Oldsmobile Alero
Owners filed 1,957 complaints across 7 model years of the Oldsmobile Alero. The 2000 drew the most (557).
Which Oldsmobile Alero years should you avoid?
No Oldsmobile Alero year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 322), 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 Alero model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 184 | 3 | 1 | 18 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 279 | 2 | 8 | 11 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2001 | 364 | 5 | 5 | 20 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 557 | 5 | 8 | 20 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Above average | |
| 1999 | 462 | 4 | 11 | 14 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.