Oldsmobile Aurora vs Nissan Armada

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	Nissan Armada
Complaints on file	1,038	2,540
Model years covered	1993–2003	2004–2026
Worst model year	1995	2006
Best model year	2002	2026
Crashes reported	33	115
Fires reported	80	44
Injuries reported	24	76
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	13.2%	9.3%

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%

Nissan Armada by year

638 501 329 104 209 39 63 60 24 26 17 27 3 131 115 114 39 21 16 10 8 31 15

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Brakes 972 38.3%

Electrical System 277 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 184 7.2%

Engine & Cooling 177 7.0%

Airbags 144 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 129 5.1%

Body & Structure 101 4.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 99 3.9%