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Oldsmobile transmission problems

Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 510 complaints involve transmission. The Bravada accounts for the largest share (14%). The single worst model year is the 1995 Aurora with 33 transmission complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
510 about transmission, all Oldsmobile models
Most affected
Bravada 14% of these complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 120 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
9 and 10

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Oldsmobile models

ModelComplaintsShare
Bravada7114%
Cutlass7014%
886713%
Silhouette6312%
Alero5411%
Aurora5110%
Intrigue5010%
Achieva286%
98214%
Ciera153%

Worst model years for transmission

  1. 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora33 complaints
  2. 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada28 complaints
  3. 1999 Oldsmobile Alero23 complaints
  4. 1993 Oldsmobile 8818 complaints
  5. 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue18 complaints

Transmission complaints by model year

Oldsmobile transmission complaints by model year 0 40 80 1990: 8 '90 1991: 11 '91 1992: 40 '92 1993: 37 '93 1994: 15 '94 1995: 77 '95 1996: 41 '96 1997: 32 '97 1998: 57 '98 1999: 65 '99 2000: 34 '00 2001: 47 '01 2002: 36 '02 2003: 7 '03 2004: 3 '04
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19908
199111
199240
199337
199415
199577
199641
199732
199857
199965
200034
200147
200236
20037
20043

Among the 120 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles.

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