Oldsmobile Achieva
Owners filed 416 complaints across 8 model years of the Oldsmobile Achieva. The 1996 drew the most (87).
Which Oldsmobile Achieva years should you avoid?
No Oldsmobile Achieva year stands out. Across the 7 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 62), 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 Achieva model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 1998 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | Routine | |
| 1997 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1996 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 10 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 8 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1994 | 62 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar | Routine | |
| 1993 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.