1993 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › wiring › fuses and circuit breakers. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seats1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Dec 12, 200671,345 milesMI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE PIPES CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK.

Seats
Filed Jul 29, 1998IL

FRONT SEATS DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SEATING TO LOCK INTO PLACE RESULTING IN POOR STABILITY.

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module
Filed Jun 2, 1997SC

THE DYNAMIC ELECTRONICS "ELECTRO LOCK" WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT START AT TIMES. THIS ITEM WAS LATER RECALLED.

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Feb 15, 1995TX

FUSE THAT CONTROL TAIL LIGHT AND FLASHERS LIGHT BLOW OUT, REPLACE 4 TIMES. TT

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20033000Routine
20022000Routine
20017000Routine
20004000Routine
19994000Routine
19988000Routine
19971000Routine
19963000Routine
199512000Routine
19944000Routine
1993 — this page4000Routine
19923000Routine
19911000Routine
19902000Routine

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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.