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1991 Oldsmobile 98

Safety ratings

1991 Oldsmobile 98 4-DR.

Not ratedOverall
Not ratedFrontal crash
Not ratedSide crash
Not ratedSide pole
Not ratedRollover
Frontal, driver: 5★Rollover risk: 0.0%
  • Lane departure warningNo
  • Forward collision warningNo
  • Electronic stability controlNo

Crash test videos & photos

No public crash-test footage is available for this vehicle.

Recalls (2)

  • PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICALCampaign 91V167000 · 23/09/1991

    WHEN APPLIED, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY RELEASE ONE OR MORE TEETH, REDUCING THE CABLE LOAD TO THE REAR BRAKES.

    Risk: DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE LEVER RELEASE AND ROADLEVEL. THE PARKING BRAKE MAY NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE, ALLOWING IT TO ROLL, WHICHCOULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

    Fix: REPLACE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY.

  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONCampaign 91V198000 · 14/11/1991

    THE CONSOLE MOUNTED SHIFT LEVER MAY DISENGAGE FROM THE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE BRACKET CAUSING LOSS OF GEAR INDICATOR REFERENCE AND SHIFT SELECTOR OPERATION.

    Risk: THE DRIVER CAN PLACE THE GEAR SHIFTER IN THE PARKPOSITION WITHOUT SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE AND THE TRANSAXLE MAY NOT ACTUALLY BEIN PARK, RESULTING IN UNEXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENT IF THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED ON AGRADE. ALSO, THE DRIVER CAN PLACE THE GEAR SELECTOR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WITHOUTTURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND THE TRANSAXLE MAY NOT BE IN THE POSITION INDICATED,CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. BOTH CONDITIONS CANRESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

    Fix: INSTALL TWO TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIPS.

Owner complaints

50
Complaints
6
Crashes reported
2
Fires reported
3
Injuries
0
Deaths

Most-reported areas

  • SERVICE BRAKES21
  • HYDRAULIC19
  • AIR BAGS7
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING4
  • AIR2
  • VISIBILITY2
  • POWER TRAIN2
Read individual complaints (50 most recent)

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

  • 12/30/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

    SEVERAL ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURES.

  • 12/13/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,PARKING BRAKE

    PANIC STOP TO AVOID HITTING CAR IN FRONT THAT STOPPED SHORT TO AVOID DOG IN ROAD. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VERY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, STEERED AROUND CAR AHEAD AVOIDING ACCIDENT. BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT RETURNTO NORMAL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF PUMPING AND TEST STOPS, PROCEEDED WITH JOURNEY NORMALLY. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER NEXT DAY. PARKING BRAKE CABLE REPLACED BUT NO FAULT FOUND IN BRAKING SYSTEM. NOTE ABS OUT OF SERVICE FOR 8 MONTHS BUT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN ABS WAS NOT DISABLED IN LAST 2 YEARS, I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. *AK

  • 12/05/2003· CHILD SEAT

    THE BUCKLE ON THE HARNESS WILL NOT FIT INTO THE LATCH BETWEEN THE CHILD'S LEGS. CONSUMER HAS TO HOLD THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE BUCKLE TOGETHER WITH BOTH HANDS IN ORDER TO GET THE SYSTEM TO WORK. *AK

  • 11/21/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.

  • 11/21/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, SOMETIMES PEDAL FADES, REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER, FAILURE STILL OCCUR.

  • 11/16/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    THIS IS TOTAL BREAK FAILURE.PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THREE PUMPS & BRAKES WORKED FINE. HAD SYS.PURGED & MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED BY OLDS DEALER. THIS SAME INCINDENCE OF TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES NOW. FIRST TIME WAS IN 1994, LAST TIME HAPPENED TODAY.11/16/1999 ALSO HAD REPLACED 2ND MASTER CYINDER. ONE & ONE HALF YRS. AGO. *AK

  • 11/08/1996· STEERING

    POWER STEERING LINE REPLACED DUE TO LEAK.

  • 11/06/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

  • 10/25/2002· AIR BAGS

    CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHED AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. TS

  • 10/14/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    ALTERNATOR FAILED.

  • 10/14/1994· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    HORN BUTTONS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DUE TO SIZE/COLOR. *AW

  • 10/06/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    WHEN DRIVING SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTICED WIRES WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN WERE MELTED. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

  • 10/05/1998· SEAT BELTS

    SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.

  • 09/28/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    VEHICLE EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO WIRING HARNESS AND OTHER PARTS, REPAIRS WERE DONE BY INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK A BROKEN BULB SHORTED OUT AND BURNED THE SURROUNDING PLASTIC. THE BURNING REACHED THE STEERING COLUMN TRAVELING THE WIRES AND DAMAGED SWITCH ASSEMBLY, WIRING HARNESS, HORN ASSEMBLY AND MORE. *YH

  • 09/19/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    ALTERNATOR FAILED. *SD

  • 09/19/1994· VISIBILITY

    FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED 3 TIMES DUE TO STRESS, ALSO REAR WINDOW SEPARATED FROM FRAME. *AK

  • 09/11/1998· POWER TRAIN

    TRANSMISSION CAUSES VEHICLE TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHEN CONSUMER SHIFTS INTO REVERSE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

