Oldsmobile Alero by model year

2,939 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Oldsmobile Alero across 6 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 Alero

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
1999	702
2000	810
2001	549
2002	407
2003	294
2004	175

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2004	175	Electrical system (34%)	1	21 to 27
2003	294	Electrical system (37%)	2	21 to 25
2002	407	Electrical system (34%)	1	21 to 25
2001	549	Electrical system (25%)	4	22 to 23
2000	810	Lighting (21%)	4	21 to 23
1999	702	Brakes (20%)	3	20 to 23