Buick Roadmaster
Owners filed 330 complaints across 7 model years of the Buick Roadmaster. The 1992 drew the most (87).
Which Buick Roadmaster years should you avoid?
No Buick Roadmaster year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 52), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Buick Roadmaster model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Child Seat | Routine | |
| 1996 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | Routine | |
| 1995 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1994 | 85 | 5 | 4 | 11 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1992 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.