Buick Skylark: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 50 recall campaigns for the Buick Skylark, model years 1966 to 2000. NHTSA has 522 complaints on file for this model line. 16 of the 29 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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19661
- 19672
- 19681
- 19701
- 19711
- 19751
- 19772
- 19782
- 19791
- 19809
- 19812
- 19823
- 19831
- 19843
- 19851
- 19861
- 19871
- 19883
- 19892
- 19901
- 19911
- 19923
- 19931
- 19942
- 19951
- 19964
- 19973
- 19981
- 20000
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 6% | |
| 1998 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 24 | 133% | 1,415,231 |
| 1997 Buick Skylark | 3 | 79 | 439% | 1,593,657 |
| 1996 Buick Skylark | 4 | 85 | 472% | 1,888,481 |
| 1995 Buick Skylark | 1 | 85 | 472% | 699,617 |
| 1994 Buick Skylark | 2 | 68 | 378% | 701,298 |
| 1993 Buick Skylark | 1 | 46 | 256% | 1,103 |
| 1992 Buick Skylark | 3 | 32 | 178% | 3,444 |
| 1991 Buick Skylark | 1 | 38 | 211% | 37,030 |
| 1990 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 19 | 106% | 3,202 |
| 1989 Buick Skylark | 2 | 4 | 22% | 170,601 |
| 1988 Buick Skylark | 3 | 14 | 78% | 170,702 |
| 1987 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 22,300 |
| 1986 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 8 | 44% | 179,390 |
| 1985 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 6 | 33% | 2,130 |
| 1984 Buick Skylark | 3 | 8 | 44% | 206,971 |
| 1983 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 6% | 352,036 |
| 1982 Buick Skylark | 3 | 3 | 17% | 539,811 |
| 1981 Buick Skylark | 2 | 1 | 6% | 130,593 |
| 1980 Buick Skylark | 9 | 0 | 0% | 706,291 |
| 1979 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4,208 |
| 1978 Buick Skylark | 2 | 0 | 0% | 365,598 |
| 1977 Buick Skylark | 2 | 0 | 0% | 87,543 |
| 1975 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3,069 |
| 1971 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12,600 |
| 1970 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 19,917 |
| 1968 Buick Skylark NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 310,290 |
| 1967 Buick Skylark | 2 | 0 | 0% | 68,652 |
| 1966 Buick Skylark 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
753 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 160.7 | 121 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 151.4 | 114 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 148.7 | 112 |
| Air Bags | 70.4 | 53 |
| Steering | 57.1 | 43 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 54.4 | 41 |
| Power Train | 54.4 | 41 |
| Seat Belts | 42.5 | 32 |
| Exterior Lighting | 31.9 | 24 |
| Structure | 31.9 | 24 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Lesabre46 campaigns
- Regal98 campaigns
- Century55 campaigns
- Lacrosse23 campaigns
- Park Avenue16 campaigns
- Enclave29 campaigns
- Rendezvous9 campaigns
- Lucerne6 campaigns
- Rainier10 campaigns
- Roadmaster11 campaigns
- Riviera33 campaigns
- Verano11 campaigns
- Terraza3 campaigns
- Encore13 campaigns
- Reatta4 campaigns
- Electra29 campaigns
- Envision9 campaigns
- Skyhawk17 campaigns
- Estate8 campaigns
- Encore GX4 campaigns
- Estate Wagon6 campaigns
- Apollo7 campaigns
- Wildcat5 campaigns
- Centurion3 campaigns
- Envista2 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 Skylark: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/skylark/. 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
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- 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 Skylark model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1980 with 9, 1996 with 4, 1997 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Buick Skylark model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 85 of the 522 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Buick Skylark name?
- Electrical System: 160.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 151.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 148.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Buick Skylark?
- 15 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.