Oldsmobile brake problems

Owners have filed 2,153 complaints with NHTSA about the braking system on Oldsmobile vehicles — 16% of everything reported about the brand, across 21 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Oldsmobile Cutlass, worst in 1991.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

2,153

Complaints

16%

Share of all Oldsmobile complaints

158

Crashes

Fires

Which Oldsmobile models have the most brake problems

Cutlass 600 27.9%

Worst in 1991

Alero 412 19.1%

Worst in 2000

Bravada 293 13.6%

Worst in 1994

88 180 8.4%

Worst in 1992

Intrigue 138 6.4%

Worst in 1998

Cutlass Supreme 91 4.2%

Worst in 1995

Achieva 89 4.1%

Worst in 1993

Silhouette 86 4.0%

Worst in 1998

98 83 3.9%

Worst in 1991

Ciera 69 3.2%

Worst in 1996

Aurora 53 2.5%

Worst in 2001

Worst Oldsmobile model years for brake problems

Vehicle	Complaints	Share of that year	Median miles	Grade
2000 Oldsmobile Alero	163	20%	39,448	C
1999 Oldsmobile Alero	138	20%	58,000	C
1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue	92	14%	83,500	C
1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass	78	29%	80,000	D
1994 Oldsmobile Bravada	77	66%	125,000	F
1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass	70	38%	—	F
1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass	66	44%	—	F
2001 Oldsmobile Alero	62	11%	42,000	C
1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass	59	31%	31,493	D
1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass	58	35%	—	D
1992 Oldsmobile Bravada	53	82%	—	F
1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass	51	23%	37,950	C
1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass	47	44%	—	F
1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass	41	21%	88,823	D
1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass	41	21%	119,000	C
1991 Oldsmobile Bravada	36	59%	—	F
1992 Oldsmobile 88	36	33%	—	F
1996 Oldsmobile Bravada	36	35%	88,746	F
1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass	35	22%	68,800	D
1993 Oldsmobile Bravada	31	57%	130,000	F

Oldsmobile brake problems

Which Oldsmobile models have the most brake problems

Worst Oldsmobile model years for brake problems

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