Buick Encore owners have reported a total of 201 problems for their cars built in the 6 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Buick Encore. The 2015 Buick Encore cars have the most problems reported (66 problems).
| Model Year | Number of Problems |
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| 2018 Encore | |
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| 2016 Encore | |
| 2015 Encore | |
| 2014 Encore | |
| 2013 Encore |
The following chart shows the 18 most common problems for Buick Encore cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (35 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's electrical system (26 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Buick Encore of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Encore model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Buick Encore model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Buick Encore is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
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| 2018 Encore | |
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