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Oldsmobile wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Oldsmobile models in NHTSA's complaint database, 629 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Alero accounts for the largest share (29%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Alero with 59 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
629 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Oldsmobile models
Most affected
Alero 29% of these complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 189 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 9

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Oldsmobile models

ModelComplaintsShare
Alero18129%
Bravada10717%
Intrigue7712%
Silhouette6911%
Cutlass6310%
88366%
Achieva315%
Aurora254%
98163%
Cutlass Supreme112%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 1999 Oldsmobile Alero59 complaints
  2. 2000 Oldsmobile Alero51 complaints
  3. 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue37 complaints
  4. 2001 Oldsmobile Alero36 complaints
  5. 1998 Oldsmobile Bravada33 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Oldsmobile wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 50 100 1990: 11 '90 1991: 17 '91 1992: 11 '92 1993: 14 '93 1994: 46 '94 1995: 49 '95 1996: 36 '96 1997: 58 '97 1998: 96 '98 1999: 93 '99 2000: 67 '00 2001: 55 '01 2002: 54 '02 2003: 16 '03 2004: 6 '04
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199011
199117
199211
199314
199446
199549
199636
199758
199896
199993
200067
200155
200254
200316
20046

Among the 189 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles.

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