When putting on brakes vehicle shakes and pedal goes to the floor. Please provide any further information.
Buick Skylark brake failure problems
11 of the 477 owner complaints about the Buick Skylark describe brake failure, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 11
- worst model year
- 1995
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 19972
- 19962
- 19954
- 19941
- 19931
- 19921
Often reported together
What owners say
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.
Went to brake, pushed pedal to floor, nothing happened, policeman also concurred no brakes, been at dealership for 4 wks claim brakes are fine didn't replace anything.
While driving down a hill in the normal flow of traffic in a lower gear my husband, who was driving, stopped to let my nephew utilize the restroom. When we started to leave my husband put the car in reverse with his foot on the brake and the car didn't stop, the brakes had completely stopped working. There was no warning light or sound. We waited approximately one hour and tried the brakes again and they worked. We started back to alabama, and again, without a warning light or sound the brakes went out causing a near accident. If my husband hadn't been a professional driver we would have had an accident. He used the emergency brakes and stopped the car approximately 1 foot from the vehicle in front of us. There were no unusual driving conditions we were driving with the flow of traffic. I just don't see how it can be normal or safe for the brakes to just stop working without any type of warning.
Front brakes wear excessively . When the brakes are applied the pedal goes to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance. The dealer has replaced the rotors and the pads six times.
Vehicle stalls intermittently causing loss of braking ability.
When applying brakes there is a knocking noise and the pedal goes to the floor. The vehicle does not stop. Dealer cannot duplicate problem but independent mechanic has and claims failure is due to failure of ABS.
Anti-lock brakes failed several times.
Brake clip failed, causing loss of braking power.
Abs brake failure, excess wear of the front brake pads, also pedal goes to the floor when brakes are applied. *ak goodyear tire went bad causing vehicle to pull to the right, took dealer almost a year to replace. Dealer replaced brake pads with high quality pads, excessive wear still occurs, consumer states brakes also sometimes fade when applied.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Buick Skylark brake failure
Which Buick Skylark years have brake failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (4 complaints), 1996 (2 complaints) and 1997 (2 complaints).
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