Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1994 Buick Skylark.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON 11/14/2012 I BOUGHT AN EXCIDE CAR BATTERY FROM NATIONAL AUTO IN BANGOR, PA. BATTERY RAN FOR ABOUT 2 MOS. THEN START… |
| 2011-12-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | TILT STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY FAILED AND STEERING WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTI… |
| 2006-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 1 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ENGINE HESITATED, THEN STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE LOST… |
| 2006-01-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | I OWN A 1994 BUICK SKYLARK. IT DEVELOPED A COOLANT LEAK. I HAD THE HEATER CORE REPLACED ON ADVISE OF A MECHANIC THAT … |
| 2004-08-10 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXLE. PLE… |
| 2004-05-17 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOOSENED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THREE STEERING BOLTS FAILED ON THE STE… |
| 2003-07-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVE… |
| 2003-06-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE PINS THAT HOLDS AND ALLOWS THE STEERING WHEEL TO TILT HAVE COME OUT OF THEIR HOLES ON TWO OCCASIONS MAKING THE VEHI… |
| 2003-03-15 | TIRES | No | 0 | AC HEATING - HEATER CORE WENT OUT- AC STILL NOT WORKING COMPUTER CONTROL- BUICK REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER CHIP- MY COMPLAIN… |
| 2003-03-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT ON MY 1994 BUICK SKYLARK DOES NOT SEEM TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF LOCK-UP. I AM CONCER… |
| 2002-11-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT 70,514 MILES THE TILT WHEEL PIVOT PINS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WERE LOOSE AND REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. NOW AT 75,000 M… |
| 2002-06-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING IN CAR WITH ENGINE RUNNING PASSENGER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK SWITCH, YELLO… |
| 2002-02-24 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HOOD FLEW OPEN AND STRUCK WINDSHIELD, MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER… |
| 2002-01-01 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK AND NO AJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE, ALSO STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY LOOSE WHEN VEHICLE IS BEIN… |
| 2001-10-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER HAD A FRONT IMPACT CRASH AT 35 MPH, AND DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUFFERED KNEE AND BACK INJURIE… |
| 2001-06-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS TURNING INTO A CURVE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, STEERING WHEEL STARTED … |
| 2001-04-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO A RECALL 00 V 287000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00079. DEALER CONTACTED C… |
| 2001-03-08 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | AIR CONDITIONER JUST STOPPED WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT FIXED. A COUPLE DAYS LATER HAD TO TAKE V… |
| 2001-02-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HAS SEIZED. A MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE SEIZURE WAS CAUSED BY NO OIL IN ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDI… |
| 2001-02-03 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | TILT MECHANISM ON STEERING COLUMN CAME APART INTERNALLY. ABLE TO USE STEERING, BUT PROBLEM MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF … |
| 2000-12-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS LEAKING GASOLINE, IT IS FLOWING OUT THROUGH FILLER NECK PIPE WHEN SHE PULLS NOZZLE INSIDE OF PIPE. THERE … |
| 2000-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER STATING THAT BRAKES WERE BAD. CALLED DEALER, AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK |
| 2000-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT #2 PLUG, RESULTING IN POWER LOSS, WATER INTRODUCTION IN CRANKCASE, COSTLY REPAIR AND , EVENTUA… |
| 2000-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | WHEN COLD LEATHER CONTRACTS AROUND STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING HORN TO GO OFF. OWNER HAD TO DISCONNECT FUSE TO HORN ASS… |
| 2000-10-05 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN LITERALLY FELL IN LAP TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS!! VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR BOTH TIMES. IS THIS A DEFECT? *AK |
| 2000-09-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HORN WILL GO OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. HAD TO TAKE FUSE OUT IN ORDER FOR THE HORN TO STOP. DEALER SAID THEY NEED… |
| 2000-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE STARTER FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-287, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM |
| 2000-01-15 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | PIN HOLDING TILT STEERING WHEEL DISLODGED, MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WON'T STAY IN PLACE. *… |
| 1999-11-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | LOCAL DEALER SAYS HEAD CYLINDER CRACKED, NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. BUICK CONTACTED. REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DEFECT. SAME PRO… |
| 1999-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | IE99096, THE VEHICLE HAD A NO START CONDITION, AND WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. AS RESULT, IT STARTED AN… |
| 1999-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT I HAVE A CRACKED HEAD IN THE CYLINDER. THE CAR HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR, IT HAS NEVER … |
| 1999-07-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1999-04-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | FIRE CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (WIREHARNESS) IN STEERING COLUMN & IGNITION SYSTEM, MELTED THE ENTIRE S… |
| 1998-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A SHARP TURN, A NOISE COMING FROM THE PANEL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH MALFUN… |
| 1998-02-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED CAUSE DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS. |
| 1997-10-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN DRIVE AND LIGHTLY TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED… |
| 1997-03-13 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH THE FRONT HOOD CAME UP. OWNER NOTES THAT DEALERS TOLD DRIVER THAT … |
| 1997-02-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAN'T ACCELERATE PAST 40. CAR STARTS TO BUCK IF TRYING TO EXCEED 40 MPH. *AK |
| 1996-12-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTORS CONTINUE TO FAIL DUE TO CONTAMINATION OF GAS ADDITIVES. |
| 1996-12-12 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK |
| 1996-08-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY LOST BRAKES EFFECTIVENESS AND EXPERIENCED LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK |
| 1996-06-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAS A DELAY REACTION WHEN SHIFTING IN GEAR. *AK |
| 1996-05-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK |
| 1996-05-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SPEED UNKNOWN. *AK |
| 1996-04-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | IN PARK AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON. BRAKES FADE OR DELAY WHEN PEDAL IS PUSHED. *AK |
| 1996-03-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE . *AK |
| 1996-02-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE TOTALLY WORN (METAL TO METAL)*AK |
| 1996-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | BRAKES HAVE FAILED 7 TIMES. |
| 1995-12-03 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION WITH UTILITY POLE. REPORTED BY KENNETH ELANDT ELANDT, CORONE… |
| 1995-11-22 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE SEAT IS BROKEN THE SPRING NEEDS TO GET REPLACED. TT VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR BAD BRAKES, NEW … |