Owners have filed 28 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical, brakes, and engine. The 8 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
2025Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.
0/8 checked
2025 Buick Envista: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1
Engine off, key in hand0/1
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/5
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
These years share the 2025's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Buick Envista, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The digital instrument cluster and infotainment screen black out while driving. The speedometer, fuel gauge and radio all disappear, sometimes for about 30 seconds, then flicker back. Some drivers think the engine has shut off. Speakers drop out, the touchscreen freezes, and the rearview camera can fail. No warning light comes on first. Dealers often can't reproduce the fault, and reboots, reprogramming and factory resets don't stop it for some owners. A separate group of reports says windows lower even with the window lock on, or won't close.
Two different brake failures appear here, and one involves a crash. In that case, the pedal goes soft and stops working on a highway exit ramp a little over a month after purchase. The driver steers into a curb to stop, and the dealer finds a failed master cylinder. The other report describes brake pulsation at 20,689 miles. Resurfacing the rotors does not fix it, and a later inspection finds a rear rotor rubbing against another component.
Check engine lights come on early in ownership. One report describes the car shaking while going downhill at about 400 miles. Another cites a fault code pointing to the fuel management system, warning that the engine and transmission are not performing as expected. Neither car is diagnosed or repaired at the time of filing, and one owner cannot get a service appointment to confirm the problem.
Excerpts from complaints Envista owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
When driving my whole dashboard including the radio goes black. I brought the car in December 2024 and the first time it happened I thought I was tripping and said if it happened again I was going report it. Well yesterday it went black on me twice in one day two different times and that is scary because I was on the highway and didn’t know what was going on. This is a brand new car in it should not be doing this.
Filed with NHTSA, May 2025
Window will not go back up. Also when the windows are Locked ( Light indicator on) THEY STILL GO DOWN. My driver window was half way down and would not go back up. The Fuse was checked and Did not need to be replaced. Approximately 6 hours later window went back up.. WEIRD
Filed with NHTSA, December 2025
I purchased the vehicle on 12/21/24, and I now have a check engine light with a code related to "The Engine and Transmission System is not performing as expected. An issue has been detected in the Fuel Management System used to maintain, control, and monitor fuel consumption." I am not sure if my safety is at risk as the service center cannot currently schedule a service appointment to confirm the issue.
Filed with NHTSA, December 2024
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 ranks second for owner complaints among 3 Envista years, close to the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.
The 2025 is the second model year of the Envista's first generation (2024 on).
Cars shoppers compare with the Buick Envista, with their own 2025 checklists.
2025 owner complaints, side by side
