1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Routine

Owners filed 80 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. It has been recalled 1 time.

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When it fails
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66,000 milesMedian miles at failure

30 complaints record an odometer reading. Failures cluster around 60,000–75,000 miles.

Most common 1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass problems

15 of the 80 complaints (19%) are about the electrical system.

ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt10
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor · brakes7
000
Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs5
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module4
000
Electrical System4
010
Tires3
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip · brakes3
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe · engine3
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine · engine3
000
Air Bags › Frontal · airbags3
111

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Fuel System, Other › Storage › Tank Assembly › Pressure Relief Devices07E021000
Filed Mar 12, 2007742 vehiclesDelphi

Defect. CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER.

Risk. FUEL MAY LEAK, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.

Remedy. DELPHI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE UPR FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 23, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT DELPHI AT 877-411-8770.

All 1 campaign on file, newest first.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Jul 10, 201469,600 milesMN

WHILE DRIVING MY FIANCES OLDSMOBILE, I NOTICED A BAD SHUDDER UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. UPON INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE FRONT LEFT CONTROL ARM HAD RUSTED SO BADLY THAT IT HAD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAD BEEN SO BADLY COMPROMISED I AM SURE THAT HAD I NEEDED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY THE CONTROL ARM WOULD HAVE FAILED CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEEL TO COME OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO FLEX PART OF THE CONTROL ARM BY HAND UPON REMOVAL FROM THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A VERY EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DECAY ON SUCH A CRITICAL PART ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTY, BUT IT SEEMED STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THIS LEADS ME TO SUSPECT THE LEFT ONE MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE AND THAT THERE COULD BE MORE DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARMS OUT THERE. I REPLACED THE CONTROL ARM BUT KEPT THE OLD ONE IN CASE GM OR THE NHTSA WISHES IT TO BE SHIPPED TO THEM FOR ANALYSIS. I ALSO HAVE DETAILED PICTURES OF THE PART TO PROVIDE UPON REQUEST. I LIVE IN MN WHICH IS A STATE WHERE ROAD SALT IS USED IN THE WINTER. *TR

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Jul 1, 2014170,000 milesWY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER THEN NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Electrical System
Filed Dec 1, 2012119,000 milesMI

THE THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WON'T START AND IT'S A ON GOING PROBLEM. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Oct 26, 201269,000 milesAL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

Electrical System
Filed May 8, 2012140,000 milesSC

I HAVE 99 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS WHICH ONLY ISSUE I EVER HAD IS FAULTY ANTI THEFT SYSTEM LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH GMC OR OLDSMOBILE OR CHEVY ANYTHING WITH ANTITHEFT SYSTEM USE RIGHT KEY AND THE LIGHT COMES ON YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10-15 MIN THEN IT STARTS HOW CAN A COMPANY NOT EVER HAVE RECALL I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS FEW CARS BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR ALL TYPES OF THERE CARS HAVE ISSUES WITH ANTI THEFT IF YOU CANT FIX YOUR OWN PROBLEM GET OUT OF CAR MAKING BUSINESS I WONDER IF THERE BEEN A LAWSUIT EVER FILE CAUSE I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING FOR US PEOPLE. *TR

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Jul 8, 2010132,000 milesMI

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE BLOWING OUT THE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, AND IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 25 MPH AND ON A SIDE STREET. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A MAIN ROAD THERE VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. I AM NOT SURE AS TO HOW MANY RECENT REPORTS THERE HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS ISSUE BUT I SEE THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF SPRINGS BREAKING ON 1999 CHEVY MALIBU'S IN THE PAST. AND I FEEL THIS IS AN UNCALLED FOR SAFETY DEFECT. WHILE MY CAR IS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS IT'S AN EXACT TWIN TO THE CHEVY MALIBU. *TR

Equipment
Filed Mar 31, 2010138,000 milesAL

IN THE 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS; IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE AIR CONDITION AND HEAT CONTROL UNIT. WHILE DRIVING, AT ANYTIME, THE CONROL CAN SHUT-OFF THE DEFROSTER (WHEN IN USE) AND CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD AND DOOR WINDOWS TO FOG UP; THUS CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. MY A/C AND HEAT CONTROL UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED TODAY THAT IT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT AGAIN. THE A/C COMPRESSOR ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE INTERMITTALLY; BECAUSE OF THE CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTION. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE OWNER OF A 1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND FOUND THAT THE SAME CONTROL UNIT OUTFITTED, IN HER VEHICLE, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Oct 12, 2009OH

