1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette problems
NHTSA has received 225 complaints about the 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette, and 16% of them involve lighting. Next are engine (15%) and brakes (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 225 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 58 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 58 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 78,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 19 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1998 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Oldsmobile Silhouette with enough data (140 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 7 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.
Seat belts in the second row captain chairs released in a car accident (roll over). Seat belt in the front passenger side expanded still causing the passenger to be thrown around in the roll over. Airbags didn't deploy! -olds has been notified.
1998 oldsmobile mini van was involved in an accident and the air bag equipment did not deploy. A vehicle pulled out in front of the consumer without warning. The consumer hit another vehicle in the side.
Dt: contact took vehicle to a service dealer for routine maintenance and they replaced the lower intake manifold to stop the coolant leak. The consumer stated vehicle was still leaking gasoline and coolant. The consumer did not want to have this problem repaired at the time of the routine visit. The consumer stated the service dealer had to keep the vehicle for about a month.
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile silhouette. The contact stated that while exiting a parking space, the steering wheel failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The contact was informed of NHTSA campaign id number: 02v286000 (steering:rack and pinion) but was advised that his vehicle was not part included in the recall. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 107,519.