Oldsmobile 98: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Oldsmobile 98, model years 1967 to 1999. NHTSA has 292 complaints on file for this model line. 14 of the 28 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19671
- 19683
- 19711
- 19723
- 19741
- 19752
- 19772
- 19793
- 19802
- 19810
- 19821
- 19830
- 19841
- 19851
- 19862
- 19873
- 19880
- 19890
- 19900
- 19912
- 19921
- 19931
- 19941
- 19952
- 19962
- 19970
- 19980
- 19990
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 10% | |
| 1998 Oldsmobile 98 | 0 | 27 | 259% | |
| 1997 Oldsmobile 98 | 0 | 29 | 278% | |
| 1996 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 8 | 77% | 308,680 |
| 1995 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 30 | 288% | 3,484 |
| 1994 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 16 | 153% | 1,487 |
| 1993 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 13 | 125% | 585,182 |
| 1992 Oldsmobile 98 | 1 | 38 | 364% | 585,182 |
| 1991 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 47 | 451% | 27,631 |
| 1990 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 17 | 163% | |
| 1989 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 11 | 105% | |
| 1988 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 10 | 96% | |
| 1987 Oldsmobile 98 | 3 | 15 | 144% | 520,776 |
| 1986 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 13 | 125% | 94,672 |
| 1985 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 86% | 91 |
| 1984 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 10% | 1,755,897 |
| 1983 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 10% | |
| 1982 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 19% | 79,686 |
| 1981 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 19% | |
| 1980 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 1 | 10% | 1,329,574 |
| 1979 Oldsmobile 98 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,326,605 |
| 1977 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 122,196 |
| 1975 Oldsmobile 98 | 2 | 1 | 10% | 4,513 |
| 1974 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 782,111 |
| 1972 Oldsmobile 98 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3,750,474 |
| 1971 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3,707,064 |
| 1968 Oldsmobile 98 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 41,445 |
| 1967 Oldsmobile 98 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7,573 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
412 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 179.6 | 74 |
| Electrical System | 104.4 | 43 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 94.7 | 39 |
| Seat Belts | 80.1 | 33 |
| Air Bags | 77.7 | 32 |
| Power Train | 60.7 | 25 |
| Steering | 51 | 21 |
| Structure | 38.8 | 16 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 38.8 | 16 |
| Visibility | 38.8 | 16 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Cutlass58 campaigns
- Alero7 campaigns
- Intrigue11 campaigns
- Silhouette23 campaigns
- Bravada24 campaigns
- 8838 campaigns
- Aurora8 campaigns
- Achieva9 campaigns
- Cutlass Supreme3 campaigns
- Ciera10 campaigns
- Calais8 campaigns
- Custom Cruiser6 campaigns
- Toronado17 campaigns
- Omega28 campaigns
- Firenza10 campaigns
- Starfire7 campaigns
Oldsmobile: all 17 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Oldsmobile 98: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/oldsmobile/98/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Oldsmobile 98 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1987 with 3, 1979 with 3, 1972 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Oldsmobile 98 model year has the most complaints?
- The 1991 model year, with 47 of the 292 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Oldsmobile 98 name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 179.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 104.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 94.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Oldsmobile 98?
- 12 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.