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Oldsmobile seat belts problems

Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 427 complaints involve seat belts. The Cutlass accounts for the largest share (22%). The single worst model year is the 1998 Intrigue with 52 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
427 about seat belts, all Oldsmobile models
Most affected
Cutlass 22% of these complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 60 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
34 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Oldsmobile models

ModelComplaintsShare
Cutlass9222%
Silhouette7117%
Intrigue6816%
884210%
98276%
Aurora276%
Bravada276%
Alero266%
Achieva164%
Ciera82%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue52 complaints
  2. 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass29 complaints
  3. 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora25 complaints
  4. 1990 Oldsmobile Silhouette18 complaints
  5. 1997 Oldsmobile 9817 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Oldsmobile seat belts complaints by model year 0 38 75 1990: 43 '90 1991: 44 '91 1992: 40 '92 1993: 15 '93 1994: 17 '94 1995: 57 '95 1996: 20 '96 1997: 35 '97 1998: 72 '98 1999: 35 '99 2000: 13 '00 2001: 6 '01 2002: 26 '02 2003: 3 '03 2004: 1 '04
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
199043
199144
199240
199315
199417
199557
199620
199735
199872
199935
200013
20016
200226
20033
20041

Among the 60 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.