Buick Skylark
Owners filed 477 complaints across 10 model years of the Buick Skylark. The 1996 drew the most (85).
Which Buick Skylark years should you avoid?
No Buick Skylark year stands out. Across the 7 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 68), 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 Skylark model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System › Ignition | Routine | |
| 1998 | 24 | 3 | — | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1997 | 79 | 5 | — | 8 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1995 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1994 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 46 | 1 | — | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1990 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.