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Buick SKYLARK at salvage auctions

Buick SKYLARK: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Buick SKYLARK: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars3
Median retail value$3,418
Median repair cost, % of value129%
Run and drive100%
Primary damage
  1. Front End 1 33%
  2. Side 1 33%
  3. Water / Flood 1 33%
Yard state
  1. AR1 33%
  2. NY1 33%
  3. TN1 33%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

755 complaints about the Buick SKYLARK (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints755
With a crash63
With a fire25
Injured63
Deaths2
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Brakes
    median 60,000 mi at failure
    124 16%
  2. Electrical system
    median 90,000 mi at failure
    121 16%
  3. Engine and cooling
    median 99,000 mi at failure
    114 15%
  4. Airbags
    median 96,000 mi at failure
    53 7%
  5. Seats and seat belts
    median 79,672 mi at failure
    49 6%
  6. Steering
    median 110,000 mi at failure
    43 6%
  7. Speed control
    median 123,000 mi at failure
    41 5%
  8. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 124,000 mi at failure
    41 5%
  9. Fuel and propulsion
    median 138,000 mi at failure
    27 4%
  10. Body and structure
    median 86,030 mi at failure
    24 3%
Complaints by model year
1990
1191995
2000

Recalls

54 recall campaigns for the Buick SKYLARK.

Recall campaigns by model year
1990
1995
6
1998

Real sale prices

10 sales of the Buick SKYLARK at US government auctions, median price $225. All real prices →

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.