2014 Buick Enclave problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid
The 2014 Buick Enclave has 292 owner complaints on record with NHTSA, which ranks it 1 of 6 Buick Enclave model years by complaint volume. That is the highest of any year in the run — the 2024 car has 7. 7 recall entries cover this year.
Is 2014 a good year for the Buick Enclave?
The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2014 draws 42 times the complaints of the 2024. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2014 sits near the top of it.
| Model year | Owner complaints | Recall entries |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21 | 0 |
| 2017 | 179 | 3 |
| 2015 | 171 | 5 |
| 2014 ← this page | 292 | 7 |
| 2011 | 212 | 6 |
Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.
This retrieval holds 6 of the nameplate’s model years. 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 are absent, which means no records came back for them — not that they were clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.
The 2014 accounts for 33% of every complaint filed against the Buick Enclave in this retrieval, which works out to 24.3 complaints per year on the road across the 12 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.
Complaint volume is broadly flat against the 2011 (1.4×), so on this measure the two years are interchangeable and the choice between them comes down to condition and price rather than the model year.
Which recalls cover the 2014?
Air Bags
The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.
Free remedy: Dealers will replace the driver's air bag module, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on November 3, 2021. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 10, 2022.
Air Bags
The side curtain air bags may not be properly attached.
Free remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, realign or replace the weld nuts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 24, 2021.
Seat Belts
Free remedy: General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, repair and replace the lap pretensioner, free of charge. Parts are not currently available.
Take the campaign number to any franchised Buick dealer. Recall repairs are free with no mileage or ownership limit, and they follow the car rather than the owner, so a used 2014 with an unrepaired campaign is a free repair you can claim. How recalls work.
Recall text is abridged from the NHTSA record. Search the campaign number at nhtsa.gov/recalls for the full notice and affected VIN ranges.
What do owners report on the Buick Enclave?
Across every Buick Enclave year, not the 2014 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.
- Air Bags — 480 reports
- Steering — 68 reports
- Electrical System — 65 reports
- Power Train — 61 reports
Which other Buick Enclave years should you compare?
← 2011 Buick Enclave · 2015 Buick Enclave → · All Buick Enclave years
If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Buick Enclave page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.
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