FaultScore

Worst years for a Oldsmobile Ciera

Owners have filed 354 complaints about the Oldsmobile Ciera with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 1996. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Oldsmobile Ciera

107 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1995 Oldsmobile Ciera

45 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Oldsmobile Ciera 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
1996 F 107 12 1 Brakes
1995 C 45 8 0 Brakes
1994 D 55 6 1 Brakes
1990 24 7 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1989 37 3 1 Seat Belts
1988 32 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1987 27 4 0 Engine & Cooling
1986 15 0 1 Steering
1985 9 0 0 Brakes
1984 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Oldsmobile Ciera

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

Brakes 69 19.5%

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 48 13.6%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Seat Belts 26 7.3%

Worst in 1989

Body & Structure 19 5.4%

Worst in 1996

Steering 17 4.8%

Worst in 1986

Fuel & Propulsion 16 4.5%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 15 4.2%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 11 3.1%

Worst in 1996

Tires 10 2.8%

Worst in 1994

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 9 2.5%

Worst in 1996

Seats 6 1.7%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Ciera

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

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 26 19.3%
Gasoline 19 14.1%
Automatic Transmission 18 13.3%
Engine 17 12.6%
Foundation Components 12 8.9%
Frontal 11 8.1%
Ignition 10 7.4%
Buckle Assembly 9 6.7%
Anchorage 8 5.9%
Drum 5 3.7%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1995 peak 13 Apr 2004

Compare the Oldsmobile Ciera

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