Oldsmobile 88
Owners filed 801 complaints across 10 model years of the Oldsmobile 88. The 1998 drew the most (164).
Which Oldsmobile 88 years should you avoid?
No Oldsmobile 88 year stands out. Across the 8 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 85), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Oldsmobile 88 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 77 | 2 | 11 | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1998 | 164 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1997 | 101 | 0 | 14 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1996 | 92 | 2 | 9 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1995 | 117 | 1 | 5 | 12 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 63 | 1 | — | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 74 | 1 | 10 | 9 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 73 | 1 | 7 | 12 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | Routine | |
| 1990 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Electrical System › Ignition › Module | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.