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Buick LaCrosse

Every model year 2016–2019: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

4 Model years 2016–2019
9 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
103 Complaints owner reports, all years
B Newest grade 2019 Safety Signal
2016 Best on record cleanest filed year
Buick LaCrosse — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Buick LaCrosse · Photo: Dinkun Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Buick LaCrosse model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2019Hybrid GasB27★★★★★29 mpg
2018Hybrid GasC312★★★★★29 mpg
2017GasB236★★★★★25 mpg
2016Hybrid GasB248★★★★★28 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2016

On the filed record so far, the 2016 is the cleanest LaCrosse year we hold, and the 2018 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2016B0.25
2017B0.24
2019B0.31
2018C0.42
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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2018: added hybrid; best combined mpg 25 → 29; 2 → 3 EPA configurations
  • 2017: dropped hybrid; best combined mpg 28 → 25; 4 → 2 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Buick LaCrosse

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Buick LaCrosse year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2016 LaCrosse comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade B (85/100), 2 recalls and 48 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Buick LaCrosse years should I avoid?

No LaCrosse model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Buick LaCrosse have?

Across model years 2016–2019, NHTSA has posted 9 recall campaigns for the Buick LaCrosse. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.