Buick brake problems

Owners have filed 2,941 complaints with NHTSA about the braking system on Buick vehicles — 10% of everything reported about the brand, across 25 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Buick Regal, worst in 1991.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

2,941

Complaints

10%

Share of all Buick complaints

252

Crashes

Fires

Which Buick models have the most brake problems

Regal 867 29.5%

Worst in 1991

Lesabre 476 16.2%

Worst in 1992

Century 289 9.8%

Worst in 2000

Park Avenue 281 9.6%

Worst in 1991

Rendezvous 150 5.1%

Worst in 2002

Lacrosse 144 4.9%

Worst in 2005

Enclave 126 4.3%

Worst in 2018

Skylark 123 4.2%

Worst in 1997

Roadmaster 63 2.1%

Worst in 1992

Encore 63 2.1%

Worst in 2015

Riviera 60 2.0%

Worst in 1995

Lucerne 56 1.9%

Worst in 2006

Envision 51 1.7%

Worst in 2017

Reatta 45 1.5%

Worst in 1990

Terraza 42 1.4%

Worst in 2005

Encore GX 36 1.2%

Worst in 2020

Worst Buick model years for brake problems

Vehicle	Complaints	Share of that year	Median miles	Grade
1991 Buick Regal	161	53%	67,500	F
1992 Buick Lesabre	91	37%	121,150	F
1988 Buick Regal	91	50%	155,925	F
1993 Buick Lesabre	83	31%	94,910	F
1991 Buick Park Avenue	82	61%	—	F
1989 Buick Regal	73	49%	—	F
1992 Buick Regal	69	34%	—	F
1990 Buick Regal	61	57%	—	F
2002 Buick Rendezvous	59	9%	73,500	B
1993 Buick Regal	56	47%	—	F
1996 Buick Regal	52	19%	17,000	D
1995 Buick Regal	49	22%	77,850	D
2003 Buick Rendezvous	49	12%	76,000	D
1997 Buick Park Avenue	44	12%	68,500	C
2000 Buick Lesabre	44	5%	59,000	B
1997 Buick Lesabre	42	8%	57,000	C
2005 Buick Lacrosse	38	9%	27,000	B
1994 Buick Lesabre	36	16%	75,000	F
2011 Buick Regal	34	8%	65,400	A
1998 Buick Regal	32	9%	27,750	B

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Worst Buick model years for brake problems

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