Vehicle report

1998 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA

Reported problems

40 complaints · median 75000 miles
ComponentReports
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH4
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR3
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM2
INTERIOR LIGHTING2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC2
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE1
ENGINE1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE1
EQUIPMENT1
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES1
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM1
STEERING:COLUMN1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD1

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.

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