1996 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › tail lights. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension	1		0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly	1		0	0	0
Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly

Filed Jul 4, 1999MD

WHEN ENTERING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH A CLOVERLEAF INTERCHANGE THE ENGINE STALLS BECAUSE THE FUEL IN THE GAS TANK SURGES TO ONE SIDE. GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN THE GAS GAUGE INDICATES ONE QUARTER TANK OF FUEL OR LESS. ALSO, LONG SWEEPING TURNS TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. THE ENGINE STALLS JUST WHEN I AM TRYING TO MERGE WITH OTHER VEHICLES. THIS IS HAZARDOUS BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. ADDITIONAL BAFFLES SHOULD BE IN THE GAS TANK AND/OR THE FUEL PUMP PICKUP SHOULD BE MODIFIED. *AK

Suspension

Filed Jul 23, 1998FL

EXTREME VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, REPAIRS TO WHEEL AND TIRES HOWEVER CONTINUES TO VIBRATE.

Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights

Filed Oct 26, 1997NY

WATER LEAKS INTO LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT AS A RESULT, BULB BLOWS/WATER SEAPS INTO TRUNK.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2003	3	Routine
2002	2	Routine
2001	7	Routine
2000	4	Routine
1999	4	Routine
1998	8	Routine
1997	1	Routine
1996 — this page	3	Routine
1995	12	Routine
1994	4	Routine
1993	4	Routine
1992	3	Routine
1991	1	Routine
1990	2	Routine

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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.