Safety Score
93
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
37
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1988 Oldsmobile 88.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND IF TEST REGISTERS A HALF OF TANK OF GASOLINE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND SHUTDOWN. DEALERS… |
| 2001-04-30 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT OUT OF RETRACTOR MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE, CONSUME… |
| 1999-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE CRADLE FALLING TO THE GROUND DUE TO RUSTED OUT BOLTS. YH |
| 1998-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION MODULE AND CRANK SENSOR FAILED CAUSING STALLING. |
| 1998-02-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | HAD PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC. PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR & NOTHING HAPPENED. SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO … |
| 1997-05-07 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 4 | STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING ACCIDENT AND ROLL OVER. |
| 1997-01-08 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN: HAD SILENT RECALL IN 1993 ON STEERING COLUMN. HAD NEW STEERING COLUMN PUT IN. WHEN DRIVING ONE CAN FE… |
| 1996-09-16 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | TIRES SLOWLY LEAKING, WHEELS MADE OF ALUMINUM STEEL WITH ALUMINUM CAPS, NOTICED THAT CAPS WERE STRIPPED AND/OR MISSING… |
| 1996-07-26 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | FAILURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN CRACKS/SPLITS IS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK |
| 1996-04-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 1 | TRANSIMISSION: CONSUMER WAS PLACING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARK POSITION AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING TH… |
| 1996-04-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER, RAINY WEATHER LIFTED HOOD AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. |
| 1995-12-10 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN CAN NOT TURN STEERING WHEEL IN BAD WEATHER. TT |
| 1995-10-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WHEN CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. TT |
| 1995-10-01 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | COLD POWER STEERING. *AK |
| 1995-09-27 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL SMOKE UNDER THE DASH, ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE TURN SIGNAL. TT |
| 1995-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SKD |
| 1995-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1995-04-12 | TIRES | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE SPLIT. TT |
| 1995-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT LAP/SHOULDER WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. TT |
| 1994-11-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | RETRACTORS IN FRONT TWO SEATS FALL TO RETRACT AFTER BEING BUCKLED. TT |
| 1994-01-01 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | STEEL BELT INSIDE THE TIRE BROKE, REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, RESULTING IN POOR PERFORMANCE. TT |
| 1993-03-09 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | ERRATIC OPERATION OF POWER STEERING. MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. TT |
| 1992-05-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING SEALS LEAK. *DSH |
| 1987-03-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM | No | 0 | PIN THAT HOLDS BRAKE SHOE TO PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY C CLIP COMES OFF PIN AND PIN FALLS OUT. DESTROYING BRAKE SHOES AND … |
| — | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | UPON IMPACT, DURING REAR END COLLISION STANDING STILL AT INTERSECTION, DRIVERS SEATBACK REST COLLAPSED REARWARD AND LAI… |
| — | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY. TT |
| — | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT ONLY IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS THE POWER STEERING WILL NOT TURN TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. THE STEERIN… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. |
| — | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | FRONT SEATBELT BUCKLED UP AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO UNDO. OWNER HAS TO PLAY WITH THE BUCKLE FOR AWHILE TO GET THEM LOOSE.… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WITH THE LAST OCCURRANCE RESULTING IN A CRASH THAT TOTALED VEHICLE. |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. MJS |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK FAILED. |
| — | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | RACK & PINION STEERING WOULD LOCK UP IF VEHICLE SATTOO LONG. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD OR HOT. ALSO,… |
| — | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | No | 0 | HEAD REST DESIGN DOES NOT PROPERLY PROTECT FROM INJURY, DOES NOT SUPPORT HEAD. MJS |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE PAINT ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR TURNED A CHALKY WHITE COLOR AND APPEARED THAT THE CLEAR COAT FAILED COMPLETELY OVE… |
| — | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | THE STEERING IS TIGHT AND HARD TO TURN. |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | UPON STARTING, PLACE GEAR INTO DRIVE POSITION, SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED THEN SHOT OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING ANOTHER V… |