1993 Oldsmobile 88

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

• 12/29/1999· POWER TRAINFire

  WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND FUMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEITH THE VEIHCLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A TRANSMSSION COOLING LINE WHICH SEPARATED, CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE, AND RESULTING IN FIRE. ALSO, NHTSA RECALL 96V015002/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 95C68 WAS ISSUED DEALING WITH FIRES CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/23/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE, WHEN OWNER PULLED VEHICLE OVER THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES , THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT FIRE OUT TWICE BECAUSE IT HAD RESTARTED AFTER THE FIRST TIME THEY PUT IT OUT. *AK

• 12/12/2006· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE PIPES CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK.

• 12/09/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ENGINE IDLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

• 11/19/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC ACCELERATION WHENEVER VEHICLE WAS STARTED. PROBLEM WAS DUE TO FAILURE IN THE THROTLE POSITION CENSOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRED AT THE COST TO CONSUMER. *AK *ML

• 11/18/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAINFire

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE,BLEW UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. APPRAISER CLAIMS THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF RADIATOR OR TRANSMIISION WHICH BLEW UP IN THE FIRE. *AK

• 11/08/2000· EQUIPMENT

  THE PROBLEM IS WITH A SEARS X-CARGO TOP CARRIER. USING THE SEARS-MANUFACTURED AND SEARS-RECOMMENDED CLASPS TO ATTACH IT TO MY CAR (MAKE & MODEL ABOVE), THE TOP CARRIER CRACKED, BROKE AND PULLED OFF THE PLASTIC DOOR MOLDING WHICH SECURED IT TO THE CAR. THE TOP CARRIER WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS APPROXIMATELY $260, BUT THE REAL DANGER IS THAT THE TOP CARRIER COULD BREAK OFF WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

• 11/01/1995· STRUCTURE

  OCCUPANT IN REAR OF VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY OBJECT IN TRUNK THAT CAME THROUGH THE WEBBING BETWEEN UPPER/LOWER SEAT, CAUSING PARALYSIS. *SD

• 10/24/2003· STEERINGCrash

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH DOWN A HILL, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO GO INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE DRIVER SUFFERED NECK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

• 10/22/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  NO DEPLOYMENT AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN AT ALL IN THE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE DRIVER.

• 10/21/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CAM SENSOR REPLACED.

• 10/20/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE ROTORS WARPED.

• 10/19/1995· TIRES

  TIRE DEVELOPS A SEPARATION, THE TWO REAR TIRES DEVELOPED SEPARATIONS AFTER 19K MILES. TT GENERAL AMERTECH ST TIRES, P205/70R15, DOT A3M0FFA332, CONSUMER STATES THE TWO REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 17000 MILES, THE TWO REPLACED TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 20000 MILES, POSSIBLE SEPARATION CAUSED BY DESERT HEAT. *SLC

• 10/18/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL COLLISION AT 25 MPH. TT

• 10/06/1998· VISIBILITY

  DURING RAINY WEATHER & USING THE WINDSHIED WIPERS, THE MOTOR WOULD BE SLUGGISH. WIPERS WOULD NOT CLEAR RAIN FROM WINDSHIELD. WOULD BE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS WINDSHIELD. MADE VISIBILITY VERY POOR. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

• 10/02/1998· STEERING

  POWER STEERING COOLING LINE RUSTED DUE TO CORROSION FROM SALT USED IN THE STREETS & THE SLUSH FROM THE ROAD, CAUSING STEERING TO BE HARD TO NEGOTIATE. *AK

• 09/23/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  AT 53,000 MILE THE MOTOR BRAKE BURN OUT . TT

• 09/17/2001· AIR BAGS

  THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED. NLM

• 09/09/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A VIRBRATION AND A METAL TO METAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE CAR.*AK

• 09/09/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EXPERIENCING FRONT END VIBRATIONS AND REAR BRAKE STICKING PROBLEMS AT LOWER/HIGHER SPEEDS. TT

• 09/04/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED, NOW THE STEERING COLUMN IS SMOKING HOT AND THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE SHORTED OUT AND ARE NOT WORKING, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM BUT WITH NO RESULTS, THE CONSUMER HAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A WARNING ISSUED TO OWNERS WARNING THEM OF POSSIBLE CURRENT SURGE IN THE STARTER. NLM

• 09/03/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE HESITATED UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ALSO, THERE WAS A CLICKING AND BANGING NOISE WITHIN THE MOTOR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

• 08/29/2008· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 OLDSMOBILE 88. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS IS FROM AN INDEPENDENT DEALER. ONE WEEK LATER, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH IN THE RAIN, WATER FLOODED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE REAR FLOORBOARD WAS SOAKED WITH WATER. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ONE WEEK AFTER THE WATER DAMAGE AND WAS REPLACED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUE TO PUMP THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINES WERE SALT RUSTED AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPONENTS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE BELTS WERE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE COMPONENTS THAT CONTROL THE AIR CONDITIONING. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10-07-08 *BF UPDATED 10/15/08. *JB

