What's Wrong with the 5th Generation Skylark?

Front 3/4 view of a Buick Skylark

The 5th generation Skylark spans the 1987 to 1991 model years.

It has accumulated 7 owner complaints over those year and ranks 6th in reliability out of 22 eligible Buick generations.

Our reliability rank is based on our PainRank™ system. A higher number means you can expect more significant problems. The average Buick score is 4.47 while this generation comes in at 0.94.

Compare With Other Skylark Generations

What Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

Worst Topics

Worst Years

5th Generation Skylark Key Numbers

  1. 4 model years

    Grouping all models by their year can reveal some baddies.

  2. 7 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  3. 6th in reliability

    Overall reliability rank out of 22 eligible generations.