1992 Buick Roadmaster problems
Owners have filed 105 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Buick Roadmaster. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. After that come seat belts (10%) and air bags (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 105 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 27 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 27 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Buick Roadmaster with enough data (49 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While traveling at 60 MPH tread seperation occurred on new michelin tires put on 7 days before, causing a 3 vehicle near fatal accident. No deployment of airbags during collision. All kinds of vehicle's systems stopped to work.
Driver's side airbag did not deploy during front end collision; broadsided another vehicle during three car collision. Tt
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 10 MPH, the vehicle accelerated while the brake pedal was being depressed on 3 occasions. The contact thought the problem could be with the cruise control and had the cruise control disconnected. The vehicle continued to accelerate once more after the cruise control was disconnected. The dealership could not duplicate the problem. Updated 11/21/06.
The rear passenger seat belt did not retract and the locking mechanism didn't work properly. This problem continued for 8 months. The right rear seat retractor and the lock had broken. *scc