Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck vs Oldsmobile Intrigue

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck	Oldsmobile Intrigue
Complaints on file	642	1,598
Model years covered	1962–2003	1996–2002
Worst model year	1995	1998
Best model year	2000	2002
Crashes reported	34	76
Fires reported	11	65
Injuries reported	20	43
Deaths reported	5	4
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	10.9%	11.8%

Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck by year

4 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 4 1 1 3 5 4 4 27 19 18 14 15 15 53 80 81 53 37 39 23 32 45 48

62 72 74 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 120 18.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 9.8%

Tires 56 8.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 53 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 48 7.5%

Electrical System 43 6.7%

Steering 42 6.5%

Engine & Cooling 41 6.4%

Oldsmobile Intrigue by year

1 1 665 371 296 173 91

96 97 98 99 00 01 02

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 295 18.5%

Electrical System 267 16.7%

Engine & Cooling 233 14.6%

Lights 162 10.1%

Brakes 138 8.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 77 4.8%

Seat Belts 68 4.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 66 4.1%