1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

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

• 12/31/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS.

• 12/29/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  LTR FM (FL) RE DEFECTIVE 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. *TS THE ENGINE OVERHEATED, THE BATTERY HAD A LOW CHARGE AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND OIL. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE INDICATOR FOR THE FUEL NEVER GAVE AN ACTUAL READING OF THE FUEL IN THE TANK, IT FLUCTUATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND IT WAS HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK. THE CONSUMER HAD A WATER PUMP INSTALLED. *JB

• 12/28/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WAS DRIVING THE CAR NOTICED IT WAS NOT WARMING UP CHECKED ANTI FREEZE AND NOTICED IT WAS LOW IN RADIATOR AND IN OVERFLOW CONTAINER. ADDED ANTI FREEZE LOOKED TO SEE IF HAD BEEN LEAKING AT HOSES OR WAS AFTER ADDING ANTI FREEZE AND IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN LEAKING AT ANY HOSES OR FROM RADIATOR. STARTED CAR DID NOT RUN RIGHT SHUT ENGINE OFF PULLED DIPSTICK AND FOUND OIL TO BE DISCOLORED. CALLED AROUND AND FOUND THAT THIS YEAR ENGINE MADE BY GENERAL MOTORS IS KNOWN TO BLOW THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS AND THAT THIS EXACT CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM PRIOR TO MY PURCHASING THIS CAR 2 YEARS AGO. OLD ENGINE IS AVAILABLE. HAVE ESTIMATED MILEAGE UNTIL IT IS TOWED BACK HOME. THIS CAR WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY MY AUNT AND UNCLE WAS SOLD TO MY MOM JOAN ROODBERGEN SHE NEVER DROVE IT AND I PURCHASED IT FROM THEM IN OCTOBER OF 2002. I KNEW THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD ALREADY FAILED ONCE AND WAS REPAIRED BY MULLINS AUTO SERVICE. *JB

• 12/27/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHEN IT RAINS AND THE DRIVER TRIES TO MAKE A TURN THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 12/19/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  LTR FM CONSUMER (FL) RE DEFECTIVE 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. *TS SIX MONTHS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE CONSUMER NOTICE THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR A WHILE THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER REPLACED ANOTHER SENSOR. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE OVERHEATED WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINE DAMAGE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED UNDER 100,000 MILES . THE FUEL GAUGE NEVER GAVE THE ACTUAL FUEL TANK READING. THE FUEL NEEDLE WOULD FLUCTUATE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT VARIOUS SPEED. MANY BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY. THE BATTERY INDICATOR NEVER ILLUMINATED INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *NM

• 12/18/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENT STALLING.

• 12/17/1999· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/12/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP RESULTING IN SKIDDING ON OCCASIONS.

• 12/02/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  BATTERY SMOKING - POSITIVE TERMINAL BURNED OFF BATTERY - BREATHED SMOKE

• 11/30/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL TANK. WHILE DRIVING FUEL LEAKS FROM FUEL TANK. IN ADDITION, SMELLS FUMES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/29/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE ACCELERATING TO ENTER HIGHWAY LOST ALL POWER. ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE-LEAVING MY WIFE AND SON STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS(ENTRANCE TO HIGHWAY WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD)

• 11/21/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. *SLC

• 11/16/2000· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED. *SLC

• 11/07/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WE HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES MORE THAN EIGHT TIMES AND HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS TWICE. WE HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER CUTLASS SUPREME OWNERS AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THEIR BRAKES JUST AS MUCH IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY. THIS HAS RESULTED IN COSTLY REPAIRS. *AK

• 11/06/1996· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT NOT BOLTED TO FRAME, ALSO TAPPING PLATE IS MISSING.

• 11/04/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE JERKS, AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/30/2001· SEAT BELTSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, CONSUMERS DRIVER'S SIDE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT BECAME UNATTACHED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHR DETAILS.*AK

• 10/30/2001· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,SEATSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM REAR BY A CAR TRAVELING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED AND CAME OFF THE TRACK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ET

• 10/27/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH IN DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED 5 MONTHS LATER WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED, BUT NEVER RETURNED A CALL. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE, AND COULD A POSE SERIOUS RISK IF THE PROBLEM RECURRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

• 10/27/1997· STRUCTURE

  AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

• 10/26/2000· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER RECEIVED THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL REGARDING THE AIR BAGS, THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO ALSO GET AN ON/OFF SWITCH BECAUSE OF HER HEIGHT AND HOW CLOSE SHE HAS TO SIT TO THE STEERING WHEEL. *SLC

• 10/26/1997· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WATER LEAKS INTO LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT AS A RESULT, BULB BLOWS/WATER SEAPS INTO TRUNK.

