Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1995 Buick Skylark.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG DEVELOPS A PROBLEM WHERE THE HORN IS VERY SENSITIVE AND SOMETIMES DEPLOYS ON ITS OWN. OTHER TIMES IT WON'T WORK … |
| 2017-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG IS WORN OUT. HORN QUIT WORKING. THERE IS STILL NO RECALL ON THIS. MORE FAULTY DESIGN. THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO HA… |
| 2008-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY HORN STOPPED WORKING. THE PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO THE HORN SWITCH. MY MECHANIC COULD NOT REPLACE THE HORN SWITCH BECAU… |
| 2006-05-28 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE GM N-BODY CARS FROM 1992-1995 HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I HAD THIS FIXED F… |
| 2005-09-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HORN FAILED, THE FUSE WAS INSPECTED AND HAD MELTED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE HORN SW… |
| 2004-09-05 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE STEERING COLUMN BOLT DIS-LODGED CAUSING THE STEERING TO BE ALMOST IN-OPERABLE, THI… |
| 2004-06-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD THE HIGH BEAM LIGHT BUTTON IN ORDER FOR THE HIGH BEAM TO WORK. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED A… |
| 2003-11-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN AUG 2001 I HAD TO HAVE THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER ON THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED DUE THE HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS BEC… |
| 2003-07-29 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND BURNED DRIVER'S ARM. *AK THE SEAT B… |
| 2003-07-25 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 3 | THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND BURNED THE DRIVER'S ARM. THE CHILD IN F… |
| 2003-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD THROW CONSUMER FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2002-03-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | SWITCH THAT CONTROLS HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS HAS OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT FIVE TIMES DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT … |
| 2001-06-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THREE MONTHS AFTER RECALL 00V287000 REPAIRS HAD BEEN PERFORMED IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN ENGINE OVER. DEALERSH… |
| 2001-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN FAILED TO OPERATE ON A RANDOM BASIS FOR PAST MONTH. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF … |
| 2001-02-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION WAS TURNED TO OFF POSITION, BUT CAR WAS STILL RUNNING.*AK |
| 2001-01-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 1 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT MECHANISMS DO NOT LOCK WHEN DRIVER HAS TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. DEALER STATED SEAT BELTS … |
| 2000-12-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-11-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHEN SWITCHING TO HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT COMPLETELY AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON FOR SOME TIME. FORTUNATELY I WAS NO… |
| 2000-10-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON SPORADICALLY, THE HORN BLOWS AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE PARKED AND WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S D… |
| 2000-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE THAT ORIGINATED ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE IN CAB. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION… |
| 2000-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WENT TO BRAKE, PUSHED PEDAL TO FLOOR, NOTHING HAPPENED, POLICEMAN ALSO CONCURRED NO BRAKES, BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR 4 WK… |
| 2000-08-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | HORN SOUNDS WITHOUT BEING ACTIVATED,OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN STOPPED WITH IGNITION OFF. DEALER HAS ADVISED THAT … |
| 2000-07-06 | CHILD SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT) | No | 0 | MY SPOUSE AND I BROUGHT AN EVENFLO CAR SEAT A YEAR AGO (APRIL 99). THIS CAR SEAT WAS IN WELL CONDITION UNTIL LAST WEEK … |
| 2000-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | INTERMITTANTLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, EXTENDING STOPPPING DISTANCE. GOODYEAR AND MONROE MUFFLER… |
| 2000-06-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-04-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALL… |
| 1999-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | THE HORN BLOWS CONTINUOUSLY WHILE THE IGNITION IS OFF BECAUSE DEFECTIVE HORN PAD IS SHORTING. YH |
| 1999-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | HORN WAS CONTINUALLY BLOWING. CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT FUSE. *AK HORN HAD WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 6000 MILES AN… |
| 1999-08-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS WHICH MAY CAUSE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS AND RESULT IN A CRASH. … |
| 1999-08-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN BLOWS ON ITS OWN. MANUFACTURER INDICATED IT WOULD SPLIT COST OF REPAIRS. 1ST TIME NO PROBLEM WITH SOUND. 2ND TI… |
| 1999-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | HORN BLOWS AND WILL NOT STOP BLOWING. CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT FUSE. *AK |
| 1999-04-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND IS UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HAPPENS AT IDLE AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER REPLACED THROT… |
| 1999-03-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | HAD SHIFTED INTO PARK WHEN VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR & WENT INTO REVERSE. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES AT THE TIME & HAD NOT SHU… |
| 1998-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND IS UNRESPONSIVE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HAPPENS WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS… |
| 1998-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | EMISSIONS CONTROL COMPUTER MODULE ALWAYS RAN IN A "OPEN-LOOP" AND ALL DRIVABILITY WAS LOST. DEALER STATED THAT MANUFAC… |
| 1998-08-30 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE DESIGN ALLOWED FOR CHAFFING DUE TO LOCATION OF LINE LYING OVER TWO TABS ON THE FUEL I… |
| 1998-08-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUS… |
| 1998-08-14 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT | No | 0 | WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT DID NOT MOVE. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BEARI… |
| 1998-06-27 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON THE LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF. CONSUMER, THEREFORE, TURNED THE HIGH BEAMS ON, THEN TURNED THE LOW B… |
| 1997-12-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES FAIL TO STOP APPROPRIATELY. |
| 1997-10-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | COMING INTO A PARKING LOT OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BRAKES HAD A TENDENCY TO FAIL. BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR… |
| 1997-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE CAR IS FAULTY. THE SYSTEM HEATS UP AND CAUSES SHORTAGES IN THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY… |
| 1997-05-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE HORN TO SOUND INADVERTANTLY. |
| 1997-02-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | AFTER APPYLING THE BRAKES AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE… |
| 1997-01-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WILL DECELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. IT… |
| 1996-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | VEHICLE TOO HEAVY FOR CAR DOORS TO HANDLE, RESULTING IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE POPPING OUT. *AK |
| 1996-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM AND THE DEALER IS UNABL… |
| 1996-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION JUMPING OUT OF GEAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. |
| 1996-08-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST SHUT DOWN AND TO TURN THE LI GHTS ON AGAIN YO… |