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A PAVED COUNTY ROAD, AND WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING OR ANY ACCIDENT, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED ON MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THERE WAS A DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN BOTH FRONT SEATS. WE WERE BANGED UP SOME, BUT DIDN'T FEEL THERE AS ANYTHING WORTH GOING TO DR'S. *TR

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Apr 20, 200954,000 milesNC

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $800 BECAUSE THE HORN AND AIR BAG ASSEMBLY WERE CONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Structure
Filed Apr 3, 200951,000 milesKY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT WAS CHIPPING ON THE VEHICLE DOWN TO THE METAL. THE CHIPPING WAS PRESENT ON ALL SURFACES OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY THE HOOD. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CLEAR COAT WAS RUBBING OFF AND THE FAILURE WAS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 59,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module
Filed Feb 11, 2008MI

CAR WONT START ANTI THEFT (DTC) IS ON WONT DISENGAGE NOTHING WAS CHANGED OR DONE TO THE CAR LIGHT FLASHED A COUPLE OF TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 1, 200774,000 milesHI

1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT DEFECTIVE. (NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 03V327 & NHTSA ACTION NUMBER RQ04005.) GM WILL NOT HONOR THIS RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY SAID MY VEHICLE HAS A "BRANDED" TITLE. *NM

Air Bags › FrontalCrashFire1 injured
Filed Dec 19, 2005CA

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE HIT A SIGN AND A BRICK WALL. IT WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Aug 1, 200548,000 milesPA

WATER LEVEL LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON EVERY FEW WEEKS - LEAKING HEAD GASKET. COOLANT CONTAMINATED THE OIL. *JB

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module
Filed Jul 15, 200566,000 milesTX

ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FLASHES AND CAR WILL NOT START UNTIL IT SET FOR A WHILE (USUALLY 20 MIMUTES). THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL LEADING TO POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT AND INJURY. THEIR IS NO FIX TO THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE OLDSMOBLE DEALERSHIP.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Jun 4, 200557,000 milesCT

ENGINE OVERHEATING -- COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MAINFOLD GASKET SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILING AT AROUND 57,000 MILES FAILED COMPLETELY AT 59,000 MILES. DID SOME RESEARCH ON INTERNET AND FOUND DOZENS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE 3.1 LITER V-6 ENGINE IN THIS AND SIMILAR GM MODELS. CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A 50/50 ON THE COST OF REPAIR.

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Apr 30, 200541,534 milesNY

ON APRIL 26,2005 WHILE DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK THE SPRING WAS REPLACED, FRONT END ALIGNED AND THE TIRE REPLACED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS WITH APX. 42000 MILES. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A WARNING TO OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL AUTOMOBILE. THANK YOU, HAROLD OLIVER

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Mar 22, 2005112,689 milesWI

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE I HEARD A SNAPPING NOISE AND FELT THE CAR BOUNCE. THINKING THAT IS WAS JUST THE ICE RIDGES IN THE DRIVE WAY I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE CAR. I DROVE ONLY A FEW BLOCKS WHEN I SMELT SOMETHING BURNING SO I RETURNED HOME AND PARKED THE CAR UNTIL MY HUSBAND RETURNED. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC WERE HE REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND THE FRONT TIRE BECAUSE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING LEFT A DEEP GASH IN IT.*AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module
Filed Jan 7, 200581,000 milesKY

THEFT SYSTEM CONTINUALLY OVERRIDES THE SYSTEM AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. IS HAS NOT YET CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY BUT IT DOES POSE A THREAT TO DO SO. I HAVE ALSO TALKED WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWERS OF THE SAME TYPE/DIVISION(CUTLASS AND MALIBU) OF VEHICLE AND THEY ALL REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LOCAL GM DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS JUST A PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE BUT SO MANY IN THE SAME AREA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM?. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module
Filed Nov 20, 200498,500 milesOK

