Oldsmobile 98
Owners filed 229 complaints across 10 model years of the Oldsmobile 98. The 1991 drew the most (47).
Which Oldsmobile 98 years should you avoid?
No Oldsmobile 98 year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 30), 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 98 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery | Routine | |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 | — | — | Seat Belts › Rear/Other | Routine | |
| 1996 | 10 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1995 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 1994 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 38 | 1 | — | 3 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1990 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.