1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme complaints

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED AND BEGAN TO FLAKE AWAY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING UNSAFE BRAKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. REPAIRS MADE AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. CONSUMER WENT TO PUT KEY INTO IGINITION AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. WAITING FOR THEM TO PHONE BACK. *AK

THE ELECTICAL SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I WENT TO ADUJUST IT. I COLD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND CHECKED THE FUSE BOX. THE FUSE FOR THE SEAT WAS SO HOT I BURNED MY FINGER. I PULLED THE FUSE WITH SOME CLOTH AND TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM ON THE SEATS.? *AK

WHEN PULLING ONTO STREET FROM PARKING LOT ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DRIVER HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION AND MANAGED TO COAST BACK INTO PARKING LOT. THE AUTO HAD BEEN AT HARDIN OLDSMOBILE FOR SERVICE THE PREVIOUS WEEK . SINCE THE SERVICE INCLUDED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SERVICING THE DEALER WAS CALLED AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION. THE DEALER SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED US THAT WHAT THEY HAD DONE COULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER CALLING THE OLDSMOBILE 800 NUMBER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER THEY OFFERED TO TEAR DOWN THE TRANSMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR IT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REVERSE REACTION DRUM HAD FAILED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. I QUESTIONED THAT THE PART COULD SUDDENLY FAIL ONLY 140 MILES AFTER THEY HAD CHECKED OUT THE TRANSMISSION BUT WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW OFTEN THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE SUCH A CATASTROFIC FAILURE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT SHE WAS NOT ENTERING ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER THE FAILURE. AFTER CHECKING YOUR SITE I SEE THAT THEIR ARE SEVERAL SUCH INCIDENTS, AND ONE MENTION THE SAME REVERSE DRUM. OLDSMOBILE WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION WHEN I POINTED THIS OUT TO THEM. THEY SAID THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS TO REPORT IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. I FEEL THAT THAT WAS NOT A SATISFACTORY OPTION. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL BE OF USE AND SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURE

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL. WITHOUT ANY WARNING IT RESULED IN A CRASH IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS SPLIT IN HALF HORIZONTALLY. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. STARTED THE CAR UP AND MADE SURE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. *AK

AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS STARTED AIR BAG DEPLOYED INTO CONSUMER'S FACE, CAUSING SERIOUS EYES INJURIES. DEALER / MFR. WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER WENT TO START VEHICLE, TURNED IGNITION, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES. NO WARNING INDICTATING THAT AIRBAG WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

AIR BAG SENSOR WAS NOT ACTIVATED CAUSING NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT. NLM

HYDRALIC TENSION LOCKED UP AND TIMING BELT SLIDE OFF OF PULLEY-AT THAT TIME THE VALVES WERE DOWN RESULTING IN EXHAUST LEAKING THROUGH-REPLACEMENT OF VALUES NOW NEEDS TO BE DONE

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TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON A HIGHWAY DURING MORNING RUSH HOURS. TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND LOST POWER. CAN ONLY DRIVE AT AROUND 20 MPH WHILE OTHER CARS FOLLOWING WERE AT 45-50 MPH. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT CAUSED. BROUGHT CAR TO ROYAL OLDS AND LATER WAS INFORMED THAT METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THE REVERSE REACTION DRUM CAME LOOSE. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR IS $1,900 BUT ROYAL OLDS ADVISED THAT MANUFACTURER IS WILLING TO SUBSIDIZE $1,200 AND I PAY THE BALANCE $700. THE CAR IS ONLY 5,000 MILES OVER THE 36,000 WARRANTY AND WAS SERVICED AT 30,000 MILES FOR SCHEDULED MAINTAINANCE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO HAUL ANYTHING. UNDER NORMAL USEAGE AND WITH REGULAR TIMING MAINTAINANCE, THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 41,000 MILES UNLESS THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY FOR THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL OF $1,900. NOW I NEED TO PAY THE $700 IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR BACK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND IF YES, HOW TO GET MY $700 REIMBURSED.

