2016 BUICK ENCORE Complaints

WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THE TREAD FROM A CONTINENTAL TIRE CONTIPROCONTACT CATASTROPHICALLY AND SUDDENLY RIPPED AWAY CAUSING EXTREME DAMAGE ($4915.15 IN REPAIRS) TO THE BODY OF MY VEHICLE. I FILED A CLAIM WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES REGARDING THIS INCIDENT AND THIS CLAIM WAS DENIED STATING THERE WAS PRIOR DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. THEIR LETTER STATING THIS CLAIM WAS UNSIGNED, AND THERE WAS NOT REPORT DETAILING THEIR CLAIM, OR EVEN THE NAME OR CREDENTIALS OF THE PERSON MAKING THIS DECLARATION. IN TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN TIRE BUSINESS WHO OBSERVED THE TIRE, THEY STATE THAT WHAT THE LETTER STATES AND WHAT HAPPENED DO NOT MAKE SENSE. I HAVE CALLED CONTINENTAL TIRES ABOUT THE DENIAL OF THE CLAIM. HOWEVER, MY CALL TO THEM HAS GONE UNRETURNED. BECAUSE OF THE INSUFFICIENT DATA PROVIDED BY CONTINENTAL REGARDING THE DENIAL OF THEIR CLAIM, THEIR UNRETURNED CALL, AND THE OPINION OF OTHERS IN THE BUSINESS, I AM FILING THIS REPORT TO THE NHTSA.

I HAD MY BACKSEATS LAID DOWN TO HAVE MORE ROOM WHEN MOVING. AFTER TWO WEEKS, I TRIED PULLING THE SEATS BACK INTO SEATED POSITION. THE DOUBLE SEAT WILL NOT LIFT. THE MIDDLE SEATBELT HAS LOCKED, NOT ALLOWING IT TO LIFT MORE THAN ABOUT TEN INCHES. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY PULLING THE BELT TIGHT TO DISENGAGE THE LOCK, IT WILL NOT GIVE.

YAKATA RECALL. THE AIRBAGS IN MY CAR DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. THE OTHER DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT ME ON THE DRIVER FRONT OF MY CAR. IT CAUSED $11,884 WORTH OF DAMAGE. WHEN I SAW THE OTHER DRIVER WAS NOT STOPPING AT THE RED LIGHT I APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT THE COLLISION HAPPENED AND SPUN MY CAR. MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR AIRBAGS. I DONT KNOW WHY THEY DID NOT DEPLOY.

YESTERDAY I STARTED THE VEHICLE UP AND IT QUIT. SO I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT RAN. THEN TODAY, I WAS BACKING OUT AND IT DIED OUT. I STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND DROVE TOWARDS HOME. THEN I WAS TRAVELING 40 PLUS MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE CAR SHUT OFF. I HIT THE BRAKES AND IT STARTED ROCKING. I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE CAR BEHIND ME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE BUICK DEALERSHIP.

TAMARA RECALL: THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS AND SEATBELT PRETENSIONERS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A CRASH TO BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR OF MY VEHICLE. ALL SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DURING THE CRASH. I WAS STOPPED BEHIND A VEHICLE AT A RED LIGHT WHEN A DRUNKEN DRIVER SLAMMED INTO MY 2016 BUICK ENCORE. MY VEHICLE WAS PROPELLED FORWARD INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SHOULDER HARNESS OF MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK TO RESTRAIN ME AND MY FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CAR HAD NO OPEN RECALLS ON IT. I DID THE 2016 RECALL CORRECTION BUT I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING NOTIFIED OF THE SECOND RECALL. MY CARS SERVICE HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY AT A BUICK DEALERSHIP AND DON'T RECALL EVER BEING TOLD OR RECEIVING ANY DOCUMENTATION REFLECTING CORRECTION FOR THE 2017 RECALL. EITHER WAY, MY CAR HAD NO OPEN RECALLS AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

2016 BUICK ENCORE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD, SIDE WARNING LIGHT WIRING UNITS AND AUTO FRONT WARNING DEVICES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, ON A RAINY DAY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLANK AND DID NOT RETURN UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON THE NEXT DAY. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. *JS

HEAVY VIBRATION IN LOWER GEAR WHILE SHIFTING SEEMS TO COME FROM ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION CANT TELL BUT STRONG VIBRATION CAN BE FELT IN SHIFT HANDLE WHEN YOU ATTAIN HIGHER GEAR SEEMS TO STOP ON CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY SAME EXPERIENCE WORSE IN LOWER GEARS.

