Oldsmobile Achieva Complaints (1998)

40 consumer complaints on file.

#8007168April 9, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ANTI FREEZE LIQUID EATS AWAY INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPLACED PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760192April 3, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
MECHANICS ADVISE ME THESE 2 MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND PARTS ARE INFERIOR MATERIAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005436March 12, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PRESSING ON BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY START TO ACCERLERATE WITH GREAT FORCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LUNGING FORWARD AFTER THROTTLE MOTOR VALVE WAS REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002519January 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH LOW COOLANT AND REPAIRS VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS OVER LOOK. *MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748351July 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748354July 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE MOVING TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT RETURN TO D. AFTER FULL STOP TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891714June 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKING SYTEM IS DEFECTIVE WHEN TRAVELING IN WET WEATHER. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE SLIDES. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747419June 26, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
BOUGHT NEW TIRES AND WAS TOLD BY TECH THAT ALMOST EVERY ACHIEVA THEY SEE NEEDS THE BUSHINGS REPLACE ON THE LOWER A-FRAME. ALSO OTHER SIMILAR GM CARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890061June 8, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH AND ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY. ONLY WARNING WAS HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT PRIOR TO ANYTHING HAPPENING. RECEIVED A JUMP START & ABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. ONCE JUMPER CABLES REMOVED VEHICLE DIED.*AK COSUMER STATES ONCE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN THERE WAS NO WAY TO PUSH VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, DUE TO NO EMERGENCY SIDE, ALSO WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, THE KEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED AND THE SHIFTER WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888250May 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 10-15MPH TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED. CONSUMER MASHED DOWN ON BRAKES TWICE AND THERE WAS AN AIR SOUND. VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, PICKING UP SPEED CONSUMER EXITED ONTO HIGHWAY. VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED UNTIL VEHICLE GOT TO DRIVEWAY OF CONSUMER'S HOME. THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLE. CONSUMER PUSED DOWN EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. OLDSMOBILE SENT A WRECKER TO PICK UP VEHICLE. OLDSMOBILE AGREED TO PAY FOR HALF OF COST. BRAKE BOOSTER VACCUM WAS LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867012August 7, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864374June 28, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861112April 28, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE UP TO 70 MPH, MAKING IT HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID MAYBE THE MAT WAS GETTING STUCK BETWEEN PEDAL. 2ND TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER, AND THIRD TIME THEY SAID SOLENOID WAS BAD. THEN THEY SAID ABS HAD A SHORT IN IT. DEALER STILL HAS NOT FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860526April 18, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT A STOP POSITION. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RESOLVED UNTIL THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859254March 27, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NO ONE WAS INJURED BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE.ALSO, WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716902January 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT BRAKE DISCS WERE APPARENTLY OF INFERIOR QUALITY. DEALER TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 32,632 MILES. THE VEHICLE THROBS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. ONLY REMEDIES OFFERED WERE AT MY EXPENSE. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549300November 1, 1999
INTERIOR LIGHTING
TRUNK LIGHT FAILED TO TURN OFF WHEN THE TRUNK WAS CLOSED CAUSING THE LAMP TO BURN HOLES THROUGH THE CONSUMER CLOTHS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711987September 24, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CHECK ENGINE AND LOW COOLANT LIGHTS APPEAR OFTEN AND THE ENGINE IDLES AT AN ABNORMAL SETTING. WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO RUN WARMER THAN IT SHOULD AND CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO BE REPLACED LONG BEFORE THEY SHOULD BE. AS FOR THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT, THERE IS NOT A NEED TO ADD COOLANT BECAUSE ITS JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN FULL. AND AS FOR THE HIGH IDLE, THE CAR HAS ACCELERATED AT TIMES BY ITS SELF TO 45 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#541607September 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837994June 14, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A UTILITY POLE ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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