Vehicle report
2016 BUICK LACROSSE
This model year
What the record shows
The 2016 Buick Lacrosse is a midsize car, and the 12th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2005 to 2020.
The EPA rated two configurations: a single 3.6-litre six-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S6) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 48 owner complaints, 2 safety recalls and 1,037 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.