general problems of the 2018 Buick Encore

Strong odor of gasoline, followed by a crack in the high pressure fuel line. Gasoline poured out under pressure from fuel line approximately 1 foot ahead of the right rear tire. Major amount of spillage - literally several gallons within a minute or so, that eventually faded as the system lost pressure. Could have been a significant safety issue and catastrophic loss if there had been an ignition source nearby. Overall repair required dropping the fuel tank and the replacement of gm part number 95080144, a plastic fuel pipe. Overall, a safety issue and expensive (~$900) repair.

Not long after I purchased my car, I noticed it was lacking power during takeoff and when driving uphill which forced my car to hit very high rpms during normal use. There was also a p0299 code that appeared then disappeared frequently. I discovered a turbo special coverage n232395330 and took it to williams GMC in charlotte. After I told them very clearly what happened multiple times, confirming the underboost and the code, I even brought it in with the code, they told me the code wasnt "active" and that there no problems. . . Even after I told them I didnt feel safe and couldnt pull out at intersections with fear of being rear-ended. I had videos, they refused to look at and told me to come back when the code was permanent. I drove the vehicle for the next year, 20k miles in order to get the code permanent, after a trip home, through the mountains, really tough without the turbo, my car was consistently pinging 4-5000 rpm under the speed limit on inclines. . . This happened every time I drove through, but this time the code was active the entire time. 2-3000 miles with the code, finally it was permanent. I brought the car back to williams GMC, to get the turbo changed. I updated them on recent occurrences, flashing check engine light, the code active for 2-3k miles, and they performed a road test, and declared it wasn't a problem. I told them I recently spent 5k on repairing my cooling and ac system because the turbo, they said that wouldn't affect those components, meanwhile I know they have plastic parts that can melt and the engine being forced to push 4-5k rpm the extra heat could easily melt those parts. They said, nothing was wrong and the road test was good. Sent me on my way. I called corporate, they told me to get a second opinion. I did randy marion found the problem and changed the turbo per the special coverage n232395330. A week later, my engine overheated, I pulled over and it wouldnt start, engin won't hold compression. Car is tot now. Long story shrt.

Stalling and shuts off. Low power when accelerating. Car has been so slow to take off that when merging into on coming traffic I have to move to shoulder & then try again to prevent an accident. Coughs, putt & squeaking sounds. Car shakes while in park or not in motion. Check engine light on.

When driving, the vehicle will stutter and make the car feel as though it’s bubbling, once you come to a stop, the vehicle will shut off. This is a huge safety concern considering I have children and if the vehicle just turns off and I shouldn’t be braked for a while I can get hit. I have almost been hit 4x since this has started because the car shuts off when attempting to brake or braking completely. After speaking to multiple mechanics over this car it seems to be a common issue for it.

Pittering nosie started from under the hood a few days later the information pages glitches and gave 20+ options with the main menus in what looked like arabic then a few days later the check engine light came on hooked up a code reader and the codes indicated fuel system issue but was able to clear code light remanded off and remote start quite working with remote and threw the app ran fine for about a month with no issue then light came back on on 01/31 and cleared itself in 7days and remote start began working again began running rough and had issues idling on the 2/22 and after getting gas on 2/23 would start but struggled for a few seconds and turned off 4times like it couldn't get fuel to maintain the start but was able to finally get it to start and was able to make it to work and seems to be running ok but still has the persistent pittering sound.