1995 Oldsmobile Achieva — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 132 evidence records for the 1995 Oldsmobile Achieva, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 98 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system22 (22.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–1998.
  • Brakes11 (11.2%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)8 (8.2%)
  • Engine8 (8.2%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)7 (7.1%)
  • Body & structure6 (6.1%)

Other / uncategorized: 3 classifications (3.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (220 records, model years 1995–1998) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, brakes and engine.
  • Manufacturer communications (174 records, model years 1995–1998) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and brakes.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1995 132 records for 1995
  2. 1998 84 records for 1998

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 8mention a crash
  • 5mention a fire
  • 10mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 1
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 58
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 70

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