• 10/25/2000· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR WHEN IT IS COLD. DEALER REPLACED A SOLENOID, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/24/2003· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. *NLM THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM HIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED WAS THE SAME AS RECALL #02V286000. *TS *JB

• 10/24/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR CALIPERS ARE FROZEN AND DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, REAR BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS REAR CALIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITION, ROTORS WERE RUSTY AND REPLACED. *YH

• 10/23/2000· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V171, HOWEVER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THE REPAIRS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR A LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME, THE CONSUMER DOES NOT THINK THAT 6 MONTHS IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL. *SLC

• 10/23/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP TO BE CHECKED FOR BRAKE PROBLEM, BRAKES WERE MAKING A LOUD SQEAKING NOISE. AT THAT TIME BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. PRESENTLY, BACK BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 35,000 MILES. *AK

• 10/21/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S WET AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND THEN LET LOOSE. ALSO WHEN YOU DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND APPLYING FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD ABOUT 15 FEET BEFORE IT STOPS. *AK

• 10/21/1996· SEAT BELTS

  BECAUSE OF THE ANCHOR PLATE IS MISSING ON DRIVER'S SIDE, THE SEAT BELT GETS CAUGHT IN THE RETRACTOR. *AK

• 10/17/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM SHORT SHOPPING TRIP, PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, AND NOT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES LATER WE NOTICED THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS, PLUS DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO OUR CARPORT AND THE BACKSIDE OF OUR OTHER CAR. THE FIREMEN, POLICE, AND INSURANCE COMPANY FELT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS MOST LIKELY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT THE DAMAGE WAS TOO SEVERE TO CONFIRM.*AK

• 10/17/1997· STRUCTURE

  SPRING LOADED MECHANISM THAT KEEPS PASSENGER'S DOOR OPEN BROKE OFF. *AK

• 10/15/2005· STEERING

  POWER STEERING FAILED. MY WIFE NEARLY HIT A TREE. *JB

• 10/15/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE HAVING A BRAKE JOB IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS HAD HOLES IN THE CASTING ON THE INSIDE FACE OF BOTH FRONT ROTORS.*ET

• 10/14/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE MAKES NOISE UNTIL WARMED UP. MJS

• 10/11/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER RECALL WAS DONE THE AIRBAG SENOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE TO DO A TEST TO SEE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. MR

• 10/09/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WAS INVOLVED ON A FRONT COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG EXPLODED ON HER FACE CAUSING PHISICAL DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. MR

• 10/03/2000· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAGS ARE UNDER RECALL 00V-171, CONSUMER WANTS THEM DEACTIVATED BECAUSE GM IN NOT PREPARED TO FIX PROBLEM FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, AFTER REPAIR CONSUMER WANTS AIR BAGS REACTIVATED. NLM

• 10/02/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER OWNS A 1991, 1994, AND 1996 CUTLASS SUPREME, ALL OF WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, CALIPERS LOADED, AND BEARINGS WERE PACKED, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

• 10/02/2000· SUSPENSION

  BALL JOINT BROKE, VEHICLE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. *SLC

• 10/01/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FAILED. DRY ROADSURFACE; APPLIED TO BRAKES WITH LOTS OF DISTANCE TO STOP; BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK.

• 09/30/2003· STEERING

  WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER HAD MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP.*AK

• 09/30/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, A FIRE HAS STARTED FROM UNDER THE DASH. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

• 09/28/1999· POWER TRAIN

  DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH. DEALERSHIP QUOTED CLOSE TO $2000 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS. HAD IT FIXED BY A MOM AND POP FOR $950

• 09/25/2002· STEERING

  WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A PUFF OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE RESTART ON IT OWN THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

• 09/24/2003· STEERING

  STEERING IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN DURING LOW SPEED LEFT HAND TURNS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.

• 09/24/2000· TIRES

  WHILE DRIVING, LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE FR721 TIRE P195/75R14 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRES WERE INSTALLED AT 23000 MILES, VEHICLE RECEIVED BODY DAMAGE DUE TO THE TIRE FAILURE. *SLC

• 09/23/2009· SUSPENSION

  1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME, THE REAR STRUT MOUNT BRACKETS ARE BAD, EVERYONE WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE HAD THEM BREAK EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THERE VEHICLES NEW HAVE SAID THE BRACKETS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASE. IF THE BRACKET BREAKS IT CAN LEAD THE DRIVER TO WRECK OR EVEN THE STRUT BEING PROPELLED THROUGH THE BACK SEAT. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE BRACKETS IN PLACE SHEERED OFF. WE DO HAVE THE ORIGINAL BRACKET. *TR

• 09/23/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE DID NOT GIVE ANY WARNING THAT THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON INTERSTATE 95 IN MA. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AS I EXITED THE ROAD. SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED IN 4 YEARS. NO ICONS CAME ON TO WARN ME. FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE CAR STALLED AT EXIT WITH TRUCKS EGRESSING THE ROAD.

• 09/18/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  I WAS ACCELERATING TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY (GOING ABOUT 60-63 MPH) IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (55-58 MPH) AND WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. I TRIED FEATHERING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GOT VERY LITTLE SLOW DOWN SO BEGAN TO BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET BUT WITH LITTLE EFFECT. CAR WAS VIBRATING AND I HAD TO KEEP BOTH HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL TO TRY AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND ALSO GET MAXIMUM LEVERAGE ON FLOOR BRAKE. I MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO AN OFF RAMP, DROVE OVER THE ON-OFF RAMP DIVIDER INTO A FIELD. AT THIS POINT I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE CAR BEGAN FISHTAILING AND ALMOST FLIPPED OVER. I HEADED TOWARDS A GRASSY INCLINE AND THIS FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR AT WHICH POINT I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I OBSERVED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS LIMP ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. A PERSON DRIVING BEHIND ME STOPPED TO CALL STATE PATROL AND CONFIRM THAT HE WITNESSED MY BRAKE LIGHTS ON BUT ONLY THE LEFT REAR TIRE BRAKING. THE STATE TROOPER CONFIRMED THIS BY OBSERVING A SINGLE TIRE SKID MARK ON THE OFF-RAMP. ACCELERATOR THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED. *TR

• 09/15/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES WHEN DRIVING ON AN INCLINE OR DURING REGULAR DRIVING. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE SAME MAKE/MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS EXLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK