1994 Oldsmobile Achieva problems
Owners have filed 85 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are brakes (19%) and steering (18%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 85 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Oldsmobile Achieva with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was involved in a front end collision and was totalled. None of the vehicles airbags deployed. Dealer contacted. Steering wheel broke due to impact. Injury was sustained.
Due to a electrical problem, the vehicle exprienced the locks behaving erratically (on and off), and the front windshield blew out. A fire started in the steering column. Prior to this fire, replaced the battery 2 times in 2 years.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 oldsmobile achieva. The contact stated that his vehicle was issued recall # 00v287000 (electrical system:starter assembly) in 2001. The recall repair was never performed and the vehicle caught fire. The vehicle's interior was destroyed. The contact was advised to call the manufacturer. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 138,000.