Oldsmobile Cutlass Complaints (1991)

193 consumer complaints on file.

#543434January 20, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAS HAD LONG HISTORY OF UNRESOLVED ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO ELECTRICAL FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832748December 29, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT LEFT BRAKES ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832547December 22, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH THERE IS AN OIL LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE HEAD GASKET AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR SERVICE. TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE DUE TO A WARPED ENGINE HEAD. ALSO, PRESSURE IS COMING FROM THE ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT UNIT,AND THE VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831347November 25, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829526November 18, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS . WHEN PULLING ON THE SEAT BELT, IT WOULD NOT RETRACT WHEN RELEASED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TUGGED ON THE SEAT BELT TO TRY TO GET IT TO RETRACT, THE SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT FELL OFF. THE MANUFACTURER IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830493November 10, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
TIMING BELT WORE OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL POWER. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, NO WARRANTY, REPAIRS AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830499November 10, 1998
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POWER STEERING HOSES AND PUMPS HAVE ON THREE OCCASIONS HAD PROBLEMS ABOUT ONE MONTH APART.THE HOSE AND PUMP WERE REPLACED, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROBLEMS CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THERE IS A WHINE NOISE WHEN TAKING OFF. *ADJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830503November 10, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR AND ALTERNATOR BELT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE ALTERNATOR AND ALTERNATOR BELT WERE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542208October 22, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKE CALIPERS LOCK UP DUE TO CORROSION CAUSING DAMAGE AND PREMATURE/UNEVEN WEAR OF THE PADS AND ROTORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780680October 4, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WIRING HARNESS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DUE TO ABRASION ON A SHARP EDGE OF SHEET METAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827477September 1, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH CAUSED INJURIES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#540149August 19, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES THUMP WHEN RELEASED AND HAVE RECENTLY FAILED TWICE. THIS LAST TIME THEY FAILED IN THE RAIN, VEHICLE SWERVED AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824053June 30, 1998
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS BROKEN, POSSIBLE CAUSE METAL CARRIAGE PLASTIC MOLDED SEAT SUPPORTS BROKE. PLASTIC IS LOOSE CAUSING SEAT TO FALL OUT. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824276June 29, 1998
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOWS FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. WINDOWS FAIL TO GO UP OR DOWN WHEN ELECTRICAL BUTTON IS PRESSED. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824675June 25, 1998
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
FACTORY INSTALLED SUN ROOF RACK BECAME DETACHED, CAUSING THE ARTICLES ATTACHED TO FALL FROM ROOF. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824494June 19, 1998
SEAT BELTS
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. WENT TO LEAN OVER, DEFECT WITHIN AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT CAUSED THE SEATBELT TO ROLL OUT WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824352June 16, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT INDICATIONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536836June 12, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE IDLE SPEED WOULD RUN AWAY MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE TO 40 MPH AND MAINTAIN THAT SPEED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING TOUCHED. THE ECM WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#534821April 28, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT RESTRAINT SUDDENLY LOOSENED AND NO HAD NO TENSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780918April 23, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT IS PEELING FROM VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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