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2020 BUICK ENCLAVE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash · 1897793 · 2023-05-26

Vehicle

Make
BUICK
Model
ENCLAVE
Year
2020
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Speed
35 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

The rear liftgate locking mechanism failed to latch causing cargo to exit the vehicle where the car behind this car smashed into the cargo causing an accident. For whatever reason the rear door will not lock at all. The fuse was perfectly fine, appears the actuator is defective. No warning was given because the rear liftgate was open and unlatched. After realizing the gate would not close it would notify it was open but the power liftgate operates just fine, and when you activate it, it will push the gate closed and not give a warning until maybe you hit a bump in the road.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11524078
Machine
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