FaultScore

Toyota Pickup vs Oldsmobile Silhouette

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 Toyota Pickup Oldsmobile Silhouette
Complaints on file 514 1,277
Model years covered 1980–2002 1990–2004
Worst model year 1994 1999
Best model year 1995 1996
Crashes reported 43 65
Fires reported 4 27
Injuries reported 18 73
Deaths reported 6 5
Most complained-about part Engine & Cooling Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 13.8% 13.3%

Toyota Pickup by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 83 16.1%
Body & Structure 81 15.8%
Seat Belts 51 9.9%
Tires 47 9.1%
Brakes 44 8.6%
Steering 34 6.6%
Suspension 29 5.6%

Oldsmobile Silhouette by year

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

What breaks