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Buick LaCrosse 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.80 per 1,000

1.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 46 complaints filed in the first three years, of 206 ever. 95% lower bound 0.57.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.5219
20090.093
20100.8049
20110.6237
20120.8046
20130.3217
20140.4020
20150.199
20160.4014
20170.5012

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

33% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 55,000 miles, from 138 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 11 complaints about this component over roughly 3 months before an investigation opened.

Sands Chevrolet/Hybrid System Fire/Stall

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10432428 · 10455480 · 10459447 · 10465699 · 10472181 · 10478015

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.