Nissan Cube vs Buick Skylark

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	Nissan Cube	Buick Skylark
Complaints on file	302	753
Model years covered	2009–2014	1981–2000
Worst model year	2009	1997
Best model year	2012	1998
Crashes reported	12	62
Fires reported	9	25
Injuries reported	9	44
Deaths reported	1	2
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	10.3%	17.7%

Nissan Cube by year

146 79 40 24 3 10

09 10 11 12 13 14

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

What breaks

Electrical System 52 17.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 16.2%

Steering 42 13.9%

Engine & Cooling 26 8.6%

Airbags 24 7.9%

Other & Unspecified 17 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 16 5.3%

Body & Structure 12 4.0%

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%