Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Buick Skylark

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power ASSIST:POWER Steering Fluid
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    1
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC Convertor
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
84V132000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS1984-10-16

THE THROTTLE LINKAGE MAY BIND BECAUSE DURING NORMAL OPERATION, THE THROTTLE BODY CASE MAY INTERFERE WITH THE LINKAGE. THIS INTERFERENCE COULD PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM CLOSING EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER HAS REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT VEHICLES AND IMPROVE THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE AND THROTTLE BODY CASING IF NEEDED, AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA91045·SEAT BELTS1991-11-07 → 1992-10-26

SEAT BELT SEPARATION

EA87006·STEERING1986-12-16 → 1988-09-19

POWER ST. ASSIST

EA86025·VISIBILITY1986-08-25 → 1988-03-02

WINDSHIELD WIPERS

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