Total Complaints
2 filings
BUICK SKYHAWK · model year
2 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1992BUICKSKYHAWK carries 2 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1992 SKYHAWK is electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers with 1 filings, followed by visibility:windshield (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 1 investigation file overlapping the 1992 SKYHAWK. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
2 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | 1 |
| VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | 1 |
THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN WHEN THERE IS INCLEMENT WEATHER. WATER COMES IN THOUGH THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING WATER INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. SHE SAW SMOKE INSIDE OF CAR, AND PULLED OVER. FIRE STARTED IN TURN SIGNAL INSIDE OF TRUNK AREA. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.