2019 Buick Encore vehicle speed control problems

What owners report

• “When I'm driving sometimes the car seems like it's about to cut off or something & the check engine light plus stabilizer track message bones on & I start losing power & it's happened more than 10 times ! I let the car sit for a few minutes & it works !”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 12/28/2025

• “Transmission whirring, vehicle is skipping while driving, gear/rpm not downshifting after acceleration”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 08/19/2024

• “my car engine did not shut off i had to call on star to assist turn off my engine. there is problem with ANTI theft system and cruise control. i had to press cruise button numberous time to shut it off. on start customer advice me to take it to dealer to take look. they did on board diagnosit test they found these code”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 04/23/2024

• “My radar to let me know i was going to hit something didn't go offer. It has never failed before and has been overactive actually which I appreciated before. I was doing 60 with my paraplegic wife (luckily not our 5 year old as well though) in the right lane because it's safer to go slower and be there. I was distracted by a strange machine being transported on a truck to my left. This was my fault. I hear the ultimate responsibility and the majority if not all of it. I saw the road constructi…”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 02/09/2024

• “At approximately 1130am, pulling into parking space in a parking lot at very low speed, 50% of vehicle was in the parking space, when suddenly the car accelerated forward. This resulted in my vehicle jumping over a safety curb and crashing into a building resulting in damage to my vehicle.”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 09/27/2022 · crash

• “This auto has 34,000 on it. The problem is sudden acceleration. This would be the third time this happen for this auto. If there are any questions that you might have my email address is [XXX]. Best Regards! [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 05/11/2022

• “PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR TOOK OVER AND WAS SPEEDING AND HIT THE CONCRETE POLE,AIR BAGS WENT OFF THE CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 06/18/2020 · crash

Unverified owner reports from NHTSA's public complaint database.

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