AutoUtility currently tracks 9 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Buick Verano. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (44.4% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 9 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (4 reports • 44.4% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Steering System (3), Body & Structure (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
9
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Buick Verano

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 44.4% of complaints

Electrical System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 33.3% of complaints

Steering System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#3 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Body & Structure

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Buick Verano

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11611974
Crash Cited Filed: 08/31/2024

"Steering gear linkage went out"

Incident Date: 08/23/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING
Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11597865
Filed: 07/01/2024

"The contact owns a 2017 Buick Verano. The contact stated that after purchasing the vehicle, it was discovered that all four doors would not properly open nor close and remain secured. Additionally, the front driver's side window would not roll down as needed. The vehicle was taken to the local..."

Incident Date: 05/11/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11575844
Filed: 03/06/2024

"Driving 40 mph all dash electronics went off as going to turn into parking lot medium traffic steering very very hard to turn, made into lot pulled immediately into first open space engine stalled. Put into park attempted to restart, click-click-click like dead battery opened hood alternator belt..."

Incident Date: 03/06/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11542168
Filed: 09/01/2023

"Electrical system shut off and I lost control of car"

Incident Date: 09/01/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11507182
Filed: 02/14/2023

"The contact owns a 2017 Buick Verano. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, she noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the..."

Incident Date: 03/15/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Buick Verano

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2017)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Buick Verano 58 2 0 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Buick Verano 59 1 2 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Buick Verano Current Page 9 1 1 Current
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Buick Verano

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 9 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 1 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (9). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.