1998 Oldsmobile Alero

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Dec 14, 20043,457 milesFL

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS PERTAINED TO INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 23, 2001CO

CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY. AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD. GENERAL AMERI TIRES, 400SL #T2257515. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2004109220Routine
2003184311Fatalities reported
2002279280Above average
2001364551Fatalities reported
2000557580Above average
19994624112Fatalities reported
1998 — this page2000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.