Oldsmobile 88 vs Chrysler Concorde

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	Chrysler Concorde
Complaints on file	1,226	2,991
Model years covered	1972–1999	1993–2004
Worst model year	1998	1999
Best model year	1994	2001
Crashes reported	97	182
Fires reported	108	54
Injuries reported	65	130
Deaths reported	3	4
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	22.3%	12.4%

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%

Chrysler Concorde by year

463 484 330 236 189 213 422 364 112 72 40 66

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 763 25.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 264 8.8%

Steering 255 8.5%

Brakes 232 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 217 7.3%

Electrical System 171 5.7%

Body & Structure 139 4.6%

Suspension 133 4.4%