Buick Skylark
Owners filed 477 complaints across 10 model years of the Buick Skylark. The 1996 drew the most (85); the 2000 the fewest (1).
Model years10
Complaints477
Recalls25
Fires12
Deaths1
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 |
Which Buick Skylark years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1996 is the weakest year on record, with 85 complaints concentrated in the air bags › frontal. It carries 6 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.