Buick Roadmaster
Owners filed 330 complaints across 7 model years of the Buick Roadmaster. The 1992 drew the most (87); the 1999 the fewest (1).
Model years7
Complaints330
Recalls20
Fires8
Deaths0
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 |
Which Buick Roadmaster years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1992 is the weakest year on record, with 87 complaints concentrated in the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. It carries 4 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.