1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CORROSION OF THE AIR BAG INFLATOR'S INTERNAL WIRING, WHICH CAN OCCUR OVER TIME, COULD CAUSE THE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG. THIS DEPLOYMENT COULD OCCUR DURING VEHICLE START-UP, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, OR WHILE IN OPERATION.

Risk. IF THE CONSUMER IS TOO CLOSE TO AN INFLATING AIR BAG, SERIOUS INJURIES COULD OCCUR.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE INFLATORS ON THESE AIR BAGS.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THREE DAYS LATER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN TURNING CORNERS POWER STEERING FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD TO STRUGGLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE TURN WAS MADE, A FEW SECONDS LATER, POWER STEERING RESUMED. *AK *JB

SECURITY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE IGNITION TO LOCK, AND VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS RUINED THE ENGINE AND NEEDED REPLACING. IT WAS 3.1L GM MOTOR IN A 1995 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME GL SI. *JB

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS. SUDDEN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ASSIST WHILE TURNING LEFT CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT. CAR WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD INTO A BRICK RETAINING WALL CAUSING OVER $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE CAR PLUS $350 DAMAGE TO THE WALL. AFTER TOWING CAR HOME, THE POWER STEERING RETURNED TO "NORMAL" OPERATION. POLICE REPORT INDICATES COMPLAINT OF SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING CAUSING STEERING TO FEEL AS IF IT WERE LOCKED IN POSITION. CAR IS JUST NOW REPAIRED AND DRIVABLE. THIS IS SEEMINGLY IDENTICAL TO SYMPTOMS ON '96 AND NEWER GM CARS AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT...THIS TIME. NEXT TIME, WHO KNOWS?! *CB

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES AS IT TRAVELED DOWN A STEEP ROCK AND SHRUB COVERED EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE THEN COLLIDED WITH A LARGE BOULDER WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON ITS ROOF. (ARTHUR BLANKEMAN ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER TERRY GELLER) ( TIRE MAKE/MODEL, SPECTRUM STARFIRE, SIZE 215/65 R16) ALSO THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

NHTSA RECALL 00-V-171-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00058: RECALL HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED ON VEHICLE DUE TO PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER WAS WAITING SINCE MARCH 2002.*AK

I REALIZE THAT AT THE TIME OF FILLING OUT THIS QUESTIONAIRRE THAT THIS MODEL IS NO LONGER BEING MADE BY GM BUT I DID SEE I STORY ABOUT THE OLDSMOBILE ALERO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND FELT COMPLELLED TO WRITE. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES FOUR TIMES ON THIS CAR. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 1995 AND IT NOW HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST TWO TIMES THAT THE BRAKES WERE DONE THEY WERE FIXED UNDER THE WARRANTY BUT WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEM OURSELVES THE PAST TWO TIMES. THE LAST TIME WAS A COMPLETE FOUR WHEEL REPLACEMENT WITH ROTORS AND PADS ALL THE WAY AROUND. WE WERE VERY DISPLEASED WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN.*AK

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISES TO THE FACE.*AK *YH

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED THAT DAY. *SLC

THE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER DOOR NEEDS REPAIRED. *JG

VEHICLE HAD FOUR BATTERIES AND TWO ALTERNATORS REPLACERD WITHIN THREE YEARS AT A REPAIRS SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V171000 IN DEC 2000. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HE WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. ON BEBRUARY 15, 2001 CONSUMER'S SON HAD AN ACCIDENT. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, STUNNED THE DRIVER, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THERE WERE NO BRAKE MARKS ON PAVEMENT. DRIVER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY, PASSENGER DIED 2 DAYS LATER. REPORTED BY SANDY CLUTTER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE TO THE POINT WHERE VEHICLE CAN LOSE CONTROL IF IN THE RAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS THE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER PERFORMED AN INJECTOR SERVICE, THROTTLE BODY SERVICE, ADDED AN ADATIVE TO CLEAN THE VALVES, REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, WIRES, PLUGS, RELAY, AND THE FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER REPAIRS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *TT

