MODELYEARINDEX

Buick Envision

243 complaints across 6 scored model years and 8 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Buick Envision Full report
F
Grade 2016–2021
2017 vs model median 3.5×
Model median3× median
Electrical 16
Lights & Visibility 7
Engine 6
Avoid

2017

Best

2018 · 2019

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2016
0.81× 15 C
2017
3.48× 59 F
2018
0.63× 11 B
2019
0.72× 10 B
2020
1.30× 17 C
2021
1.19× 22 C
2022 P
2.92× 42 F
2023 P
2.25× 38 D
2024 P
1.62× 21 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway22 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,550

Recalls

8 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
22V903000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2021–2023 740,108
21V421000 AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT 2021 285,622
16V516000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2016, 2017 4,558
18V358000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2016, 2017 895
17V404000 EQUIPMENT 2016, 2017 768
24V710000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2024 527
16V922000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 2016 327
17V412000 STRUCTURE 2016, 2017 10

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Equinox
2011
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Envision
Complaints in window
59
Severity-weighted
77.5
Model median (weighted)
22
vs model median
3.48×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 15 F