Buick Riviera by model year

407 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Buick Riviera across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Buick Riviera

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	16
1991	16
1992	17
1993	9
1995	177
1996	69
1997	48
1998	43
1999	12

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
1999	12			19
1998	43	Brakes (19%)		19
1997	48	Steering (21%)		19 to 20
1996	69	Brakes (13%)	2	19 to 21
1995	177	Engine (15%)	1	20
1993	9		1	20
1992	17		2	19
1991	16		1	19
1990	16		4	19