• 08/26/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS LIGHT CAME ON, COMPONENT NOT GIVING PROPER SIGNALS TO WHEELS. *AK *JB

• 08/24/1999· POWER TRAINCrash

  WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. *AK

• 08/14/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING DRIVING COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL WHILE IN 2 GEAR. TT

• 07/29/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS MODULATOR BLOCK FAILED. MJS

• 07/29/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR FAILED. MJS

• 07/29/1998· SEATS

  FRONT SEATS DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SEATING TO LOCK INTO PLACE RESULTING IN POOR STABILITY.

• 07/24/2001· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, THE FIRST TIME WAS DUE TO ROCK DAMAGE OF THE SUB FRAME AND TRANSMISSON PAN, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSON WOULD BE INSTALLED, HOWEVER ON JUNE 17,2001 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THERE WERE METAL PIECES IN THE PAN, AND A BROKEN REVERSE DRUM, APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE TEETH HAD SEPARATED AND A DEEP GROOVE HAD WORN ALONG THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE ON ONE END OF THE REVERSE DRUM, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE FAILED TRANSMISSION WAS A REBUILT UNIT, CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION.*JB

• 07/22/2002· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING, THE BODY OF VEHICLE CAME OFF THE FRAME, AND WHEEL FELL IN TOWARDS VEHICLE. VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

• 07/20/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE MOUNTS CAME OUT WITH CHASSIS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 5-7 MPH. THE SERVICE DEALER AND THE AAA MECHANIC STATED THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, SO IT WILL HAVE TO BE JUNKED. *AK

• 07/15/1997· POWER TRAINFire

  TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE SEPARATED, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

• 07/10/2002· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  AFTER COMING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A CEMENT LIGHT POLE, CONSUMER HAD HER SEAT BELT ON, HOWEVER WAS STILL THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT IN THIS ACCIDENT. *SLC

• 07/10/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL PUMP MODULAR WAS RUSTED AND LEAKING FUEL; DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *JB

• 07/10/1996· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED.

• 07/08/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  WHILE DRIVING FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM THE HOOD. BRAKES GAVE ON VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT A GAS LINE BROKE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

• 06/30/1998· SEAT BELTS

  BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITON AND WILL NOT EXTEND.

• 06/22/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 OLDSMOBILE 88. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER (96V015000) POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: COOLING UNIT AND LINES WAS RELATED TO THE SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THE MANUFACTURED STATED THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

• 06/17/1999· STEERING

  INNER TIE ROD CAME LOOSE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 20MPH, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TURNED INWARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND REPAIRED IT. *AK

• 06/09/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS, WAS ABOUT 1-2 CARS LENGTHS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, HAD TO MAKE PANIC STOP. ABS BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAREND VEHICLE IN FRONT. *AK

• 06/02/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE DYNAMIC ELECTRONICS "ELECTRO LOCK" WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT START AT TIMES. THIS ITEM WAS LATER RECALLED.

• 05/28/1997· POWER TRAIN

  LOWER TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER HOSE SEPARATED FROM COUPLING.

• 05/23/1996· POWER TRAINFire

  DRIVING VEHICLE TO WORK, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN, PULLED IT OFF ROAD, SAW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT, VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES (96V015002). *AK

• 05/21/1996· POWER TRAIN

  RECALL RELATED, 96V0150000, CONTACT DEALERSHIP ON APR. 13,1996, AND WAS NOTIFIED NO PARTS AVAILABLE AFTER APPOINTMENT WAS MADE AGAIN IN MAY. *AK

• 05/19/1997· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50-55MPH UP A GRADE, NOTICED SMOKING IN THE REAR, LIFTED UP OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR, THERE WAS SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD INTO THE PASSENGER'S SECTION. WHEN LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, THE OIL WAS SPILLING OUT OF THE LOWER TRANS AXLE. BECAUSE THE LOWER TRANS AXLE OIL COOLER LINE SEPARATED FROM THE COUPLINGS. THERES NO'T ENOUGH RETENTION ON THE COUPLINGS TO HOLD IN PLACE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 05/17/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT-END ACCIDENT AT 50MPH.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 05/16/1996· POWER TRAIN

  OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER STILL DOES NOT HAVE PARTS IN. RECALL #96V015002 *AK

• 05/09/1997· POWER TRAIN

  LOWER TRANSAXLE HOSE PULLED OUT OF CRIMPED COUPLING, SPRAYING OIL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING SMOKE.

• 05/06/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR FAILED AND REPLACED.