was informed by d… |
| 2021-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR HAS LESS THAN 30 (THIRTY) MILES ON IT; GARAGED SINCE PURCHASE BC OF PANDEMIC; STARTED OCCASIONALLY; BATTERY DEAD WH… |
| 2021-04-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I have only had the vehicle for a year. On multiple occasions the vehicle feels like it is slipping gears (more often w… |
| 2021-04-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HAS A SOFTWARE ANAMOLY ACCORDING THE THE DEALER THAT HAS MY SES LIGHT ON AND MY PRE-COLLISION ALTERS SEEM T… |
| 2021-03-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 BUICK ENCORE GX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO … |