Buick Riviera: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 33 recall campaigns for the Buick Riviera, model years 1966 to 1999. NHTSA has 316 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 30 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19661
- 19690
- 19702
- 19712
- 19723
- 19731
- 19741
- 19753
- 19761
- 19772
- 19781
- 19792
- 19811
- 19821
- 19831
- 19841
- 19851
- 19861
- 19871
- 19880
- 19892
- 19904
- 19911
- 19922
- 19931
- 19951
- 19962
- 19970
- 19980
- 19990
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 57% | |
| 1998 Buick Riviera | 0 | 29 | 275% | |
| 1997 Buick Riviera | 0 | 43 | 408% | |
| 1996 Buick Riviera | 2 | 44 | 418% | 308,680 |
| 1995 Buick Riviera | 1 | 130 | 1234% | 85,253 |
| 1993 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 47% | 113,343 |
| 1992 Buick Riviera | 2 | 12 | 114% | 115,714 |
| 1991 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 8 | 76% | 113,343 |
| 1990 Buick Riviera | 4 | 16 | 152% | 206,377 |
| 1989 Buick Riviera | 2 | 9 | 85% | 11,169 |
| 1988 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 9% | |
| 1987 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 47% | 65,136 |
| 1986 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 19% | 65,136 |
| 1985 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 19% | 1,755,897 |
| 1984 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,755,897 |
| 1983 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 9% | 5,316 |
| 1982 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 9% | 79,686 |
| 1981 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 9,070 |
| 1979 Buick Riviera | 2 | 0 | 0% | 8,626 |
| 1978 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 333,619 |
| 1977 Buick Riviera | 2 | 0 | 0% | 66,790 |
| 1976 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 39,278 |
| 1975 Buick Riviera | 3 | 0 | 0% | 5,827 |
| 1974 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 782,111 |
| 1973 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 9% | 688 |
| 1972 Buick Riviera | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3,748,924 |
| 1971 Buick Riviera | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3,737,949 |
| 1970 Buick Riviera | 2 | 0 | 0% | 5,705 |
| 1969 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 9% | |
| 1966 Buick Riviera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 811,180 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
439 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 125.3 | 55 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 123 | 54 |
| Electrical System | 107.1 | 47 |
| Steering | 95.7 | 42 |
| Seat Belts | 86.6 | 38 |
| Power Train | 79.7 | 35 |
| Air Bags | 50.1 | 22 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 43.3 | 19 |
| Structure | 41 | 18 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 31.9 | 14 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Lesabre46 campaigns
- Regal98 campaigns
- Enclave29 campaigns
- Lacrosse23 campaigns
- Century55 campaigns
- Park Avenue16 campaigns
- Rendezvous9 campaigns
- Lucerne6 campaigns
- Encore13 campaigns
- Skylark50 campaigns
- Verano11 campaigns
- Rainier10 campaigns
- Roadmaster11 campaigns
- Envision9 campaigns
- Encore GX4 campaigns
- Terraza3 campaigns
- Envista2 campaigns
- Reatta4 campaigns
- Electra29 campaigns
- Skyhawk17 campaigns
- Estate8 campaigns
- Estate Wagon6 campaigns
- Apollo7 campaigns
- Wildcat5 campaigns
- Centurion3 campaigns
- Special3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Buick Riviera: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/riviera/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Buick Riviera model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1990 with 4, 1975 with 3, 1972 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Buick Riviera model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 130 of the 316 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Buick Riviera name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 125.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 123 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 107.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Buick Riviera?
- 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.