1. CAR RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE. 2. ONE DAY, CAR WOULDN'T START AND THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT WAS FLASHING. 3. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IT SAID TO WAIT 1/2 HOUR AND THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN. SO WE WAIT, AND IT STARTS. THIS IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT. WE RELY HEAVILY ON THIS CAR.*AK

Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed Nov 19, 2004OH

VEHICLE WAS HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPAIRS.*AK

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Flasher Unit
Filed Sep 28, 200415,000 milesVA

SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD LIGHTS INTERMITTENT OR NOT AT ALL, ALREADY RECALLED ON SELECT FEW GM "MALIBU" MODELS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #03V327000 RECALL DATE 08/27/04, BUT NOT ON ALL AFFECTED MODELS AND APPARENTLY NOT ON CUTLASS NAME PLATED MALIBU DESPITE THAT SAME PART IS CLEARLY FAILING IN MANY MODELS INCLUDING ALERO, AURORA, MALIBYU, CUTLASS ETC. CLEARLY THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Apr 14, 200444,465 milesOH

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN DUE TO DROPPED TUMBLER IN KEY CYLINDER. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE LOCK AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY ($425 PARTS PLUS LABOR) DUE TO THE FAILURE OF A $2 TUMBLER IN THE LOCK. DEALER SAID THAT THEY (1 DEALERSHIP) REPLACE APPROX. 5 SWITCHES OF THIS DESIGN (GM INSTRUMENT PANEL-MOUNTED IGNITION SWITCHES) PER MONTH DUE TO THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. MECHANIC ATTRIBUTED FAILURE TO FAULTY DESIGN.

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Mar 9, 200436,220 milesWV

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITENTLY FAILED TO SHOW ANY CHECK/WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS INSERTED AT THE OFF AND ON POSITION. THE IGNITION ALSO FAILED TO START THE ENGINE EVEN WITH THE PRESENCE OF CLICKING NOISE. IF THE IGNITION WAS SUCCESSFUL, THE ENGINE COULD SUDDENLY DIE UNEXPECTANTLY WHILE RUNNING IN THE GARAGE OR ON THE HIGHWAY -- WITHOUT SHOWING ANY INSTRUMENTAL FAILURE INDICATOR SIGNS IN EITHER CASE. THE PROCESSES REPEATEDLY OCCURRED UNPREDITABLY DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE SIMILAR FAILURES AS REPORTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR CHECKING-UP.

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Mar 7, 200445,000 milesPA

MY 1999 OLDS CUTLASS, HAD A LEAKING MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN THE LIBERTY TUNNEL IN PGH, DUE TO OVERHEATING. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. SEVERAL MECHANICS TOLD ME THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS GM ENGINE, IT SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL. FORTUNATELY, I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND OVER THE BRIDGE BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE, SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED AT MY OWN EXPENSE OF OVER $363. *JB

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Mar 2, 200418,000 milesMO

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS RESULTED IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE GOING UP INTO THE FENDER, AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKING UP. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT, THEN, VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY NOTICED THAT THE RUST DEVELOPED ON THE EDGE OF THE COIL SPRING. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Feb 25, 200462,380 milesCT

1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS - 62,000 MILES - REPAIR - LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Feb 25, 200453,032 milesCT

IGNITION SWITCH - FAILURE. *AK

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 25, 200460,205 milesCT

HARNESS, WHEEL SPEED SENSOR JUMPER WIRING, REPLACED LEFT FRONT HUB AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Nov 22, 200356,000 milesPA

COOLANT LEAK, OVERHEATED IN LIBERTY TUNNEL IN PGH,PA, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN TUNNEL. MECHANIC STATES THE PROBLEM IS THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET VERY COMMON TO GM VEHICLES. *LA

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Nov 4, 200373,000 milesNJ

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING SMELL WITHIN THE CABIN. ALSO, THE COOLANT LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING ON BOTH SIDES, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, PER DEALERSHIP.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Oct 21, 200373,000 milesNJ

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO CRACKED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD . COOLANT WENT INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER STATED CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND IT WOULD COST $700.00. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Oct 1, 20031,000 milesNM

