Safety Score
76
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HI, I FILED MY COMPLAINT WITH YOU ON THE PHONE IN JANUARY. ANYWAY, I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, MY S… |
| 2014-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CADILLAC & 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CIERA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BOTH VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUES. *SMD… |
| 2014-01-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WENT TO TURN THE CORNER AT A GREEN LIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN I ALMOST … |
| 2013-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | COULD NOT TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF. NEEDED TO DISCONNECT THE CABLE TO THE POWER COIL TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER SEVE… |
| 2010-08-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEE… |
| 2010-07-12 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH SHE HEARD A RUBBING AND SQUEAKING… |
| 2009-09-23 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME, THE REAR STRUT MOUNT BRACKETS ARE BAD, EVERYONE WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE HAD THEM BREAK … |
| 2007-08-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | I WAS ACCELERATING TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY (GOING ABOUT 60-63 MPH) IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (55-58 MPH) AND … |
| 2006-04-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH IN DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL W… |
| 2006-01-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 1 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE SMELL OF SMOKE COULD BE DETECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE SID… |
| 2005-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | LTR FM CONSUMER (FL) RE DEFECTIVE 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. *TS SIX MONTHS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE CONSUMER NOT… |
| 2005-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | LTR FM (FL) RE DEFECTIVE 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. *TS THE ENGINE OVERHEATED, THE BATTERY HAD A LOW CHARGE AND THE VEHI… |
| 2005-10-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILED. MY WIFE NEARLY HIT A TREE. *JB |
| 2005-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE ABS CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON, WHICH THE OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. CONSUMER … |
| 2005-02-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ACROSS TOWN WHEN I NOTICED MY ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. I WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY MECHANIC, SO I … |
| 2005-02-02 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | THE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING LEFT TURNS. WHEN TURNING LEFT THE STEERING GETS HARD AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO S… |
| 2004-12-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING THE CAR NOTICED IT WAS NOT WARMING UP CHECKED ANTI FREEZE AND NOTICED IT WAS LOW IN RADIATOR AND IN OVERFLO… |
| 2004-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER STOPPING FOR A FEW MINUTES VEHICLE STARTED UP AGAIN. DEALER HAD T… |
| 2004-06-23 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE SIERRA SL (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANE… |
| 2004-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED AND THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE THE … |
| 2003-11-15 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT IT LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. … |
| 2003-09-30 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. *NLM THE CONSU… |
| 2003-08-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE CUTS OFF ON HER AT WILL. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO 2 MECHANICS, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT TH… |
| 2003-07-31 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | FRONTAL AIRBAG RECALL-NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE/INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURE.FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL FROM SEARCHI… |
| 2003-07-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD… |
| 2003-04-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ABS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE… |
| 2003-01-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE AIR BAGS, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*JB |
| 2002-09-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, A FIRE HAS STARTED FROM UNDER THE DASH. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED T… |
| 2002-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS WHEN DRIVING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ROLL DOWN THE PO… |
| 2002-07-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE… |
| 2002-07-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT AND HOLD CONSUMER… |
| 2002-04-10 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | SEAT FAILED TO REMAIN UPRIGHT, BEDING BACKWARDS DURING REAR END COLLISION, THUS NOT PROTECTING BACK AND NECK FROM INJUR… |
| 2002-03-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE BROUGHT INTO DEALER TO PERFORM RECALL CAMPAIGN 99021 SPARK PLUG WIRE FAILURE. HOWEVER, RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT… |
| 2001-12-31 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN TURN SWITCH FAILURE CAUSED REAR BRAKE LIGHTS TO GO OUT COMPLETELY - TOTAL DARK - THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS… |
| 2001-12-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WAS INVOLVED ON A FRONT COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG EXPLODED ON HER FACE CAUSING PHISICAL DAMAGE TO … |
| 2001-10-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | REAR CALIPERS ARE FROZEN AND DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, REAR BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS REAR CA… |
| 2001-10-01 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM REAR BY A CAR TRAVELING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED AND CAME OFF THE TRACK.… |
| 2001-10-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, CONSUMERS DRIVER'S SIDE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT BECAME UNATT… |
| 2001-06-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | GMC WOULD NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM; CLAIMED THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK |
| 2001-05-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | THERE IS A VERY INTENSE GRINDING NOISE WHEN USING BRAKES AND, SOMETIMES BRAKES STICK.*AK |
| 2001-04-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55 MPH.TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE IN THE MIDST OF TRAFFIC AT 55 MPH WITHOUT ANY… |
| 2000-12-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE *AK |
| 2000-11-09 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 57MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES… |
| 2000-07-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE FOR RECALL 00V171000, AND HAS BEEN INFORMED FOR ELEVEN (11) MONTHS THAT PART WAS UNAVAILABLE.… |
| 2000-06-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | PRIOR TO RECALL 00V171000 THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG MODULE REPLACEMENT PART REQUIRED 2 TRIPS TO THE DEALER. ONE TO ORDER THE… |
| 2000-05-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHCILE SHUTTERS WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE SAID IT WAS A TRANS… |
| 2000-04-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOWN. SIX HOURS LATER, VEHICLE'S DOOR WAS ON FIRE BEHIND THE PANEL. DR… |
| 2000-04-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-02-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON; DIAGNOSTIC RAN - REPORTED BAD AIR PUMP WHICH WAS REPLACED. WITHIN DAYS LIGHT CAME BACK ON. DIAGN… |
| 2000-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR AT CONGRESSIONAL OLDSMOBILE, THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AFTER 2 VISITS IN THE MO… |