THIS PROBLEM IS WITH THE STOP START FEATURE ON MY CAR WHICH IF I KNEW ABOUT IT I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT. MY HUSBAND HAS HATED THIS CAR SINCE DAY ONE AND ONLY BOUGHT IT AS I HAVE STAGE 4 CANCER AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CAR. HE WANTED A SUBARU WHICH HE CAN GET ONCE I LEAVE THE EARTH.I NOW LONGER AM PLEASED WITH THIS CAR AS IT WILL LEAD TO MY DEATH SOONER THAN THE CANCER. WHEN THIS CAR STOPS TO SAVE GAS HA HA USES MORE THE MOTOR SHUTS OFF SO THE HEADLIGHTS DIM. THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS THEY BRIGHTEN. WELL DRIVERS AROUND HERE THINK WE ARE TELLING THEM TO GO AS WE BLINKED THE LIGHTS AT THEM EVEN IF YOU WERE FIRST THERE. MY HUSBAND ALWAYS GIVES EVERYONE THE RIGHT OF WAY BUT I AM NOT SO KIND.IF FIRST I GO FIRST. THE OTHER NIGHT I ALMOST GOT IT AS A TRUCK PULLED OUT AT THE SAME TIME ALMOST HITTING ME AND CALLING ME A FEW NAMES BUT TELLING ME I FLICKED THE LIGHTS. LOOKED IN THE OWNERS MANUEL AND NOT A THING ABOUT THIS FEATURE SO CALLED THE GARAGE.TOOK IT RIGHT AWAY AND AFTER 3 DAYS SAID THIS IS HOW IT WAS SUPPOSE TO ACT. WELL IF I GET HURT FROM THIS I WILL SUE GM AS EVERY OTHER CAR MAKER PUT IN A DEVICE TO SHUT THIS FEATURE OFF BUT NOT BUICK ..WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS AT A 4 WAY STOP AND WAS THERE FIRST.TRUCK WAS TO THE LEFT OF ME WHO PULLED OUT AT THE SAME TIME ALMOST GETTING ME ON MY DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS A HORRIBLE FEATURE AND I CAN SEE WHY OTHER CAR MAKERS HAVE A SWITCH TO SHUT IT OFF. I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THE MILAGE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSE TO GET . GARAGE BLAMES IT ON WINTER GAS BUT HAD IT FOR A YEAR NOW AND ONLY GOT 24 AT THE MOST, IN THE SUMMER.SINCE THE CANCER WE DRIVE TO PITTSBURGH 120 MILES ONCE A MONTH AND THAT TRIP ONLY GETS US 23 IN SUMMER .DID GET IT TO 24 BUT STILL FEEL THIS CAR IS MY DEATH WEAPON.I FEEL ITS A WEAK BATTERY OR A ELECTRICAL SHORT. ON A DOWNTOWN KITTANNING PA STREET.GARAGE JUST MAKES US FEEL STUPID FOR EVEN COMPLAINING.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IN THE RAIN, I HAVE NEARLY WRECKED OR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TO OTHERS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY OF THE WIPERS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 60 MPH. ATTEMPTED TO MOVE FROM RIGHT LANE TO LEFT LANE. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE IN THE STEERING. I IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED A "SERVICE POWER STEERING" WARNING ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ALL OTHER CAR FUNCTIONS WERE WORKING AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AND MANEUVER TO A COMPLETE STOP. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. INVOICE STATES POWER STEERING-GEAR INTERNAL FAILURE OF P/S MODULE C056D. THE POWER STEERING COLUMN, WITH MODULE WAS REPLACED AND PROGRAMMED. THIS WAS GM PART # 94544335. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY KIND THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING TO FAIL.