Oldsmobile lighting problems
Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 903 complaints involve lighting. The Alero accounts for the largest share (47%). The single worst model year is the 2000 Alero with 172 lighting complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 903 about lighting, all Oldsmobile models
- Most affected
- Alero 47% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 443 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 6
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Oldsmobile models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alero | 427 | 47% |
| Intrigue | 162 | 18% |
| Silhouette | 93 | 10% |
| Cutlass | 52 | 6% |
| Bravada | 49 | 5% |
| Aurora | 46 | 5% |
| Achieva | 22 | 2% |
| 88 | 18 | 2% |
| Cutlass Supreme | 10 | 1% |
| 98 | 9 | 1% |
Worst model years for lighting
- 2000 Oldsmobile Alero172 complaints
- 2002 Oldsmobile Alero85 complaints
- 2001 Oldsmobile Alero73 complaints
- 1999 Oldsmobile Alero57 complaints
- 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue54 complaints
Lighting complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 11 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 33 |
| 1996 | 34 |
| 1997 | 47 |
| 1998 | 63 |
| 1999 | 115 |
| 2000 | 254 |
| 2001 | 153 |
| 2002 | 114 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 26 |
Among the 443 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.