Buick Estate Wagon
Across 6 model years (1971–1979), the Buick Estate Wagon has 6 NHTSA recall campaigns and 0 complaints on file.
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Within Buick, this line ranks 22 of 27 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 Buick Estate Wagon NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 3,707,064 |
| 1972 Buick Estate Wagon | 2 | 0 | — | 3,707,539 |
| 1975 Buick Estate Wagon NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 687 |
| 1977 Buick Estate Wagon | 2 | 0 | — | 542,877 |
| 1978 Buick Estate Wagon | 2 | 0 | — | 809,864 |
| 1979 Buick Estate Wagon NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 476,245 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Buick Estate Wagon complaints (0 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Buick model lines
- Lesabre 57 recalls · 3,676 complaints
- Regal 165 recalls · 2,927 complaints
- Century 75 recalls · 1,795 complaints
- Lacrosse 43 recalls · 1,638 complaints
- Park Avenue 23 recalls · 1,356 complaints
- Enclave 66 recalls · 1,302 complaints
- Rendezvous 14 recalls · 1,198 complaints
- Lucerne 17 recalls · 802 complaints
- Skylark 55 recalls · 522 complaints
- Rainier 15 recalls · 376 complaints
- Roadmaster 17 recalls · 329 complaints
- Riviera 39 recalls · 316 complaints
- Verano 15 recalls · 241 complaints
- Terraza 6 recalls · 200 complaints
- Encore 22 recalls · 169 complaints
- Reatta 4 recalls · 51 complaints
- Electra 31 recalls · 37 complaints
- Envision 15 recalls · 33 complaints
- Skyhawk 18 recalls · 14 complaints
- Estate 14 recalls · 6 complaints
- Encore GX 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Estate Wagon 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Apollo 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- Wildcat 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Centurion 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Envista 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Special 3 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Buick Estate Wagon model years have the most recalls?
1972 (2), 1977 (2), 1978 (2). Across model years 1971–1979 there are 6 distinct campaigns.
Which Buick Estate Wagon model year has the most complaints?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
What do owners of the Buick Estate Wagon complain about?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.