Oldsmobile 88 vs Chevrolet Volt

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	Oldsmobile 88	Chevrolet Volt
Complaints on file	1,226	2,964
Model years covered	1972–1999	2011–2019
Worst model year	1998	2017
Best model year	1994	2015
Crashes reported	97	81
Fires reported	108	21
Injuries reported	65	56
Deaths reported	3	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	22.3%	5.3%

Oldsmobile 88 by year

1 2 1 2 4 13 9 7 33 22 46 32 28 16 109 99 91 150 113 129 213 106

72 76 77 79 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 276 22.5%

Brakes 180 14.7%

Electrical System 114 9.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 86 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 79 6.4%

Airbags 73 6.0%

Steering 65 5.3%

Seat Belts 57 4.6%

Chevrolet Volt by year

64 359 448 128 71 285 1,199 362 48

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Electrical System 705 23.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 508 17.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 428 14.4%

Engine & Cooling 377 12.7%

Airbags 311 10.5%

Other & Unspecified 224 7.6%

Brakes 102 3.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 67 2.3%