2015 Buick Verano
This year drew an ordinary 58 complaints for a Buick Verano — the model's median is 101. What they were about is the unusual part: 13.8% of them mention corrosion, against 3.8% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 58 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 101 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 24 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- corrosion — 13.8% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: corrosion, month, wiring, sensors wiring.
- common — 8.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the model's other years (3.2×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
My vehicle was rear ended and when the wire connection was detached there was signs of corrosion cause by moisture. The insurance company wont pay for it because the Buick mechanic said this is a common issue with Buick Verano's. When moisture gets into the co…
My passenger airbag warning lights appears on the dash several times a day stating “Airbag safety issue detected”. This has been going on for several months now.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Buick Verano was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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