Oldsmobile Aurora vs Ford Flex

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 Aurora	Ford Flex
Complaints on file	1,038	2,511
Model years covered	1993–2003	2009–2019
Worst model year	1995	2009
Best model year	2002	2017
Crashes reported	33	105
Fires reported	80	18
Injuries reported	24	74
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	13.2%	8%

Oldsmobile Aurora by year

1 2 406 149 157 53 38 5 180 38 9

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

Fuel & Propulsion 309 29.8%

Engine & Cooling 133 12.8%

Electrical System 119 11.5%

Steering 75 7.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 59 5.7%

Brakes 53 5.1%

Lights 46 4.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 35 3.4%

Ford Flex by year

272 181 178 89 777 325 122 131 56 81 299

09 10 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 393 15.7%

Steering 381 15.2%

Other & Unspecified 242 9.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 235 9.4%

Engine & Cooling 227 9.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 193 7.7%

Body & Structure 185 7.4%

Suspension 106 4.2%