Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve)
Filed Oct 21, 1996NY
EGR VALVE REPLACED.
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1993 Oldsmobile 88 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1993 record →
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Sep 9, 1996MI
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A VIRBRATION AND A METAL TO METAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE CAR.*AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 26, 1996IN
ABS LIGHT CAME ON, COMPONENT NOT GIVING PROPER SIGNALS TO WHEELS. *AK *JB
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 10, 1996PA
ANTILOCK BRAKES POWER MODULATOR FAILED..(2ND VEHICLE ON 506065)
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and LinesFire
Filed May 23, 1996MI
DRIVING VEHICLE TO WORK, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN, PULLED IT OFF ROAD, SAW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT, VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES (96V015002). *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed May 21, 1996OH
RECALL RELATED, 96V0150000, CONTACT DEALERSHIP ON APR. 13,1996, AND WAS NOTIFIED NO PARTS AVAILABLE AFTER APPOINTMENT WAS MADE AGAIN IN MAY. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed May 17, 1996MS
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT-END ACCIDENT AT 50MPH.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed May 16, 1996PA
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER STILL DOES NOT HAVE PARTS IN. RECALL #96V015002 *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed May 2, 1996NJ
NO PARTS FOR 3MONTHS (96V015002). PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed Apr 29, 1996IL
THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO PARTS TO REPLACED RECALLED TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINES (96V-015002). *AK
Structure › Body › Trunk Lid1 injured
Filed Nov 1, 1995MN
OCCUPANT IN REAR OF VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY OBJECT IN TRUNK THAT CAME THROUGH THE WEBBING BETWEEN UPPER/LOWER SEAT, CAUSING PARALYSIS. *SD
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 19, 1995AZ
TIRE DEVELOPS A SEPARATION, THE TWO REAR TIRES DEVELOPED SEPARATIONS AFTER 19K MILES. TT GENERAL AMERTECH ST TIRES, P205/70R15, DOT A3M0FFA332, CONSUMER STATES THE TWO REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 17000 MILES, THE TWO REPLACED TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 20000 MILES, POSSIBLE SEPARATION CAUSED BY DESERT HEAT. *SLC
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Oct 18, 1995IA
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL COLLISION AT 25 MPH. TT *JB
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 23, 1995SC
AT 53,000 MILE THE MOTOR BRAKE BURN OUT . TT
Suspension › Front
Filed Sep 9, 1995FL
EXPERIENCING FRONT END VIBRATIONS AND REAR BRAKE STICKING PROBLEMS AT LOWER/HIGHER SPEEDS. TT
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Aug 14, 1995TN
VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING DRIVING COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL WHILE IN 2 GEAR. TT
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Apr 28, 1995ME
IGNITION SWITCH MODULE FAILURE, UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. TT
Fuel System, Other › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Apr 27, 1995VA
FUEL/VAPOR/FUEL RETURN LINES HANGING DOWN UNDER VEHICLE WITH NO PROTECTION. *SKD
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light
Filed Apr 24, 199500
ABS ANTI-LOCK WARNING COME ON WILL NOT GO OFF THERE IS BRAKE. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Apr 7, 1995AR
VEHICLE HAD A FIRE THAT STARTED IN ENGINE. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Feb 16, 1995PA
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AW
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection SystemFire
Filed Feb 13, 1995PA
NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AROUND THE FUEL INJECTION AREA, RESULTED IN TOTALLED. TT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 13, 1995SC
ABS INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON, ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, SEATBELT FAILURE. TT
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jan 23, 1995KS
VEHICLES FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKS VERY EASILY. 2ND TIME REPLACED. TT
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