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.
Cleanest on record
1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass117 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.
| 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.
Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Cutlass
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Oldsmobile Cutlass, by the month it reached NHTSA.
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.