2 complaints reported

2016 Buick Envision UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

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2
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

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Jan 2019

SINCE 2016 MY VEHICLE COLLISION ALERT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE AND GIVING FALSE ALERTS.. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I HAD VEHICLES IGNORE THE YIELD SIGN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED CUTTING IN FROM ON MY VEHICLE NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE COLLISION ALERT NEVER WENT OFF UNTIL 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR LATER...MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE KENT COUNTY MOTOR BUICK DEALERSHIP IN DOVER, DE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FOR SERVICE. NUMEROUS TIMES THEY COULD NOT PINPOINT THE ISSUE. GM ENGINEER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP TO ASCERTAIN ASSISTANCE AND I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE DEPT. THAT IT MAY RECOGNIZE AN ALERT AND IT MAY NOT RECOGNIZE AN ALERT. FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. IN JAN OF 2019, I PERSONALLY CONTACTED GM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ONGOING ISSUE. THEY GAVE ME A CASE#9-4980258634 AND TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP UPGRADED THE SOFTER WARE AND ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE COLLISION ALERT FAILED. GM SENIOR ADVISOR PAIGE CALLED ME INDICATING "THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED TO DO WHAT IS SUPPOSE TO DO" AND THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE. I QUESTIONED MS. PAIGE AND ASKED HER HOW CAN MY VEHICLE BE SAFE WHEN THE VEHICLE COLLISION ALERT IS NOT FUNCTIONALLY LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. ALL SHE CAN SAY IS VEHICLE IS DESIGNED TO DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSE TO DO. I INFORMED MS. PAIGE THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND GM NEEDS TO ALERT CONSUMER OF THE FAULTY COLLISION ALERT. SHE CONTINUED SAYING GM CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME BECAUSE "IT IS DESIGNED TO DO WHAT IS WAS SUPPOSE TO DO".

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 BUICK ENVISION, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Jan 2018

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2016, I LEASED A NEW 2016 BUICK ENVISION, SOLELY TO GET UPDATED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS NOT ON MY 6-YEAR OLD BUICK REGAL. I HAD SEEN THE ENVISION AT CAR SHOWS, HAD PICKED UP SALES LITERATURE THERE AND AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP, PLUS RECEIVED ONLINE INFORMATION. THIS VEHICLE WAS ADVERTISED AS HAVING FRONT END COLLISION ALERT WITH AUTOMATIC BRAKING. IN APRIL 2017, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM BUICK/GM THAT MY VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTO BRAKING AND THERE HAD BEEN AN ERROR IN THEIR SALES PRODUCTS. I IMMEDIATELY WROTE TO THEM. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL OFFERING ME 1 YEAR OF ONSTAR, 1 YEAR EXTENSION OF WARRANTY, OR $1500 ACCESSORIES CERTIFICATE. I EXPLAINED THAT I DON'T USE ONSTAR, THE EXISTING WARRANTY RUNS THE LENGTH OF MY LEASE, AND THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR $1500 ACCESSORIES ON A FULLY-LOADED $48000 CAR. SO I WROTE ANOTHER LETTER, TO WHICH THERE WAS NO RESPONSE UNTIL I FILED A CLAIM WITH THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. AGAIN I WAS OFFERED THE SAME 3 SELECTIONS FOR MY "INCONVENIENCE". THIS ISN'T AN INCONVENIENCE. IT COULD BE A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION. THE FRONT END BRAKING WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. IT SEEMS FALSE ADVERTISING REQUIRES MORE THAN A LETTER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 BUICK ENVISION, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2017

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The 2016 Buick Envision has 2 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.