Buick Skyhawk
The Buick Skyhawk appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1975 to 1993: 17 recall campaigns (18 model-year entries) and 14 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is electrical system (187.5 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by tires (125).
The 1987 model year has the most complaints (3). complaints were received in the largest number in 1997 (3). Within Buick, this line ranks 19 of 27 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Buick Skyhawk | 2 | 1 | 100% | 229,596 |
| 1976 Buick Skyhawk | 2 | 0 | 0% | 34,228 |
| 1978 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | 0% | 22,268 |
| 1979 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | 0% | 42,977 |
| 1982 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | 0% | 519,329 |
| 1983 Buick Skyhawk | 4 | 1 | 100% | 1,627,483 |
| 1984 Buick Skyhawk | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,212,993 |
| 1985 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 1 | 100% | 87,174 |
| 1986 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4,036 |
| 1987 Buick Skyhawk | 2 | 3 | 300% | 132,946 |
| 1989 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 1 | 3 | 300% | 13,095 |
| 1991 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 100% | — |
| 1992 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 0 | 2 | 200% | — |
| 1993 Buick Skyhawk NHTSA record | 0 | 2 | 200% | — |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Buick Skyhawk complaints (16 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Buick model lines
- Lesabre 57 recalls · 3,676 complaints
- Regal 165 recalls · 2,927 complaints
- Century 75 recalls · 1,795 complaints
- Lacrosse 43 recalls · 1,638 complaints
- Park Avenue 23 recalls · 1,356 complaints
- Enclave 66 recalls · 1,302 complaints
- Rendezvous 14 recalls · 1,198 complaints
- Lucerne 17 recalls · 802 complaints
- Skylark 55 recalls · 522 complaints
- Rainier 15 recalls · 376 complaints
- Roadmaster 17 recalls · 329 complaints
- Riviera 39 recalls · 316 complaints
- Verano 15 recalls · 241 complaints
- Terraza 6 recalls · 200 complaints
- Encore 22 recalls · 169 complaints
- Reatta 4 recalls · 51 complaints
- Electra 31 recalls · 37 complaints
- Envision 15 recalls · 33 complaints
- Skyhawk 18 recalls · 14 complaints
- Estate 14 recalls · 6 complaints
- Encore GX 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Estate Wagon 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Apollo 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- Wildcat 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Centurion 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- Envista 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Special 3 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Buick Skyhawk model years have the most recalls?
1983 (4), 1975 (2), 1976 (2). Across model years 1975–1993 there are 17 distinct campaigns.
Which Buick Skyhawk model year has the most complaints?
1987, with 3 of the line's 14 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Buick Skyhawk complain about?
electrical system (187.5 per 1,000 mentions), tires (125 per 1,000 mentions), unknown or other (125 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.