BRAKES FAILED AND WERE FIXED.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL REGARDING AIR BAG MODULE ON FEB 22 2001, THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE DUE TO NO PARTS AND THEN WRONG PARTS, IT IS NOW JUNE AND CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED REPAIRS. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL O00058S, HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN 3 MONTHS AND STILL NO REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *SLC

THE CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY WITH THE NUMBER OF RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE VEHICLE ESPECIALLY THE ONE INVOLVING THE FRONTAL AIR BAG (00V-171). NLM

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MISS ANOTHER CAR THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DEPLOYED OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VISION AND THE VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEDUCTIBLE. NLM

WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BRAKES WOULD MAKING A GRINDING NOISE, AND IT WOULD STICK UNTIL PUMPING BRAKES. THEN, LOW TRACK AND ABS LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T FINE A PROBLEM TILL 1 MONTH AGO. DEALER STATED IT WAS ABS PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 00V171000 NOTICE FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEALERSHIP WAS SUPPOSEDTO REPLACE INFLATOR IN AIR BAGS. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT NO PARTS WERE REPLACED IN VEHICLE, AND SHE WAS CHARGED FOR DIAGNOSTIC OF VEHICLE. SHE HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER REGARDING AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

AS A RESULT OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYING AFTER ACCIDENT DUST FROM AIR BAGS MADE SORES INSIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE LOST POWER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SINCE PURCHASE OF NEW VEHICLE, ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OCCASIONAL BRAKE FAILURE. DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, EACH VISIT TO DEALER FOR CHECK WAS UNFOUNDED (NO WRITTEN INDICATION OF CHECKUP ON RECEIPT, FROM MECHANIC OR DEALERSHIP), UPON END OF WARRANTY, THE MECHANIC KNEW THAT THE $800. ABS COMPONANT WAS MAKING KNOCKING NOISE AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. OCCASIONAL BRAKE FAILURE IS STILL HAPPENING. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V171000 LETTER CONCERNING AIR BAG FAILURE. CONTACTED DEALER, NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM. *AK THE PART THAT WAS ORDERED HAVE NOT ARRIVED AFTER SIX WEEKS. *YH

CONSUMER IS TRYING TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 00V171000 REGARDING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. DEALER REFUSED TO COOPERATE IN EXAMINING VEHICLE. NO PARTS AVAILABLE, COULD NOT SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

AIRBAG RECALL 00V171000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00058. PART HAS BEEN ON ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. HORN ON VEHICLE DOESN'T WORK, AND DEALER WILL NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE AIRBAG CAN DEPLOY IF TAMPERED WITH. CONSUMER IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND HAS AVOIDED 2 ACCIDENTS SINCE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN RUDE TO CONSUMER, AND ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY ASSISTANCE. *AK

THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

CONSUMER HAS TO ADD 2QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. PROBLEM HAS BEEN SINCE VEHICLE HAD 10,000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS AT DEALERSHIP, AND WAS GIVEN A TSB (87-60-03) REGARDING LOWER INTAKE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS SAYING THAT CONSUMER HAD TO SPEND $600 TO REPAIR PROBLEM. OLDSMOBILE WILL BE CONTACTED TO EXPLAIN REASON OF LETTER, AND WHY CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. *AK IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE SWITCH AND LEFT FRONT WHELL SPEED SENSOR. 2 HIGH MOUNT STOP LAMP BULBS BURNT OUT. *SLC

RECALL 00V171000/INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: DEALER, SANDERS OLDSMOBILE IN TURLOCK, CA; PHONE # 1-800/281-2239, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL, BUT RECALL NOTICE STATED PARTS WERE AVAILABLE AT DEALER. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

LANDMARK OLDSMOBILE DLR IN TUSCALOOSE ,AL TELE#205-752-8113 HAS REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL 00V171000/ AIR BAG REPAIRS UNITL FEBUAURY. CONSUMER CALLED OLDSMOBILE MANUFACTURER ,WHO CALLED DEALER TO LET THEM KNOW PARTS WERE AVAILBLE, AND RECALL COULD BE DONE. BUT DEALER STILL REFUSED TO DO IT. IN MEANTIME, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *AK

