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8014052 WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS TO RECALL 02V070000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. PROBLEM STATED IN THE RECALL HAPPENED
8013655 TWO MONTHS LATER, AFTER RECALL WAS SERVICED PROBLEM REOCCURRED
566556 AFTER RECALL NOTIFICATION THE CONSUMER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND RECALL 02V-070 WAS PERFORMED ON THE INGNITION SWITCH, THE NEXT DAY THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AGAIN
Vehicle moving out of park or into gear unexpectedlyPOWER TRAIN4 complaints1999-05 → 2002-08skylark-1997-unintended-vehicle-rollaway
8015999 ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. SUDDENLY GEAR SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND VEHICLE HIT A HOUSE
8007761 WHEN CAR IS PARKED IN ANY GEAR IT WILL REVERSE WITHOUT PUTTING KEY IN IGNITION
837667 WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE, 5 YEAR OLD SON WAS ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR WITHOUT KEYS IN THE IGNITION
Power steering and hard-to-turn steering complaintsSTEERING3 complaints2004-01 → 2006-08skylark-1997-power-steering-difficulty
10053921 WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN, AND MADE A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE
10165163 THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS STEERING AND THE POWER STEERING DID NOT FUNCTION
10053984 CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A POWER STEERING PROBLEM
Air bag deployment without a collisionAIR BAGS4 complaints1998-07 → 2014-06skylark-1997-airbag-unexpected-deployment
10108700 WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY
538259 FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING FOR NO KNOWN REASON
10178307 PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING !
Air bags not deploying in a collisionAIR BAGS4 complaints2000-09 → 2003-08skylark-1997-airbag-no-deployment
899469 FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING 40 MPH FRONT END COLLISION
10022941 THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND NONE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED
871274 UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING7 complaints1998-09 → 2014-04skylark-1997-engine-stalling
832708 IN FLOW OF TRAFFIC VEHICLE WILL STALL, AND ENGINE WILL TURN OFF. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON
540010 VEHICLE EITHER STALLS OR ACCELERATES AT FULL THROTTLE
711168 THIS CAR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR PURCHASE
Unintended acceleration and throttle stickingVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5 complaints1998-07 → 2007-10skylark-1997-throttle-acceleration
825379 WHILE DRIVING THE THROTTLE STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO INCREASE SPEED
826961 WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH THE CABLE ACCELERATOR SNAPPED, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR
8015429 WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL AND ENGINE REVVED, AND TOOK OFF IN TRAFFIC
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1997 Buick Skylark vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/buick/skylark
@misc{wrenchpro_1997_buick_skylark_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1997 Buick Skylark},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/buick/skylark}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
