Oldsmobile cooling system problems
Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 193 complaints involve cooling system. The Alero accounts for the largest share (20%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Alero with 21 cooling system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 193 about cooling system, all Oldsmobile models
- Most affected
- Alero 20% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 80 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 7
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Oldsmobile models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alero | 38 | 20% |
| 88 | 26 | 14% |
| Silhouette | 25 | 13% |
| Cutlass | 23 | 12% |
| Achieva | 22 | 11% |
| Bravada | 17 | 9% |
| Intrigue | 16 | 8% |
| Aurora | 11 | 6% |
| 98 | 7 | 4% |
| Cutlass Supreme | 6 | 3% |
Worst model years for cooling system
- 1999 Oldsmobile Alero21 complaints
- 1998 Oldsmobile 8815 complaints
- 2000 Oldsmobile Alero9 complaints
- 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass9 complaints
- 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette9 complaints
Cooling system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 1997 | 21 |
| 1998 | 35 |
| 1999 | 39 |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 |
Among the 80 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.