Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
20
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | I OWN TWO VERY SIMILAR GM MADE VANS, A 1996 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE, AND A 1994 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV VAN. BOTH HAD SUDDE… |
| 2006-09-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | 1) VEHICLE STARTED STALLING 2) COOLANT LEAKED INTO OIL 3) HAD TO HAVE REPAIRED AT MY OWN COST $780.00 AND NOT SURE T… |
| 2004-03-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND TECHNICIAN REPLAC… |
| 2003-09-26 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TIRE NEVER DEFL… |
| 2003-08-20 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MOD… |
| 2003-06-20 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | NHTSA RECALL 02-V-286-000: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND MINI VANS HAVE LOWER PINION BEARINGS IN THE POWER RACK AND PI… |
| 2003-06-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2003-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE … |
| 2003-04-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAK DESTROYED THE ENGINE - THERE WAS NO WARNING - SUDDEN STOP ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WAS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. … |
| 2003-02-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | INTAKE GASKET FAILED ALLOWING OIL AND COOLANT TO INTERMIX AND DESTROY THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING. ENGINE HAD ONLY… |
| 2003-01-15 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | INTAKE GASKET LEAKED INTERNALY AND ALLOWED OIL AND COOLANT TO INTERMIX AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING. … |
| 2002-07-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING WATER GETS INTO THE VEHICLE CAUSING WATER BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. TS |
| 2002-04-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | LIFTERS COLLAPSED, MY MECHANIC IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE GASKETS TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. |
| 2000-02-08 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 0 | 6 WAY POWER SEAT, DRIVERS, IN THE DRIVEWAY, AS I LEANED BACK IN MY SEAT TO BETTER POSITION MYSELF. THE BACK OF THE SEA… |
| 1999-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ALTHOUGH I ONLY REPORTED SIX PROBLEMS THERE ARE MORE JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THE FORM. THE WINDSHIEL CRACKED WHILE BEI… |
| 1999-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE | No | 0 | DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT OPEN THE VEHICLE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS COULD CAUSE A POTENTIAL DANGER FOR T… |
| 1997-07-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT GO DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER IS OFF, AND THIS CREATES A BL… |
| 1996-07-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILED. QCAW |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH FLOOR CARPET. |
| — | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE IN REVERSE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF. THEN, RESTARTED … |