Porsche Macan 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	Porsche Macan	Buick Skylark
Complaints on file	304	753
Model years covered	2015–2025	1981–2000
Worst model year	2017	1997
Best model year	2016	1998
Crashes reported	30	62
Fires reported	8	25
Injuries reported	9	44
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	15.5%	17.7%

Porsche Macan by year

31 31 74 46 24 31 16 9 9 16 17

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Airbags 54 17.8%

Electrical System 29 9.5%

Brakes 28 9.2%

Lights 27 8.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 27 8.9%

Engine & Cooling 26 8.6%

Steering 20 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 18 5.9%

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%