{"id":"2024_buick_envista","make":"Buick","make_slug":"buick","model":"Envista","model_slug":"envista","year":2024,"url":"/buick/envista/2024/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":46679,"model":"Envista","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic 6-spd","cyl":3,"displ":1.2,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":28,"hwy":32,"comb":30,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":296,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2100,"save_spend":750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"GMX","modified":"Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2023"}],"vclass":"Small Station Wagons","segment":"Wagon","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"23V744000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr":"General Motors, LLC","reported":"2023-11-06","owner_notified":"2023-12-04","units":60154,"summary":"General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024 Buick Encore GX, Envista, and Chevrolet Trax vehicles.  The software in the Virtual Cockpit Unit Module (VCU) may cause the instrument panel display to intermittently go blank at vehicle startup or while driving.","consequence":"A blank instrument panel will not show critical information, such as vehicle speed and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"The VCU software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 4, 2023.  Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.  GM's number for this recall is A232424320.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"A232424320","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":1,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":92,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":52,"crash":1,"fire":2,"injured":1,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",28],["Unspecified",17],["Engine",8],["Vehicle Speed Control",6],["Service Brakes",5],["Forward Collision Avoidance",4]],"by_year":{"2024":16,"2025":25,"2026":11},"excerpts":[["2025-03-26","Electrical System","There was a shortage in the blinkers, and when a right turn was being made due to the blinker, not working, the car was snatched to the left, due to the lane assist being on which almost caused an accident."],["2025-03-18","Engine","Engine began smoking on freeway while driving in rural gap between metro cities. Then a sound like driving over a 2 liter bottle occurred. After I pulled over, there was smoke coming out the coolant reservoir. The coolant reservoir was empty! It's using 1/3 gallon prediluted daily. Last summer the air conditioning comp\u2026"],["2025-03-01","Visibility","The windshield wiper blades- especially the drivers side wiper blade- on my 2024 Buick Envista are made of subpar material, and they leave streaks on the windshield in the field of view of the driver, making for hazardous driving conditions in snowy and rainy conditions. I attempted to get wiper blade replacements from\u2026"]]},"investigations":[],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.155,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":30,"ncap":4,"complaints":52},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}