WHILE DRIVING ABS WARNING ALARM CHIME CAME ON, AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF ABS MODULE SENSOR FAILURE.*AK

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Sep 2, 2003OH

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SNAPPED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHEN THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, IT CUT AND FLATTENED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE TIRE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T HELP, ALL THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID WAS 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES NO CONCERN AT ALL. *PH

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 28, 2003PA

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR SERVICE AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED. *JB

Power Train
Filed Apr 18, 2003CA

THE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: TRANSMISSION, WATER PUMP, ALTERNATOR, ENGINE FAN, SHOCKS, MOTOR MOUNTS HAD BROKEN, BRAKES, FOG LIGHT NEVER WORKED, CABLE AND HINGES ON THE DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE SEATS WERE BREAKING, THE ARM REST WAS HOLLOW, THE VEHICLE CONTINUOSLY RAN HOT, EVEN AFTER THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED, WHICH WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE FAN NOT WORKING. MR SCC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jan 10, 2003MA

CONSUMER STATES BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES,THE VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCE A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

Suspension › Front › Macpherson Strut
Filed Oct 11, 2002NH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL MAKE A SCREECHING NOISE, WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. HAD VEHCILE SERVICED. UPPER STRUT MOUNTS WERE BAD. MR

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Oct 11, 2002NH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE WHOLE FRONT END VIBRATES. IT GETS WORST WHEN TURNING OR ACCELERATING. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THINKS IT EITHER THE TRANSMISSION OR AXLE AND CV JOINTS. MR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 11, 2002NH

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY NOTICE FUEL SPOTS ON THEIR DRIVEWAY. CHECKED UNDER THE VEHICLE HOOD NOTICED HAD FUEL ALL OVER IT. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BAD HEAD GASKET. MR

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Sep 9, 2002NJ

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING WILL PUSH THE HORN, BUT HORN WILL NOT GO OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 31, 2002MA

WHENEVER APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATE, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS AND FRONT BRAKE LININGS, MACHINED THE ROTORS AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ROTORS ARE BEING REPLACED EVERY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. *SLC *CB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 27, 200289,900 milesIA

LOWER INTAKE GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF GM VEHICLES... THE GASKETS LEAKING THAT IS. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**763569

Tires › Sidewall
Filed Jun 1, 2002MA

TIRE BLEW OUT ON SIDEWALL NEXT TO TREAD. TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEED MANAGED TO PULL OFF ON SIDE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC. WHEN INSPECTING TIRE FOUND ALL TIRES HAD CRACKS IN OUTER TREAD GROOVE NEAREST SIDEWALLS SIMILAR TO REPORTS FILED IN ODI ID #750071 AND #870103. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS A TIRE MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM AND IS NOT A DEALER OR CAR MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

Tires
Filed Apr 9, 2002DE

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WENT HALFWAY FLAT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY. CONUSMER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED TIRE, BUT COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE TIRE WENT FLAT. *AK TIRE SIZE P215/60R15. *YH

Tires
Filed Feb 15, 2002WI

RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOSING AIR AND GOING FLAT. DRIVERS AIRBAG PREMATURELY DEPLOYED, REPLACE STEERING WHEEL INFLATOR MODULE AND SENSING DIAGNOSTIC MODULE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 22, 2002MA

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ABS LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL RECENTLY ILLUMINATED, AND VIBRATION HAS REOCCURRED. DEALERSHIP WAS CURRENTLY EXAMINING VEHICLE AGAIN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jan 16, 2002TX

ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. DID NOT GIVE ANY WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System
Filed Oct 1, 2001AZ

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING INSIDE INTERIOR OF CAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 18, 2001FL

THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE FIRESTONE TIRES ON HIS LEASED VEHICLE,IN WHICH HE BELIEVED WERE NECESSARY TO REPLACE DUE TO RUBBER SEPARATION AND CRACKING AT THE TREAD BASE.(FIRESTONE AFFINITY P215/60R15 BL) *YH

Complaints 1-50 of 80, newest first, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1999 — this page80120Routine
1998155300Routine
199796310Routine
1996123150Routine
1995156400Routine
1994148520Routine
1993139560Routine
1992136470Routine
1991193880Routine
1990103600Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 12, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.