The 1992 Buick Skylark has 3 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 3,444 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. Last updated July 5, 2026.
THE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH AN INCORRECT SUSPENSION UPPER SPRING SEAT AT THE RIGHT-REAR POSITION. IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A REAR IMPACT ACCIDENT, THE RIGHT-HAND REAR WHEEL HOUSE FLANGE COULD SEVER THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE AND SPILL FUEL.
THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FMVSS 301,FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY. SPILLED FUEL IN A LOW SPEED ACCIDENT CAN RESULT IN AFIRE.
INSPECT AND REPLACE INCORRECT UPPER SPRING SEAT WITH THE CORRECT PART.
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE EASY-ENTRY SEAT ADJUSTER MAY FAIL FULLY LOCK INTO POSITION AFTER THE SEAT BACK HAS BEEN TILTED FORWARD AND THE SEAT SLID FORWARD, THEN RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL POSTITION.
IF THE SEAT ADJUSTER FAILS TO LOCK INTO POSITION, THEPASSENGER SEAT WOULD SLIDE FORWARD IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.OCCUPANTS OF THE PASSENGER SEAT WOULD FACE INCREASED RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY.
REPLACE THE ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY ON THE SEAT.
A MISADJUSTMENT OF THE PARK LOCK CABLE IN THE COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THE IGNITION SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION.
LOCKING OF THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS INMOTION RESULTS IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND INCREASED RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
ADJUST THE PARK LOCK CABLE, AND REROUTE AND RESTRAIN THE BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK HARNESS AND CONNECTOR.
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“Vehicle 330 engine would intermittently stall at any given speed. Vehicle been into dealer shop on several occasions, and they were unable to duplicate the problem. Feel free to provide any further information.*ak”
“Vehicle stalls at slow speeds. This has happened numerous times.*ak”
“When raining, water leaks and settles on the right front floor. *slc”
“While car was parked and shut off, vehicle someway jumped out of of park and rolled across the lot, hitting another parked car. Consumer feels this is unsafe. *ak”
“The crimp on the connector for the injector pump, fuel supply hose failed, causing the rubber fuel line to come loose from the connector. Gas from the fuel pump sprayed into the engine compartment of the vehicle. Fortunately this occurred just after the vehicle was shut off and no fire or…”
“Without warning the head gasket blew and it threw a rod, buick said that it would be covered if the head was cracked but it wasn't with only 74000 miles on the car this should not of happened buick also said that it was having problems with the quad 4 motor and the manufacture extened the warranty…”
“Vehicle shudders/vibrates when applying brakes. Consumer contacted dealer. *ak”
“I bought this car used several years ago. Intermittently, when in park, the transmission selector will not move out of park. I have worked around it by tilting the steering wheel up and down sharply several times when this occurs and it will then allow the shift. Sometimes this happens frequently,…”
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Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1992 Buick Skylark as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.