Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile has 17 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1967–2004), with 233 recall campaigns and 9,729 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 1994 (11). The component complaints name most often is service brakes, hydraulic (144.1 per 1,000 component mentions). The Alero line has the most complaints, 1,933 over 7 model years.
A further 9 equipment, tire or child-seat campaigns name Oldsmobile and are listed on monthly pages. Comparisons here are between Oldsmobile model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Oldsmobile only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alero | 7 | 7 | 1,933 | 276.1 | Electrical System |
| Cutlass | 28 | 58 | 1,607 | 57.4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Intrigue | 7 | 11 | 1,134 | 162.0 | Steering |
| Bravada | 14 | 24 | 955 | 68.2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Silhouette | 15 | 23 | 949 | 63.3 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| 88 | 29 | 38 | 929 | 32.0 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Aurora | 11 | 8 | 781 | 71.0 | Fuel System, Gasoline |
| Achieva | 8 | 9 | 416 | 52.0 | Electrical System |
| Cutlass Supreme | 8 | 3 | 296 | 37.0 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| 98 | 28 | 30 | 294 | 10.5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Ciera | 11 | 10 | 281 | 25.5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Calais | 6 | 8 | 63 | 10.5 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Custom Cruiser | 14 | 6 | 42 | 3.0 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Toronado | 19 | 17 | 40 | 2.1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Omega | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0.5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Firenza | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0.7 | Unknown or Other |
| Starfire | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Oldsmobile complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Oldsmobile had?
233 NHTSA recall campaigns name Oldsmobile vehicles (model years 1967–2004). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 66,683,674, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which Oldsmobile model line has the most complaints?
Alero: 1,933 complaints over 7 model years (276.1 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for Oldsmobile?
service brakes, hydraulic (144.1 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (136.4 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (121 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.