Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
47
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-07-03 | 00V171000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 268,146 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT HOT. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC BEFORE THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS. T… |
| 2004-04-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR A REGULAR MAINTENANCE TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAK… |
| 2004-03-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE NOISE BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY NOTICED THAT TH… |
| 2004-03-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CAR PROBLEMS WITH 1996 CUTLASS KEEPS STALLING I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED INTAKE GASKET PUT NEW BATTERY IN AN HAD OTHER R… |
| 2003-10-15 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT IT LOCKED UP AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.… |
| 2003-09-20 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | STEERING IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN DURING LOW SPEED LEFT HAND TURNS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. |
| 2003-09-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY | No | 0 | VEHICLE DID NOT GIVE ANY WARNING THAT THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON INTERSTATE 95 I… |
| 2003-09-02 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | No | 0 | WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER HAD MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED VEHICLE… |
| 2003-02-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WE GOT A LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON OUR DASHBOARD, AND FOUND THE COOLANT RESEVOIR TO BE COMPLETELY EMPTY. THIS WAS LESS THAN… |
| 2003-02-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | THE ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE IN HALF, WHICH CAUSED THE GEARS TO STICK. *JB |
| 2002-09-09 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A PUFF OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE RESTART ON IT OWN… |
| 2002-08-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 TO 40 MPH, CONSUMER'S WIFE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS I… |
| 2002-07-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE LIGHT WILL STAY ON. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2001-08-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY TIME/ ANY SPEED. MECHANIC REPLACED WIRING HARNESS, WIRES WERE MELTED. VEHICLE HAS NOT STALLED SI… |
| 2001-07-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN CONSUMER TURNED IGNITION ON. SHE RECEIVED NECK AND BACK INJURIES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. DEALERS… |
| 2001-02-23 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00V-171) REGARDING THE AIR BAG, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE D… |
| 2000-11-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHEN MAKING TURNS AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A SLIGHT BUMP THE HEATER FAN WILL TURN ON BY ITSELF OR IF LISTENING… |
| 2000-10-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 1 | BATTERY FAILED AND WAS REMOVED BY OWNER AND PLACED IN BACK OF OWNERS SUBURBAN TO TRANSPORT FOR EXCHANGE FOR NEW BATTERY… |
| 2000-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER OWNS A 1991, 1994, AND 1996 CUTLASS SUPREME, ALL OF WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS, BRA… |
| 2000-07-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN RECALL REPAIR (00V-171), THE RECALL NOTIFICATION STATES THE REPAIR WILL TAKE UP TO SIX M… |
| 2000-06-14 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 0 | UPON IMPACT, IN A REAR COLLOSION, DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR SEAT, RESULTING IN INJURIES.*AK |
| 2000-05-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | BALL JOINT BROKE, VEHICLE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. *SLC |
| 2000-02-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE FIXED, DOOR MECHANISM HAD TO BE REPLACED, WINDSHI… |
| 1999-11-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | BATTERY SMOKING - POSITIVE TERMINAL BURNED OFF BATTERY - BREATHED SMOKE |
| 1999-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKING FAILURE. DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND THE LOW TRAC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKES FAILED … |
| 1999-02-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | VEHICLE SKIDDED UNDER HARD BRAKING (TO AVOID COLLISION); ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE UNTIL AFTER 2 SECONDS OF SKIDDING. ABS AL… |
| 1999-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAKING FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD. SERVICE TECH. REPLACED GASKET. |
| 1998-12-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER BECAUSE IT WAS CLOGGED, HOWEVER, WE THEN HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AS … |
| 1998-10-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | Yes | 0 | THIS HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO BUT I RECENTLY READ OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT YOU HAVE UNDERTAKED AND DECIDED THAT THIS MAY … |
| 1998-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED. DRY ROADSURFACE; APPLIED TO BRAKES WITH LOTS OF DISTANCE TO STOP; BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK. |
| 1998-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION MECHANIC FOUND REAR BRAKE PADS ARE NOT TOUCHING THE DRUM, CONSUMER WONDERS IF ABS EVER WORK… |
| 1996-12-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | SPRING LOADED MECHANISM THAT KEEPS PASSENGER'S DOOR OPEN BROKE OFF. *AK |
| 1996-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. |
| 1996-01-31 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | No | 0 | EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR VIBRATES. |
| 1901-01-01 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER IS DISABLED WHICH PRECLUDES HER FROM DRIVING 30-40 MILES TO THE NEAREST OLDSMOBILE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHI… |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER RECALL WAS DONE THE AIRBAG SENOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE T… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD SQUEAK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS AND THE ROTORS.*AK |
| — | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I RECIEVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM OLDSMOBILE STATING THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG COULD POSSIBLY DEPLY FOR NO REASO… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | MANUFACTURE'S RECALL CAN NOT BE COMPLETED ON THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *ET |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL (00V-171), THE REPAIR CAN NOT BE OBTAINED AT THIS TIME WITH THE RISK OF THE AIR B… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE JERKS, AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD C… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | AIR BAGS ARE UNDER RECALL 00V-171, CONSUMER WANTS THEM DEACTIVATED BECAUSE GM IN NOT PREPARED TO FIX PROBLEM FOR SIX MO… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V171, HOWEVER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THE REPAIRS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR A LENGTHY AMOUNT … |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER WHERE A FAULTY MODULE WAS REPLACED POSSIBLY RELATING TO THE RADIATOR HOUSING. CO… |
| — | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY GENERAL MOTORS BY MAIL WITH REGARD TO A PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE WHICH AFFECTS THE DRIVER'S SIDE … |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | NHTSA# 00V171000 & MFR'S# 00058/INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: CONSUMER STATES DEALER (TERRY CAPITAL OLDSMOBILE CADILL… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL BECOMES SPONGY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN… |