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Oldsmobile 88 problems by year

820 complaints across 6 model years, 1992–1999. 1998 draws the most at 213; 1999 the fewest at 106.

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Complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold as much as how reliable they were. A popular model year will always look worse than a rare one. Compare the dominant failure system between years rather than the raw totals.

Every model year

YearComplaintsTop reported systemCrashesFiresDeaths
1992 109 Service brakes, hydraulic (32.1%) 15 11 2
1995 150 Engine and engine cooling (14.7%) 20 9 2
1996 113 Engine and engine cooling (21.2%) 7 9 0
1997 129 Engine and engine cooling (25.6%) 4 21 0
1998 213most Engine and engine cooling (40.8%) 10 19 0
1999 106 Engine and engine cooling (32.1%) 0 14 0