Wheel Related Problems of the 2017 Buick Encore

Table 1 shows one common wheel related problems of the 2017 Buick Encore.

Table 1. Wheel related problems of Buick Encore

Problem Category Number of Problems
Wheel problems
1

Wheel problem

Unknown. My 2017 Buick Encore while parked in front of my home just blew up at 1 am. I have a video of this occuring. It was on the passengers side. My neighbor stated that he heard a loud bang and went outside. He said parts were flying off my car. I don't know how to send the video but I do have one when this occured. I have contacted Buick corporate and now they are saying that they are sending my matter to the legal department. Buick corporate told me to have my vehicle towed to the Buick dealer which I did because I wanted to know why that happened. I paid to have it towed and tomorrow I have to pay to have it towed back home until legal gets back in touch with me. The way that the vehicle exploded I am scared to even get back into the vehicle. I am so thankful that this occured at 1 am and my grandson was in bed this could have really hurt or killed someone. I thank god that I wasn't driving it. When the tow truck driver arrived he said OH your air bag exploded . I told him that I didn't know what caused it. The Buick dealer never inspected the vehicle. The Buick dealer stated that it was the tire that blew from his visual inspection.


Wheel related problems in other Buick Encore model year vehicles:



Encore Service Bulletins
Encore Defect Investigations