FaultScore

Worst years for a Buick Roadmaster

Owners have filed 452 complaints about the Buick Roadmaster with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 1999. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1994 Buick Roadmaster

132 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

1996 Buick Roadmaster

62 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Buick Roadmaster year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1999 1 0 0 Child Seats
1996 B 62 3 1 110,915 Steering
1995 C 76 5 1 97,500 Suspension
1994 F 132 18 8 Electrical System
1993 D 65 13 1 Airbags
1992 105 20 1 142,000 Brakes
1991 9 2 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1989 2 0 0 Suspension

What breaks on a Buick Roadmaster

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 63 13.9%

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Suspension 38 8.4%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 33 7.3%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1993

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1992

Steering 22 4.9%

Worst in 1996

Seat Belts 22 4.9%

Worst in 1992

Fuel & Propulsion 16 3.5%

Worst in 1995

Tires 14 3.1%

Worst in 1994

Lights 12 2.7%

Worst in 1994

Exactly what failed on a Buick Roadmaster

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 36 23.1%
Frontal 29 18.6%
Automatic Transmission 18 11.5%
Gasoline 16 10.3%
Windshield 12 7.7%
Door 11 7.1%
Front 10 6.4%
Retractor 9 5.8%
Foundation Components 8 5.1%
Tread/Belt 7 4.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Buick Roadmaster, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 20 Aug 2021

Buick Roadmaster problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Buick Roadmaster

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.