Vehicle
Buick Encore
The small crossover, and an Opel Mokka under the badge — so the Mokka's community knowledge applies unchanged. The 1.4 turbo is the volume engine and its timing chain is the age fault worth ruling out before a timing code is taken at face value.
Generations
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First generation 2012–2022
An Opel Mokka under the badge — the Mokka is where its information lives; the 1.4 turbo's timing chain is the age fault.
- 1.7 CDTi (CDTi diesels, 1.6 and 1.7) 1.7 L
- Ecotec (badge, not an engine)
- Ecotec Z-family
- SGE (1.0–1.5 turbo)
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM Gamma II
- Engines
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- 1.4 turbo Ecotec — petrol
- 1.4 Ecotec — petrol
- 1.6 — A16XER · petrol · 85 kW (114 hp) · 155 Nm (114 lb-ft)
- 1.8 — A18XER · petrol · 103 kW (138 hp) · 175 Nm (129 lb-ft)
- 1.6 turbo — B16DTN · diesel
- 1.6 turbo — B16DTH · diesel
- 1.7 turbo — A17DTS · diesel
- 1.2 turbo — petrol · 3-cylinder, US market 2020-2022
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 6-speed GM 6T40 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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Encore GX 2019–present
A different, larger vehicle sold alongside it — three-cylinder turbo, and not the same car despite the name.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM VSS-F
- Engines
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- 1.2 turbo three-cylinder — LIH · petrol · 102 kW (137 hp) · 220 Nm (162 lb-ft)
- 1.3 turbo three-cylinder — L3T · petrol · 121 kW (162 hp) · 240 Nm (177 lb-ft)
- 1.0 turbo — B10XFT · petrol
- 1.5 turbo — petrol · China
- Transmissions
- CVT · 9-speed automatic · 6-speed GM 6T40 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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