Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
OIL PRESSURE IS TOO HIGH DUE TO OIL PUMP FAILURE. YH
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1997 Oldsmobile Achieva 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 1997 record →
Parking Brake
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
HAND BRAKE FAILED. NLM
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Jan 20, 1999TX
VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN DRIVING AT 55-70 MPH. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 30 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 25, 1998TX
ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, RETURNED TO THE DEALER EIGHT TIMES WITHOUT EVER GETTING THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING THE NINETH VISIT TO ANOTHER DEALER TRYING TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Dec 4, 1998MO
BRAKES ARE EXCESSIVELY WEARING OUT. CONSUMER HAS TURNED THE ROTORS 2 TIMES AT 33,000 MILES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 23, 1998MA
WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT WATER GOT INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THOUGH THE AIR CLEANER SYSTEM, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL ON THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Sep 10, 1998KS
HEADLIGHTS PULSATE.
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Jul 20, 1998MD
ACCELERATOR PEDAL LOCKED UP AT 55MPH. THEN TOOK OFF AT 75MPH. HAD APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. SMOKE FROM BRAKES. GEARED DOWN FROM 3RD TO 2ND TO 1ST. TURNED OFF IGNITION. CHECKED VEHICLE & NOTICED GAS LINE THAT PULLS THROTTLE POPPED OFF CLIP ONTO MOTOR. *AK
Suspension › Front › Control Arm
Filed Jun 28, 1998AR
DEFECT IN THE FRONT PASSENAGER SIDE CONTROL ARM, RESULTED IN FAILURE, CAUSING ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR (FRONT AXEL, CV JOINT, CONTROL ARM AND A FRAME TO FALL ON THE GROUND.
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Apr 14, 1998WA
WINDSHIELD IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed May 2, 1997CA
SMELLED GAS IN VEHICLE; PARKED VEHICLE IN GARAGE; DAUGHTER ARRIVED HOME & NOTICED GASOLINE ON GARAGE FLOOR; TOOK BACK TO DEALER; SAID LO JACK SECURITY SYSTEM CAUSED HOLE/LEAK IN GAS TANK; OWNER DOES NOT WANT VEHICLE; DEALER SAYS HE WILL FIX IT. *AK
Steering
Filed Jan 15, 1997PA
STEERING SEIZED WHILE TRAVELING WITH CRUISE SET AT 60 MPH, FIVE DAYS AFTER BEING PURCHASED NEW.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 25, 1996PA
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, THE SPEED CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL/ACCIDENT, VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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