2002 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Truck

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
000
Power Train › Transfer Case (4-wheel Drive)1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Transfer Case (4-wheel Drive)
Filed Mar 7, 200579,150 milesFL

ON A CLEAR DRY DAY IN MIDAFTERNOON THE AWD SYSTEM ENGAGED AND WON'T DISENGAGE. THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE SAFELY IN THIS CONDITION. GENERAL MOTORS HAS ISSUED A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT BUT NO RECALL AS YET. THE VEHICLE IS AT A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. I UNDERSTAND THE COST COULD EXCEED $2000.*AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed May 30, 2001NY

WHEN APPLYING SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP, AND PASSENGER CANNOT GET OUT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page2000Routine
19992010Routine
19982000Routine
19962000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.