FaultScore

Worst years for a Oldsmobile Achieva

Owners have filed 625 complaints about the Oldsmobile Achieva with NHTSA across model years 1992 to 2000. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Oldsmobile Achieva

102 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

1998 Oldsmobile Achieva

52 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Oldsmobile Achieva year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2000 6 0 0 1 Brakes
1998 B 52 2 2 75,000 Electrical System
1997 C 108 6 3 90,000 Electrical System
1996 D 116 12 5 81,385 Electrical System
1995 D 102 12 7 75,000 Electrical System
1994 D 85 8 10 Electrical System
1993 C 66 6 2 Brakes
1992 90 2 5 35,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Oldsmobile Achieva

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 127 20.3%

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 105 16.8%

Worst in 1997

Brakes 89 14.2%

Worst in 1993

Airbags 47 7.5%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1995

Steering 24 3.8%

Worst in 1994

Acceleration & Cruise Control 22 3.5%

Worst in 1997

Lights 22 3.5%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 21 3.4%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 20 3.2%

Worst in 1995

Seat Belts 16 2.6%

Worst in 1996

Fuel & Propulsion 15 2.4%

Worst in 1993

Other & Unspecified 12 1.9%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Achieva

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 38 16.1%
Engine 33 14.0%
Switch 30 12.7%
Gasoline 30 12.7%
Frontal 29 12.3%
Automatic Transmission 21 8.9%
Ignition 16 6.8%
Cooling System 15 6.4%
Interior/Under Dash 13 5.5%
Rotor 11 4.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Oldsmobile Achieva, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 28 Apr 2016

Oldsmobile Achieva problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Oldsmobile Achieva

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.