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2019 BUICK ENCORE — Complaint #2077134

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER filed March 25, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2077134 (ODI reference 11650579) concerns a 2019 BUICK ENCORE and was filed on March 25, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 18, 2025. The vehicle had 68,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

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 cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger 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 2019 BUICK ENCORE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2019 BUICK ENCORE
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
State
Wisconsin
Mileage
68,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2019 Buick Encore. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a stoplight, the engine revved up before accelerating. While the vehicle was accelerating, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a certified mechanic, who diagnosed that the wastegate for the turbocharger was stuck, causing the turbocharger to fail. The contact was informed that the turbocharger needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact became aware of a TSB for 2017-2018 Buick Encore vehicles under TSB Number: N232395330; but the 2019 Buick Encore was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000. The VIN was not available.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2077134
ODI Number 11650579
Date Filed March 25, 2025
Failure Date March 18, 2025

Similar ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER Complaints for 2019 BUICK ENCORE

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.