Oldsmobile 98 by model year

330 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Oldsmobile 98 across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Oldsmobile 98

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	26
1991	69
1992	46
1993	15
1994	23
1995	71
1996	12
1997	35
1998	32

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
1998	32	Engine (19%)
1997	35	Seat belts (49%)
1996	12		2
1995	71	Brakes (13%)	2
1994	23		1
1993	15		1
1992	46	Brakes (37%)	1
1991	69	Brakes (42%)	2
1990	26	Brakes (15%)