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1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass 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 1999 record →

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 31, 2001IL

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T2, P215/60R15, CLAIM 13-7112-321. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 31, 2001IL

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T2, P215/60R15, CLAIM 13-7112-321. *SLC

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Aug 27, 2001OH

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. THEN, HE TRIED TO START VEHICLE ,AND IT WOULDN'T START. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

Tires › Sidewall
Filed Aug 8, 2001NY

ALL TIRES SEPERATING IN FIRST GROOVE NEXT TO SIDEWALL.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jul 24, 2001MO

ROTORS TURNED JULY 1999 - ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JANUARY 2000 - ROTORS REPLACED JUNE 2000 - ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JANUARY 2001 ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JUNE 2001. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jul 16, 2001AL

ORGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A OLDSMOBILE, CUTLASS, 1999. TIRE SIZE UNKNOWN. TIRE MILEAGE 2,040. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH TREAD ON LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED.NO INJURIES OR COLLISION. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD SHE HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO THE LEFT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE TREAD WAS COMPLETELY OFF THE TIRE, FIRESTONE, P215/60R15. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Shoes/Linings
Filed Jun 30, 2001OH

BRAKE SHOES WORE OUT AT 24000 MILE. FRONT END NOISE STILL THERE AFTER 2 REPAIRS. *AK

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash2 injured
Filed Jun 20, 2001GA

CONSUMER WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK WHEN ENGINE STARTED REVVING. SUDDENLY VEHICLE TOOK OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GO THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER HAS SOMEONE COMING OUT, NOT THE DEALER TO INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 8, 2001AL

ROTORS HAVE WARPED 7 TIMES IN 1 YEAR AND A HALF. REPLACED 3 TIMES TURNED 3 TIMES. MANUFACTURER NOW REFUSES TO WARRANTY ROTORS FOR 7TH TIME.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Apr 6, 2001CT

BRAKES WERE STARTING TO GRAB, MORE PRESSURE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER WOULD HAVE TO ROUND THEM OFF BECAUSE OF FAULTY MATERIAL. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Mar 16, 2001TN

VIBRATION OF FRONT END OF VEHICLE AT 70 MPH. DEALER EVALUATED & DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS "TREAD SEPERATION" OF ALL 4 TIRES. TIRES REPALCED BY DEALER.*AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: 215/60/15)

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Mar 16, 2001TX

THE DEALER CHARGED THE CONSUMER FOR RECALL OOV-171. NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 15, 2001TN

CAR LIGHTS SLOWLY WENT OUT ON DRIVE HOME. ANTILOCK BRAKES WENT OUT, POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND FINALLY ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. REPLACED BATTERY-HORN WOULDN'T WORK AND LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP-RESET COMPUTER-NOW DAY RUNNING LAMPS DON'T COME ON WHEN START THE CAR ON-THEY ONLY COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. THE AIRBAG SENOR IS ALSO OUT. THIS ALL OCCURRED AT 37000 MILES.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Nov 17, 2000OH

ROTORS ARE OF POOR QUALITY AND TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE. THEY HEAT UP AND EVENTUALLY PREMATURELY WARP, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE UPON BRAKING.*AK AFTER THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT AND WERE REPLACED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING. THE ROTOR ALSO WARPED. *YH

Tires › Tread/BeltCrash
Filed Oct 23, 2000IL

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. FIRESTONE AFFINITY T2 26695GXBM10757-3, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK DOT#W2MWAAA318 SIZE P21560R15. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 11, 2000NY

PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 OLDSMOBILE, CUTLASS, TIRES SIZE P215/60R15 DOT NUMBER WIMWAA4581, TIRES HAVE ONLY 6,479 MILES ON THEM. AFTER HAVING TIRES INSPECTED, INSPECTOR NOTICE ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES TIRES ARE BAD NEED REPLACING. *AK CRACKS IN TIRE TREAD RUN AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE BOTH FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *YH

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 11, 2000IL

THE FIRESTONE AFFINITY P215/60R15 TIRES ARE WEARING IN THE CENTER AND SLAPPING ON THE ROAD SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. *MJS

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Aug 11, 2000NJ

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE WILL VIBRATED,AND FLUTEER. DEALER IS AWARE OF DEFECT, BUT THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE,AND PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. DEALER CLAIMS THEY CAN DO TEMPORARY FIXING BY CUTTING ROTORS TO REDUCE THE VIBRATION.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 10, 2000PA

FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES P215/160R15 DOT W2MWAAA488 EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AND WERE NOISY, ALL 4 TIRES WERE CUPPED FROM THE BELTS INSIDE THE TIRES, TIRES WERE PUSHING IN THE MIDDLE FACE OF TIRES, FIRESTONE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH CONSUMER. *SLC

Tires
Filed Aug 9, 2000PA

FORD NOT ONLY FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEM. ALSO, GM , OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/R15 )

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Aug 7, 2000FL

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 13, 2000GA

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKES LOCKING UP FROM THE REAR WHEELS. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS; ONCE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN/EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND ANOTHER TIME WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN A NORMAL SITUATION. ALSO, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE APPLYING BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN FOR APPRAOCHING ONCOMING STOPPING VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 24, 2000WV

DEFECTIVE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED THROUGH HALF WAY, CAUSING THE SURFACE TO WEAR UNEVENLY, WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Suspension
Filed Mar 12, 2000NC

EXTREME ROAD NOISE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 8, 2000FL

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED. DEALER IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Jan 27, 2000MA

VEHICLE WAS PARKED & THE LIGHTS REMAINED ON. TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL & LIGHTS BECAME DIMMED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC REPLACED THE LIGHT WIRING TO KEEP LIGHTS FROM STAYING ON. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jan 4, 2000IL

THE MIDDLE TREAD OF ALL FOUR FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES (P215/60R15) EXPERIENCED WEAR AT ONLY 13000 MILES , THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES. *SLC

Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint
Filed Nov 23, 1999FL

HEADRESTS ARE TOO LARGE AND NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY FROM REARVIEW MIRROR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING CAN DONE.*AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Apr 21, 1999AL

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. DRIVER EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH 4800 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Nov 16, 1998FL

CHANGING REFLECTION FROM THE TOP OF THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH OBSCURES THE SPEEDOMETER READINGS, DUE TO DESIGN.

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