Oldsmobile steering problems
Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 796 complaints involve steering. The Intrigue accounts for the largest share (37%). The single worst model year is the 1998 Intrigue with 176 steering complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 796 about steering, all Oldsmobile models
- Most affected
- Intrigue 37% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 78,000 miles 316 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 50 and 11
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Oldsmobile models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Intrigue | 295 | 37% |
| Alero | 100 | 13% |
| Cutlass | 94 | 12% |
| Silhouette | 78 | 10% |
| Aurora | 75 | 9% |
| Bravada | 43 | 5% |
| 88 | 41 | 5% |
| Achieva | 24 | 3% |
| Cutlass Supreme | 23 | 3% |
| 98 | 6 | 1% |
Worst model years for steering
- 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue176 complaints
- 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue66 complaints
- 1999 Oldsmobile Alero32 complaints
- 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora30 complaints
- 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue30 complaints
Steering complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 23 |
| 1991 | 31 |
| 1992 | 14 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1994 | 26 |
| 1995 | 43 |
| 1996 | 29 |
| 1997 | 77 |
| 1998 | 236 |
| 1999 | 115 |
| 2000 | 58 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2002 | 43 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 7 |
Among the 316 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.