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2016 Buick ENCORE Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1400301
Internal NHTSA #	11015266
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	BUICK
Model	ENCORE
Model Year	2016
File date	25/02/17
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Car plowed into brothers carport and trailer doing $9,000 damage to his property, did $16,000 damage to car. Insurance company would not total car, had it repaired took over three months. Got car back and the same day, was backing out of driveway and brakes got hard and would not stop. I kept hitting brakes and finally stopped. Had vehicle towed into dealership, adams buick, richmond. They repaired it after few days they called and i picked it up. Was driving home got about half a mile brakes did same thing. They worked on it again and found $1200. More work had to be done on brakes. They would not accept blame for brakes, insurance company finally paid for it after couple more weeks. This made total of repairs 17,200. 00 still would not total car. We still have this car value is $12,500 according to adams buick and we owe $22,000.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	6400
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	IRVINE, KY
VIN pattern	KL4CJESB3GBXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	16/09/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 Buick ENCORE Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Buick ENCORE Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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