  • 08/30/1995· VISIBILITY

    ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN VEHICLE, WILL NOT FUNCTION, POWER WINDOWS OR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN, DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL OPEN. TT

  • 08/09/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

    NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. *SD

  • 08/02/2002· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

    THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY FLASHER ACTIVATION SWITCH. THE CENTER ACTIVATION PORTION CANNOT BE DEPRESSED TO ENERGIZE THE FLASHER. IT IS MOUNTED INTERNALLY AND THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN MUST BE DISASSEMBLED. TO REPAIR OR REPLACE. *JG THE ARROWS FOR TURN SIGNALS WAS NOT VISIBLE. *YH

  • 08/01/1997· STRUCTURE

    BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARDS ARE CRACKED AROUND THE BOLTS OF THE SEATS. *AK

  • 07/22/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    LEFT/RIGHT REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS REPLACED DUE TO LEAK. *SKD

  • 07/17/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    LOSS OF BRAKES THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. TT

  • 07/10/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ON THREE OCCASIONS THE BRAKES FAILED.*AK CONSUMER STATES FIRST OCCURENCE WAS ONLY A PARTIAL FAILURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT GO CLEAR TO THE FLOOR AND THEY RECOVERED SHORTLY, SECONFD FAILURE OCCURED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE BRKAE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, THE LAST OCCURENCE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 70 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW FOR AN EXIT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM.*JB

  • 07/09/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

    VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT FOR NO REASON .POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FIRE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

  • 07/08/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DH

  • 07/05/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    WHEN DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE VIBRATED. CONTACTED LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED MASTER CYLINDERS/ROTORS, AND ABS BRAKES.*AK

  • 06/30/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

  • 06/26/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

    REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

  • 06/07/1999· EQUIPMENT

    WHILE USING THE JACK (PART # 14063553) IT DROPPED DUE TO THE METAL OF WHICH JACK IS MADE OFF NEEDS TO BE "HEAT TREATED" IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE JACK. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

  • 05/21/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    ANTIFREEZE IS LEAKING ONTO PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE ON FLOOR. THERE IS ABOUT A HALF INCH OF ANTIFREEZE ON FLOOR. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

  • 05/02/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

  • 04/19/2001· AIR BAGS

    CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CONTROL HIS VEHICLE. *AK

  • 04/17/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

    ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASH PANEL, WHEN IT ILLUMINATES ABS SYSTEM WILL GO INTO EFFECT WHEN DRIVING. DELAER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. DEALER SAID THAT THE ABS SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THE OWNER DIDN'T COMPLY BECAUSE OF THE COST. VEHICLE LATER TAKEN TO A SPECIALIST, SAID THAT THE WHEEL SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, NOT THE ABS SYSTEM. OWNER WANTS MANUFACTURER TO PAY FOR REPAIR EXPENSES. *AK *ML

  • 04/03/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

    CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH IN SLOW TRAFFIC, PRESSED ON BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER REAREDNDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER INDICATED THIS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

  • 03/31/1997· EQUIPMENT

    AIR CONDITIONER FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

  • 03/25/2005· AIR BAGS

    I SMELLED WHAT SEEMED TO BE BURNING WIRE COMING FROM INSIDE MY VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE.*AK

  • 03/12/2001· SEATSCrash

    CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH, AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BROKE ON RIGHT SIDE OF SEAT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *AK

  • 03/11/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    WHEN DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT THE VEHICLE OPERATES AS IF IT IS ON ICE DUE TO THE REAR SENSORS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE SENSORS ON TWO OCCASIONS. *AK

  • 03/08/1999· AIR BAGS

    WHILE DRIVING AIR BAGS DEPLOYED-NO INJURIES INCURRED. *AK

  • 02/26/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    3.8 ENGINE--SHUTTER ALSO AT THE 70 MI.PER HR. SPEED. *AK

  • 02/24/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

    WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT ABOUT 2-3MPH, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SOLENOID SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON JUST BEFORE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THE OCCUPANT TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

  • 02/24/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ABS BRAKES WOULD GO TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKE DASH LIGHT COMES ON

  • 02/18/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

    WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE DASH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND DRIVER HAD TO JUMP OUT TO BORROW A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT FLAMES OUT. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM *AK *ML

  • 02/12/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    CONSUMER HAD NOTICED A STRONG VIBRATION COMING FROM ENGINE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED ENGINE VALVE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT DID NOT HELP AND THE PROBLEM STILL THERE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

  • 02/11/1999· AIR BAGS

    FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSING MINIMAL INJURIES TO CONSUMER.

  • 02/09/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS HARD WITH EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHR INFORMATON. *AK

  • 01/18/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

    THE CAR HAS ABS BRAKES. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOES NOT STOP. IT HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

  • 01/12/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    ABS SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER IT WOULD COST $75.00 TO INSPECT, AND ESTIMATED $1000.00 FOR REPAIRS. *AK

  • 01/08/2001· POWER TRAIN

    91 V 198 00/AUTOMATIC: VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING OUT OF GEAR INTERMITTENTLY WHEN PARKED ON A UPPER GRADE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK