21V782000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2008 BUICK ENCLAVE
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 779 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints779
Complaints citing a crash24
Complaints citing a fire12
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
15V415000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
If the open liftgate unexpectedly falls, it may strike a person, increasing their risk of injury.
14V118000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
10V240000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE HEATED WASHER MODULE TO IGNITE AND A FIRE MAY OCCUR.
What owners report most
- 129POWER TRAIN
- 101AIR BAGS
- 98STEERING
- 72ENGINE
- 71ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 37STRUCTURE:BODY
- 37UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 22ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 BUICK ENCLAVEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.