Recalls (0)

No recalls found for the 1998 Oldsmobile 98.

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date	Component	Crash	Injuries	Summary
2006-03-16	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	BOUGHT MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE REGENCY IN JULY OF 2005 WITH 78000 MILES ON IT. MARCH OF 2006 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD C…
2006-03-13	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	No	0	MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE REGENCY WAS LOSING COOLANT. I COULD NOT SEE A VISIBLE LEAK. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME…
2005-08-16	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	Yes	1	DT: 1996 OLDSMOBILE 98 ELITE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HIT A DEER, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DE…
2004-11-01	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE	No	0	COOLANT LEAKED OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. HAD TO REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKETS. *BF E-MAILED CONSUMER RESPONSE …
2004-08-10	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	No	0	I OWN A 1998 OLDS REGENCY WITH 62000 MILES ON IT. THIS CAR HAS THE STANDARD 3.8 LITER V-6 WHICH HAS BEEN IN PRODUCTION…
2004-08-05	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	INTAKE MANIFOLD, MADE OF PLASTIC, RUPTURED DUMPING COOLANT INTO CYLINDERS. RESULTED IN INSTANTANEOUS STOPPAGE OF ENGIN…
2003-09-01	VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER	No	0	OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY. *PH THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIXE THE …
2003-04-01	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	No	0	THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, DUE TO A FAILED TRANSMISSION. *JB
2003-02-01	STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR	No	0	PASSENGER DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL OPEN AND CLOSE INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWAR…
2002-10-20	AIR BAGS	No	0	CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVE…
2002-07-19	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM	No	0	WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE TAI…
2002-06-27	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM	No	0	INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CRACKING AND LEAKING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
2002-01-01	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	No	0	CONSUMER STATED THE SHIFTER SHAFT WOULD SLIDE TO 2ND GEAR AND NOT CLICK TO 1ST,THE DEALER FOUND A LOOSE NUT AND TIGHTE…
2001-03-02	SEATS	No	1	CONSUMERS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE SHE WAS DRIVING WAS REAR ENDED AND THE SEAT BROKE, CAU…
2000-10-02	TIRES:TREAD/BELT	No	0	LEFT FRONT TIRE BELTS SEPARATED AND THE OTHER THREE WERE CAPPED CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE WHILE DRIVING (ORIGINAL GOODYEA…
2000-05-17	SUSPENSION:FRONT	No	0	TIRES WORE OUT EVERY 22,000 MILES. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHI…
1999-12-28	STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP	No	0	VEHICLE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES FROM 1,…
1998-09-01	SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE	No	0	REAR SEAT BELT FAILED. *YC
1998-04-29	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	No	0	INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE IT SPINS LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL. THE DEALER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEH…
—	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE	No	0	THE VEHICLE INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. *NLM
—	TIRES	No	0	TIRE BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. YH
—	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	No	0	CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR
—	TIRES	No	0	CONSUMER STATED THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM WOULD SHIMMY, DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES AT 6000 MILES, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORM…
—	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID	No	0	VEHICLE DOES NOT DOWN SHIFT PROPERLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE PRESSURE CONTROL SO…
—	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH	No	0	COMPUTER FAILURE.
—	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	No	0	WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT COLLISION OCCURRING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK.ET.
—	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	No	0	CONSUMER IS TOO SHORT AND CAN'T REACH PEDALS.