THE BRAKE ROTORS "WARPED" ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO MALFUNCTION. THEY BOTH WHERE REPLACED 9-26-97 & 8-13-99.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. OLDSMOBILE FAILED TO ENGINEER SUFFICIENT DURABILITY IN THE METAL ALLOYS TO PREVENT HEAT FROM WARPING THE ROTORS DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THIS HEAT WARPAGE OCCURRED TWICE, IN TWO YEARS, TO MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE. THE FIRST WARPAGE BECAME EVIDENT PRIOR TO MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE ON 9/26/97. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAD 50% OF THE PAD REMAINING AT THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE. WHEN BRAKING, THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHUDDER RESULTING IN POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR. GUY SCHMIDT'S SERVICE DIRECTOR, RICK BALASKO, TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT ROTORS MUST BE "MACHINED OR RESURFACED" BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED OR OUT-OF-ROUND. RICK SAID THE FRONT BRAKE PADS ALSO SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE WARPED ROTORS. BOTH FRONT PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON 9/26/97. THE IDENTICAL DEFECT RECURRED PRIOR TO THE 60,000 MILE SERVICE ON 8/13/99. WHEN BRAKING, THE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERED WITH A WASHBOARD EFFECT. BILL MOORE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER, BOB STEPHENS, SAID THE FRONT ROTORS WERE AGAIN "OUT-OF-ROUND" AND MUST BE MACHINED AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS 50% WEAR STILL REMAINING ON THE FRONT PADS. BOB SAID THE ROTORS CAN NORMALLY BE MACHINED ONLY 3 TIMES BEFORE REPLACING THEM. BOB SAID THE AVERAGE DRIVER GETS ONLY ABOUT 15,000 MILES ON THE FRONT PADS BEFORE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED. BOB SAID IT IS GUY SCHMIDT'S POLICY TO MACHINE THE ROTORS EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED. THEREFORE, THE AVERAGE DRIVER MUST PURCHASE

THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 5/31/98 FROM AUTONATION USA. THE BATTERY DIED WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASE AND WAS REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED. WE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TWICE MORE AFTER THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998 THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT AUTONATION LOCATION AND IT WAS REPLACED, THIS IS WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY REPLCED IT. THEN ON 10/10/98 WE HAD TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT WAS PUT IN. TODAY (4/26/99) THE CAR DIED AGAIN THE SAME EXACT WAY. I CALLED AUTONATION AND WAS TOLD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $65 FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND VERIFY THAT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. PLEASE HELP. I CAN NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND ENDANGER THE DAFETY OF MY CHILDREN WHEN IT CONTINUOUSLY DIES WHILE DRIVING AND I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE RUN INTO WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THERE MUST BE SOME OTHER EXPLANATION THAN TO SAY THAT THE PART IS JUST FAULTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HOW MANY FAULTY ALTERNATORS CAN ONE FACTORY MAKE. THANK YOU.

CONSUMER WOULD FILL TANK AND LATER THE FUMES WOULD BE VERY LOUD. IF OVER NIGHT THERE WOULD BE A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE, ONLY IF THE TANK WAS FULL. MECHANIC REPLACED THE TANK AND FOUND A HOLE IN THE UPPER AREA, (CONSUMER STILL HAS THE TANK WITH THE HOLE).

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A NUT THAT HAD LOOSENED THAT HOLDS A GEAR SYSTEM IN PLACE, THAT OPENS AND CLOSES A HYDRALIC VALVE SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS THE ABS TO WORK.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT A COLLISION OCCURRING, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. CAUSED BY FAULTY WIRING HARNESS. *AK *ML

HAD STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AFTER DRIVING 40MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE ROTORS FROZE UP. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. BRAKES, PADS/7 ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING. HAD NAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES. HAD BRAKE SYSTEM REBUILT EACH OF THOSE TIMES. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE/BRAKES/SEATBACKS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNITAND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS A RUBBING/BUMPING VIBRATION. DEALER SAYS ROTORS ARE PITTED. *AK

WAS COMING OFF A RAMP AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN A DEFECT IN ENGINE CAUSED LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING. CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, VEHICLE SPINNED AND HIT GUARDRAIL. *AK

TRANS AXLE AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE PASSENGER'S RESTRAINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS THE RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR SQUEAKS, DEALER ADJUSTED WINDOW TRACK AND ADDED A RUBBER STOPPER. TRUNK LEAKS. GENERATOR AND ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT AND WERE REPLACED. *SLC