Safety Score
98
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
11
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Oldsmobile 98.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | DT: CONSUMER PURCHASED A. HEATER SWITCH. CONSUMER INSTALLED THE SWITCH HIMSELF. THERE WERE NO INSTRUCTIONS/WARNING OR … |
| 1998-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | THE HORN SOUNDS INTERMITTANTLY BECAUSE THE RACKETS THAT THE HORN PAD CONNECTS TO ARE BROKEN. |
| 1997-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN SWITCH FAILED CPMPLETELY WHICH LEAVES HORN ACTIVATED CONTINUOUSLY. HORN HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED. *AK |
| 1996-07-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY, SHORTING OUT FUEL PUMP, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN APPLYING BR… |
| 1996-06-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK |
| 1996-02-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | BACKING OUT OF GARAGE, CAR ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, WENT INTO NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. *AK |
| 1996-02-14 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE AWAY FROM THE WELD AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. IF VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN COULD CAUS… |
| 1995-11-17 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | Yes | 1 | DRIVER SHOULDER LAP BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL, DURING TOTALLED HEAD ON COLLISION. T… |
| 1994-12-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHEN CAR IS WARM AND AT STOP LIGHT CAR MAKE NOISE. TT |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. DEALER SUGGESTED GOING TO A JUNK YARD TO REPLACE HORN. *AK |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE OCTOBER '99 ISSUE OF CONSUMER'S REPORT STATES THAT BULLETIN 331708 COVERS A HIDDEN WARRANTY ON 1988-1992 OLDSMOBILE… |