My suv dies while im driving it. The engine stalls the lights go off. Its very dangerous I had a semi truck behind me last night and my encore basically became invisible. No lights no power, nothing. He almost hit me. Ive had this encore to several mechanics and none of them knows what the problem is. There are no warning lights on and it does not show any codes when hooked up to a diagnostic machine. I have called Buick Corp.and she told me to take it to a mechanic.
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Buick Encore Lighting problems by year
15 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Buick Encore's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.
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Latest Encore lighting complaints
I got my car from Buick of Long Island City I was giving the wrong key mess up battery the car will not start and I crashed
The Body Control Module went out. I had it replaced. I do not know how long my back running light were out. I had brake and tag lights. There were no warning messages.
During the past 3 years I have had to replace the battery 3 times, my daytime running lamps keep turning off, I have had to replace the ignition coil and now my car has been at the dealership for a week because there is an electrical problem they cannot figure out. The chassis control module was replaced but did not fix the problem. My personal mechanic advised the TCM was coding, but dealership said no. I am beyond frustrated! These problems started around 60000 miles and now it has 83000 miles on it and can't be driven. If GM knew about the issues (as found in multiple articles on line) why didn't they disclose?
While driving down the road the vehicle turns itself off. Headlights go off and there is no control of the vehicle. Sometimes the vehicle will crank itself without touching the start button. Sometimes several times before it will remain on long enough to start driving again. It is very dangerous to drive because you have no control over the vehicle at the time of engine shutdown. It doesn't matter if it is highway speeds or in town. Tonight it took over 2 hours to travel a normal 20 minute drive. It all...
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started 27 feb 21 and today (28 feb 21) it is progressively getting worse. Most of the times that it happens a bell will ding 4 times and right after the bell chimes the engine immediately shuts off. All lights extinguish, it loses steering control and brakes are minimized.
My driver side headlight will not light up orange for a signal. The dealership but a new light on the encore and it still doesn't work. No one has any idea what the problem is or how to fix it. The light works fine except the top light that looks like an upside down check mark will not light up orange for the signal.
There's condensation in both tail lights every single morning. This is a 2019 vehicle that I've owned for only 4 months. No other car I've seen has this condensation. I took it to the dealership and they said the heat of the break lights should burn up the condensation.
2019 Buick encore sport touring with automatic headlight control. The issue is an annoying sensor for the headlights. The vehicle has led drl's and thus believe that the headlights should not be activated until dusk at the earliest. However on this vehicle the sensor with activate the headlights in full noon sun-while at other times can travel through a dark tunnel and they will not avtivate untill you exit and enter daylight once again. Have had times where the headlights are on then pull into my home garage (not...
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well lit) and have the headlights go off. Have reported this to the dealer , they state they have contacted gm and this is a normal characteristic of auto headlights. I questioned the dealer if the auto headlight sensor sensitivity could be changed or adjusted...They stated no. Do not believe this is a normal characteristic and will ultimately require me to replace headlight bulbs much sooner than normal.
After I bought this car 1 year and a half ago I had 2 engine problems fixed already. Now, I have been experimenting 4 times a total lack of headlight and panel lights while I am driving. It lasts seconds, the idiot lights come back while I am driving. I was very scared because in one of these times I was driving at night in a busy highway and it was raining heavily, I could not see anything .I took it to mcguire twice for this problem and they can not find anything wrong.
The display screen goes black during the day light hrs. Then comes back on sometime later. So you can't see the radio stations.
This problem is with the stop start feature on my car which if I knew about it I would have never bought. My husband has hated this car since day one and only bought it as I have stage 4 cancer and fell in love with the car. He wanted a subaru which he can get once I leave the earth.I now longer am pleased with this car as it will lead to my death sooner than the cancer. When this car stops to save gas ha ha uses more the motor shuts off so the headlights dim. Then when you hit the gas they brighten. Well drivers...
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around here think we are telling them to go as we blinked the lights at them even if you were first there. My husband always gives everyone the right of way but I am not so kind.If first I go first. The other night I almost got it as a truck pulled out at the same time almost hitting me and calling me a few names but telling me I flicked the lights. Looked in the owners manuel and not a thing about this feature so called the garage.Took it right away and after 3 days said this is how it was suppose to act. Well if I get hurt from this I will sue gm as every other car maker put in a device to shut this feature off but not buick ..When this happened I was at a 4 way stop and was there first.Truck was to the left of me who pulled out at the same time almost getting me on my drivers side. This is a horrible feature and I can see why other car makers have a switch to shut it off. I have never gotten the milage that we were suppose to get . Garage blames it on winter gas but had it for a year now and only got 24 at the most, in the summer.Since the cancer we drive to pittsburgh 120 miles once a month and that trip only gets us 23 in summer .Did get it to 24 but still feel this car is my death weapon.I feel its a weak battery or a electrical short. On a downtown kittanning pa street.Garage just makes us feel stupid for even complaining.
Complaint registered yesterday, but did not include photos which I now will include. 2015 Buick encore has a dimming issue with the screen when under a cloud or perhaps a tree, while moving or stationary. Cannot see screen for directions when this happens. Must turn light switch to off in order to have screen return to brightness. When this has to be done, the daytime running lights turn off completely and cannot turn on again one stops and restart the vehicle.
Infotainment screen dims automatically while under a tree or driving under some clouds causing the driver to manually turn the light dial to the left to regain the brightness on the screen. This will automatically turn off the daylight driving lights. This occurs either stationary or while driving. There is a technical service bulletin in for another model of the buick line but nothing for the encore. The tech personnel indicated the sensors are too sensitive and there's nothing we can do about it.
During the day, dash lights are nearly impossible to see. At night the dash lights up, but during day time driving they are horrible. This could be a real hazard when having to look down & study the gauges & take your eyes from the road. Why doesn't gm correct this problem? This problem exists while driving or sitting still during day light hours.
Instrument panel lighting in bright daylight, while wearing sunglasses, is insufficient. In order to read the speedometer either on the analog dial or on the small digital display while driving, requires the removal of the sunglasses, take your eyes off the road, and peer into the panel in order to read the speedometer. The gas and temperature gauges are not visible at all. Adjusting the intensity switch has no effect during daylight hours. This issue has been reported to the local buick service department as well as buick headquarters. They said they will inform the engineering department of this problem. This lighting issue was verified on other new encore's in the dealers lot. *Tr
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