Oldsmobile Silhouette
Owners filed 950 complaints across 15 model years of the Oldsmobile Silhouette. The 1998 drew the most (170); the 2004 the fewest (11).
Model years15
Complaints950
Recalls77
Fires22
Deaths10
Every Oldsmobile Silhouette model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 2003 | 36 | 5 | — | 6 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 57 | 5 | — | 1 | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 2001 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 6 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 114 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 1999 | 149 | 7 | 4 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 1998 | 170 | 10 | — | 6 | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine | |
| 1997 | 104 | 9 | — | 4 | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine | |
| 1996 | 20 | 2 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 1995 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 1994 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer | Routine | |
| 1993 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Seat Belts › Front › Retractor | Routine | |
| 1992 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 | Seat Belts › Front › Retractor | Routine | |
| 1991 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported | |
| 1990 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Seat Belts › Front › Retractor | Routine |
Which Oldsmobile Silhouette years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 170 complaints concentrated in the exterior lighting › headlights. It carries 10 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.