FaultScore

Worst years for a Oldsmobile Intrigue

Owners have filed 1,598 complaints about the Oldsmobile Intrigue with NHTSA across model years 1996 to 2002. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue

665 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue

91 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Oldsmobile Intrigue 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
2002 B 91 6 1 58,000 Electrical System
2001 B 173 9 1 58,000 Lights
2000 C 296 19 4 68,000 Electrical System
1999 C 371 16 15 68,305 Engine & Cooling
1998 D 665 26 44 87,762 Steering
1997 1 0 0 Electrical System
1996 1 0 0 Seat Belts

What breaks on a Oldsmobile Intrigue

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

Steering 295 18.5%

Worst in 1998

Electrical System 267 16.7%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 233 14.6%

Worst in 1998

Lights 162 10.1%

Worst in 2000

Brakes 138 8.6%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Seat Belts 68 4.3%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Suspension 62 3.9%

Worst in 1998

Tires 31 1.9%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Airbags 29 1.8%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 24 1.5%

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Intrigue

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

Rack AND Pinion 101 22.7%
Headlights 72 16.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 46 10.4%
Engine 44 9.9%
Automatic Transmission 44 9.9%
Gasoline 36 8.1%
Rotor 28 6.3%
Steering Wheel/Handle BAR 28 6.3%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 24 5.4%
Alternator/Generator/Regulator 21 4.7%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jul 1997 peak 39 Jul 2025

Oldsmobile Intrigue 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 Intrigue

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