Oldsmobile Ciera — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 208 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes58 (27.9%)
• Engine26 (12.5%)
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)24 (11.5%)
• Electrical system18 (8.7%)
• Air bags (restraint system)16 (7.7%)
• Body & structure12 (5.8%)

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (1.0%) 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 (166 records, model years 1996) are most frequently classified under: brakes, engine and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"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

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 20mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 20mention 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 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 8
• Owner complaints NHTSA 166

Explore the underlying evidence records