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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5GALVCED8AJ••••••2010 Buick ENCLAVE
That is about average for the 2010 Buick ENCLAVE — 4 complaints per build across 61 builds.
4on this build
238on the model
61builds in total
Most reportedSteering 2Power Train 1Electrical System 1Engine 1
What owners of this build wrote
Electrical SystemDec 2023
While driving down the road, the locks on the doors will suddenly lock, unlock, lock and unlock. After that the engine slows way down losing power, then it will be okay to give it more gas and it speeds up. The last couple of times this happened, the car lost all power and…
SteeringMay 2020
While decelerating the power steering randomly goes out. I'm having the vehicle checked out for a second time. I have recently done the research and this seems to be a very common problem in 2010 buick enclaves and gmc has yet to make a recall. This could definitely be very…
Power TrainMar 2017
In 2017@75,477 miles my car lost power on the highway, could not get it to go over 40mph. Drove to dealer & turned out to be timing chain which is a known issue in my type of car. Dealer repaired car at warranty price, even though my warranty had run out & took 40% off since I…
SteeringApr 2014
I was driving from idaho to laurel montana. I was coming out of bozeman montana, going over bozeman pass, which winds through the mountains. I was passing a car at about 70. After I had passed the car I tried turning back into the lane but the steering wheel froze up. I pulled…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5GALVCED8AJ181258 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.