1990 Buick Skylark problems
Owners have filed 37 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Buick Skylark. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. Next are fuel system (11%) and steering (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 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: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Buick Skylark with enough data (7 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Car ran off the road and the automatic seat belt did not lock which caused driver to hit head on the steering wheel. Please more information.
While driving and making turns vehicle is hard to steer. Contacted dealer . Steering mechanism has rusted and loosened from the firewalls.
Consumer has replaced alternator four times. A mechanic was telling him "alternator was built too fragile for amount of ampage." please provide any additional information.
Transmission makes a loud jolting bang when shifting into gear whether it is in drive,reverse or park. Driver almost lost control of car when in drive gear. Also has a defective fuel line hose, which during morning car warm-up, car started smoking, which came from under car from the vac. Line(fuel line). Had the line repaired but tranny is still a problem.