MY CAR HAD A LOSS OF POWER WHEN IT REACHED NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND GOING ON HIGHWAY SPEEDS. YOU HAD TO PUT THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MAT IN ORDER TO KEEP GOING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MOTOR. THEY REPLACED THE THERSMOSTAT AND FLUSHED THE RADIATOR BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX THE CAR. THEY RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE CATALIC CONVERTOR BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX IT EITHER. THE NEXT STEP WAS TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TESTED. THAT DID IT, AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S A VACUUM LEAK IN BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT. THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. MR. TRANSMISSION (MY MECHANIC) HAD ANOTHER CUTLASS SAME YEAR, MODEL, & A LITTLE MORE MILAGE THAN MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. A CO-WORKER HAD THE SAME MODEL, MILAGE, & YEAR AND HE ALSO REPLACED HIS TRANSMISSION. I HAD CONTACTED GM AND THEIR EXCUSE IS I DIDN'T TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. I RE-SEARCHED YOUR SITE AND SINCE 1990 ALL SEDANS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM GENERAL MOTORS HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS. BY THE WAY, HERE THE TRANSMISSION MODEL 4T60E. THAT SAME MODEL HAS BEEN USED FOR YEARS ON ALL SEDANS SINCE 1994.

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS. WHILE DRIVING ACROSS A DRIVETHROUGH, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED INJURIES. THERE IS RECALL 00V171,000. BUT, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS TO RESPOND, AND VEHICLE ROLLS PART WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME ON ANOTHER OCCASION. THE SYSTEM FROM TIME TO TIME FAILS TO GIVE IMMEDIATE SENSE OF STOPPING..

THE SENSOR IN THE LEFT REAR HUB ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING THE ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

DRIVERSIDE AIR BAG HAS FAULTY WIRING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH IN THE MIDDLE LINE OF HIGHWAY DRIVER'S DUAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT HITTING AN OBJECT, NOR WAS THERE A WARNING. VEHICLE STILL AT THE SHOP.*AK

THIS CONCERNS THE ABS AND LOW TRACTION LIGHTS. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WHEN DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS. IF I FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MANUAL, WHICH SAYS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW SECONDS THEN TURN BACK ON AGAIN TO RESET THE SYSTEM, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. OCCASIONALY DURING THIS TIME, THE LOW TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON WHEN BREAKING ALSO DURING DRY CONDITIONS. BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY CHOPPY WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, THEN A SUDDEN STOP. NOT SURE WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM, BUT THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ACCIDENT OCCURS.

FAULTY WIRING CAUSES SMOKE TO TRAIL THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK, ALSO WHEN USING THE PASS KEY IN HOT WEATHER THE CAR WILL NOT START. NLM

CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN RECALL REPAIR DUE TO LACK OF PARTS AND REPAIR INFORMATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER (00V-171). *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE RECALL REPAIR (OOV-171) DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *MJS

I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER SATURDAY, STATING THAT THE AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. THEY WON'T FIX IT FOR 6 MONTHS! THIS IS ABSURD. I HAVE 1 IN 2000 CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING THIS DEFECT. I WANT TO DISCONNECT IT UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN BUT TWO DEALERSHIPS I CONTACTED SAID THEY COULDN'T! THAT IS EVEN MORE ABSURD. TELL ME WHAT TO DO NOW! *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL #00V171000 ,AND WAS VERY UPSET THAT DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE AIRBAG INFLATOR WITH A NEW ONE THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN INVENTORY . DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE IT IF THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON. CONSUMER FELT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED DUE TO THE AGE AND MILES ON VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE AIR BAGS. IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE ON DECEMBER, A FIVE MONTH DELAY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45-50MPH & AIRBAGS JUST DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. CONUSMER WAS NOT INJURED, VEHICLEJUST STEERED OFF THE ROAD. DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNLESS CONSUMER COVERED THE COST. CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR MANUFACTURER TO CONTACT HER. *AK

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS OFF, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

REAR BRAKE SYSTEM OPERATED ERRATICALLY. BOTH CALIPERS RUSTED. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK *ML

WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INDICATION, AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK