FaultScore

Worst years for a Oldsmobile Cutlass

Owners have filed 2,251 complaints about the Oldsmobile Cutlass with NHTSA across model years 1976 to 1999. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass

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

Cleanest on record

1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass

117 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Oldsmobile Cutlass 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
1999 B 117 3 2 60,205 Electrical System
1998 C 223 8 0 60,537 Brakes
1997 C 161 9 1 82,274 Brakes
1996 C 160 14 5 115,000 Brakes
1995 C 199 15 0 96,791 Brakes
1994 C 200 21 2 75,000 Brakes
1993 D 193 11 6 110,000 Brakes
1992 182 13 9 106,000 Brakes
1991 266 13 11 96,000 Brakes
1990 151 11 0 Brakes
1989 164 6 6 Brakes
1988 107 7 2 120,000 Brakes
1987 22 2 3 Engine & Cooling
1986 31 1 3 Engine & Cooling
1985 22 3 3 Engine & Cooling
1984 24 1 3 Engine & Cooling
1983 8 2 2 Engine & Cooling
1982 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1981 8 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1980 3 1 0 Brakes
1979 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1977 4 1 0 Tires
1976 3 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a Oldsmobile Cutlass

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

Brakes 600 26.7%

Worst in 1991

Engine & Cooling 239 10.6%

Worst in 1998

Electrical System 239 10.6%

Worst in 1999

Seat Belts 119 5.3%

Worst in 1991

Steering 118 5.2%

Worst in 1998

Suspension 109 4.8%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 108 4.8%

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1994

Airbags 94 4.2%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1993

Tires 58 2.6%

Worst in 1999

Lights 55 2.4%

Worst in 1997

Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Cutlass

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

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 111 14.7%
Disc 88 11.6%
Rotor 86 11.4%
Foundation Components 83 11.0%
Gasoline 82 10.8%
Engine 74 9.8%
Caliper 69 9.1%
Frontal 65 8.6%
Automatic Transmission 61 8.1%
Pads 38 5.0%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1995 peak 74 Aug 2020

Oldsmobile Cutlass 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 Cutlass

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