1995 Buick Skylark Problems, complaints & recalls

Airbag is worn out. Horn quit working. There is still no recall on this. More faulty design. There is no excuse to have a design where the horn won't work.

Airbag develops a problem where the horn is very sensitive and sometimes deploys on its own. Other times it won't work at all. A horn going off at inappropriate times could confuse other drivers and cause an accident.The particular part has been discontinued by gm but there is no excuse for them not addressing this issue.

My horn stopped working. The problem was traced to the horn switch. My mechanic could not replace the horn switch because it is part of the driver's side air bag assembly, which had been discontinued. I had to have a bypass switch installed on the dashboard, which is inconvenient and awkward to use. In my opinion, the horn is a more important safety feature than the air bag. I am 71 years old and have never seen an air bag deploy, but my horn has prevented accidents many times. *Tr

The gm n-body cars from 1992-1995 have a problem with water leaking into the passenger compartment. I had this fixed for $350 at a gm dealer a few years back but the problem is recurring. Water comes in through the firewall and soaks the carpet. It happens when the car is washed or when it rains. My car is a 1995 skylark, but this has also happened to other gm cars from these years too. There is no excuse for this design flaw. Car manufacturers have had over 100 years to figure out how to keep water out of a...

Dt*: the contact stated the horn failed, the fuse was inspected and had melted. The dealership determined the horn switch stuck causing the horn to short out and the wiring harness to melt. The horn, horn relay, and wiring harness were replaced.

While traveling down the highway the steering column bolt dis-lodged causing the steering to be almost in-operable, this also resulted in the instrument lights and tail lights to go out and stop working. I have paid out of my own pocket twice to have this problem fixed , including having replaced the turn signal and cruise control assembly. I believe this is a defect in the automobile.*Ak

Consumer had to hold the high beam light button in order for the high beam to work. *Ak the consumer was concerned about the fact that the lights, wipers, signals, and the horn are all located on the steering wheel which may go out as well. *Sc *jb

In aug 2001 I had to have the turn signal lever on the steering column replaced due the headlights and turn signals becoming non operative. In feb 2002 I started to have random occurences of the headlights being nonfunctional while the switch was being operated, usually after turning the switch on and off for a few seconds the headlights would operate normally. In june 2003 the left and right turn signals started to randomly not operate properly. Sometimes the signal would not come on at all when activated, other...

While driving 35 mph vehicle was in a frontal collision. Air bags deployed and burned driver's arm. *Ak the seat belt would not release from the buckle. The occupant had the squeeze under the seat belt to get out. *Scc *nlm

The vehicle was involved in an accident. Upon impact, air bags deployed and burned the driver's arm. The child in front passenger's seat and the child in rear were also injured. *Ak

While applying the brakes vehicle would throw consumer forward. Dealer notified.*Ak

Consumer called complaining about having problems with the air bags deployment. Also stated that the vehicle was total lost on a collision driving at 55 mph where the air bags did not deploy. Dealer or manufacture were not contacted at the time of this call. Ts

There was a split in sidewall of rear passenger's side tire which caused vehicle to vibrate while driving. Model sport master, glt, size p19570r14, dot # u9j9, not original tires.*Ak the tire rapidly lost air causing the vehicle to swerve, cooper tires. *Jg

Horn blew constantly, fuse was removed and car brought in for repair to stevens creek buick. Their comment was that the horn and air bag were warped by heat, I presume normal ambient heat as car was never on fire, the air bag replacement was the response. If t he air bag is destroyed by heat of sun then all these cars, buicks large, impalas, olds,mobiles and cadillacs all have the same driver protection or lack of after how long.*Ak

This vehicle burns 1.5Qts a week. I cannot afford to get it fixed therefore I can`t say specificaly what the problem is,but I have found others with this make and model with the exact same problem. *Ak

The consumer received a recall notice regarding the possibility of steering failure, but was unable to find the vehicle's dealership in mexico. The consumer was asking the manufacturer to arrange the recall service with another dealer in mexico. *Yh

Driver and passenger seat belt mechanisms do not lock when driver has to make a sudden stop. Dealer stated seat belts work, just not to consumers weight.*Ak. Consumer was involved in an accident on the second occasion, and the seat belt failed to restrain her from hitting the windshield, consumer suffered minor injuries, consumer requested the battery to be replaced, due to it being weak.

Would be trying to use signal lever or the horn and neither would work properly. Horn went out first, then signal lights. Its an ongoing problem caused by an electrical short. Have not taken to dealership.*Ak consumer adds when flashers are turned on, the signals start to work. *Tt

Switch that controls headlights and turn signals has overheated and burned out five times due to an electrical short circuit. Please give any further information.*Ak

While vehicle was in reverse, vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. When brakes were applied, pedal went to the floor, causing loss of vehicle control which resulted in a collision.*Ak consumer has been told that there is nothing worng with the brakes, however this incident has happened twice. *Slc

Intermittently horn will blow by itself, it will continue to blow until fuse is removed. It has been determined that the problem was with the horn airbag combination. *Ak *jg

The front brakes have been replaced 3 times in the last 2 years, the rotors have also been replaced. Nlm

Three months after recall 00v287000 repairs had been performed ignition switch failed to turn engine over. Dealership has not examined vehicle to determine cause. Please provide any additional information/attachments.*Ak

The air bag light comes on sporadically, the horn blows at various times while parked and while driving, the driver's door lock sometimes fails to open with the key and often fails to operate with the other doors. Nothing serious has happened yet, however, the car has frightened other drivers when the horn blew steadlily for no reason. At times it is very distracting to have the air bag light stay on, but go off the next time or second time the car is started.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK