Buick Skylark vs Mitsubishi Outlander

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Buick Skylark	Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints on file	753	1,874
Model years covered	1981–2000	2003–2026
Worst model year	1997	2022
Best model year	1998	2006
Crashes reported	62	192
Fires reported	25	20
Injuries reported	44	106
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17.7%	17%

Buick Skylark by year

5 3 1 27 11 10 17 18 37 46 48 54 95 119 116 111 34 1

81 82 83 84 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 00

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 123 16.3%

Electrical System 121 16.1%

Engine & Cooling 114 15.1%

Airbags 53 7.0%

Steering 43 5.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 41 5.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 41 5.4%

Seat Belts 32 4.2%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 205 81 80 46 46 315 71 45 20 7

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 182 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 9.6%

Suspension 172 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.8%

Body & Structure 156 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.7%

Brakes 123 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%