2021 BUICK ENCORE GX — Complaint #1899967
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NHTSA Complaint about LANE DEPARTURE: SENSING SYSTEM: OTHER filed June 6, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1899967 (ODI reference 11525553) concerns a 2021 BUICK ENCORE GX and was filed on June 6, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 31, 2023. The vehicle had 22,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as lane departure: sensing system: other, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BUICK ENCORE GX cohort independently describe similar lane departure: sensing system: other failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 BUICK ENCORE GX shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Buick Encore GX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the Lane Departure warning light on the driverâs and passengerâs side sideview mirrors failed illuminate as designed. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 22,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1899967 |
| ODI Number | 11525553 |
| Date Filed | June 6, 2023 |
| Failure Date | May 31, 2023 |
| VIN | KL4MMDS21MB |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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