1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Safety Score
69
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1992-05-11 92V066000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 33 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2006-02-02 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR WILL SHOW NEUTRAL BUT THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE IN REVERSE.…
2005-06-08 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 DT: PROBLEM BEGAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM WAS NOTICED WHILE IN MOTI…
2005-03-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME 1992 COMPUTER IN DASH MALFUNCTION. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE HOW FAST SHE WAS TRA…
2004-07-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE No 0 MY CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING OR PRIOR OCCURANCE. WOULD NOT RE-START. AFTER 6-8 DANGEROUS MINUTES STOPPED I…
2004-03-05 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE PER YEAR. CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWO OR THREE TIMES. VEHICLE WILL NO…
2004-01-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY No 0 STARTER AND ALTERNATOR GOING BAD AND JUST REPLACED BATTERY IM TRYING TO FIND IF STARTERS OR ALTERNATORS HAVE BEEN RECAL…
2003-03-15 WHEELS No 0 THE CONTROL PANEL FLASHES ON AND OFF AND THE BRIGHTNESS CHANGES WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THE DIMMER CONTROL HAS NO AFFE…
2002-09-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE 65MPH AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF. TS
2002-08-23 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 ON LEVEL GROUND, FROM COLD START, COLUMN MOUNTED SHIFT LEVER EXHIBITED RESISTANCE FROM <PARK> TO <REVERSE>. WHEN IN RE…
2002-08-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
2002-06-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 SMOKE POURS OUT STEERING COLUMN EACH TIME VEHICLE IS STARTED UP. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AFTER IGNITION SWITCH WAS RE…
2002-06-05 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 SMOKE WAS POURING FROM VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS STARTED UP, MELTING THE WIRES. SWITCHS IN STEERING COLUMN WERE REPLACED 2…
2001-09-11 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY, HAD TO APPLY BRAKES HARD TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP, AND MADE A POPPING SOUND WHEN THIS OCCUR.…
2001-09-11 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM No 0 REAR BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE;. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK
2001-09-11 SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY No 0 REAR LEAF SPRING MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHILE TRAVELING DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATIO…
2001-09-11 STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY No 0 TIE ROD END IS POPPING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK
2001-09-11 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT No 0 BOTH FRONTAL UPPER BALL JOINTS AR MOLDING OUT, AND CAUSING WHEELS TO RUB WHILE DRIVING;. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE T…
2001-08-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 THERE IS A RECALL FOR 91 OLDS, MODELS FOR THIS COMPONET, MINE IS A 92 AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED …
2001-07-21 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 WE WERE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY ON SATURDAY, JULY 21ST. WHEN I BRAKED TO SHIFT TO DRIVE THE CAR MADE A THUNK AND J…
2001-07-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR No 0 NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
2001-04-15 STRUCTURE No 0 ENGINE CRADLE FRAME IS CRACKED WHERE IT BOLTS TO BODY, ON PASSENGER'S SIDE.*AK
2000-08-28 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 DEALER REPLACED CONSUMER CALIPERS WHICH HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM, AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED BOTH STARTED TO BURN WHILE DR…
2000-06-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 RETRACTOR ON PASSENGER FRONT RIGHT HAS FAILED TO OPPERATE AND HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE. *AK
2000-04-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 1 ABS PREVENTS EMERGENCY STOPS; STOPS ARE CONTROLLED BUT REQUIRE EXCESSIVE DISTANCE; LIKE STEPPING ON A WALL FOR RESPONSE…
1999-12-27 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 CRUISE CONTROLE STICKS/ VEHICLE IDLES, AND WILL NOT STOP UNLESS CONSUMER SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL. *AK
1999-12-20 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) No 0 SHIFT INDICATOR NEVER FELECTED CORRECT SHIFT, NEUTRAL SHOWED REVERSE, D1 WAS IN OVERDRIVE AND VARIOUS OTHER COMBINATION…
1999-10-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 VEHICLE WAS NOT IN A CRASH, IGNITION MODULE AND DISTRIBUTOR WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSE UNKNOWN
1999-10-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 CONSUMER TOOK VEHIICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A CHECK UP. CALIPERS WERE BINDING. THEY REPLACED THE SLEEVES ON THE REA…
1999-08-15 AIR BAGS No 0 INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE HAD NO AIRBAGS WHILE REPAIRING HARNESS WIRING, LEADING INTO STEE…
1999-07-30 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CUT OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AFTER VEHICLE SAT FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES, IT R…
1999-05-10 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE Yes 1 WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN VEHICLE STALLED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A COL…
1999-05-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 WHILE DRIVING, OPERATOR NOTED ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH FLASHED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND WENT OUT. OPERATOR IMMEDIAT…
1999-01-30 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.
1998-08-14 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS No 0 WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL CYLINDER OVERHEATS, CAUSING WHEEL TO SMOKE. *AK
1998-06-06 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH No 0 BRAKE SWITCH CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE.
1998-04-12 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER No 0 WHEN DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT MOVES BACKWARD AND FORWARD,CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER CAN HEAR…
1998-03-03 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS.
1998-02-05 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH No 0 TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN.
1998-02-05 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH No 0 TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SHORTED CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR TO FILL THE PAS…
1997-09-20 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE LOWER LAP BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS WAS REPLACED IN OCT OF 97. TH…
1997-07-11 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR BRAKE W…
1997-05-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH No 0 SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC.
1997-03-20 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO ABOT 18 MPH VEHICLE WILL BEGAN JERKING THEN SHUTS OFF. WHEN DRIVING ON INCLINE VEHICLE DOES THE SA…
1997-02-22 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST No 0 WHILE PARKED, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING UNDER THE DRIVER'S POWER SEAT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. …
1997-02-17 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
1997-02-10 SEAT BELTS No 0 BOTH PASSIVE AND DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN THEY BELTS ARE IN USE. IF CONSUMER WOULD EVER GET INTO AN ACCI…
1997-01-25 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 6 TIMES.
1996-12-23 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE FUR…
1996-12-02 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 REAR BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO CORROSION; ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS/
1996-11-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE CALIPERS WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER SAID TH…