1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass

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

• 12/19/2005· AIR BAGSCrashFire

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. THERE WAS NO COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE HIT A SIGN AND A BRICK WALL. IT WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

• 12/01/2012· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE

  THE THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WON'T START AND IT'S A ON GOING PROBLEM. *TR

• 11/23/1999· SEATS

  HEADRESTS ARE TOO LARGE AND NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY IN THE VEHICLE, CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY FROM REARVIEW MIRROR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING CAN DONE.*AK

• 11/22/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  COOLANT LEAK, OVERHEATED IN LIBERTY TUNNEL IN PGH,PA, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN TUNNEL. MECHANIC STATES THE PROBLEM IS THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET VERY COMMON TO GM VEHICLES. *LA

• 11/20/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  1. CAR RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE. 2. ONE DAY, CAR WOULDN'T START AND THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT WAS FLASHING. 3. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IT SAID TO WAIT 1/2 HOUR AND THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN. SO WE WAIT, AND IT STARTS. THIS IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT. WE RELY HEAVILY ON THIS CAR.*AK

• 11/19/2004· STEERING

  VEHICLE WAS HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPAIRS.*AK

• 11/17/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ROTORS ARE OF POOR QUALITY AND TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE. THEY HEAT UP AND EVENTUALLY PREMATURELY WARP, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE UPON BRAKING.*AK AFTER THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT AND WERE REPLACED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING. THE ROTOR ALSO WARPED. *YH

• 11/17/2000· TIRES

  FIRESTONE TIRES BEGAN SHOWING SIGN OF WEAR PREMATURELY. NLM

• 11/16/1998· STEERING

  CHANGING REFLECTION FROM THE TOP OF THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH OBSCURES THE SPEEDOMETER READINGS, DUE TO DESIGN.

• 11/04/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING SMELL WITHIN THE CABIN. ALSO, THE COOLANT LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING ON BOTH SIDES, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, PER DEALERSHIP.*AK

• 10/26/2012· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

• 10/23/2000· TIRESCrash

  PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. FIRESTONE AFFINITY T2 26695GXBM10757-3, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK DOT#W2MWAAA318 SIZE P21560R15. *SLC

• 10/21/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO CRACKED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD . COOLANT WENT INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER STATED CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND IT WOULD COST $700.00. *AK

• 10/12/2009· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN A PAVED COUNTY ROAD, AND WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING OR ANY ACCIDENT, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED ON MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THERE WAS A DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN BOTH FRONT SEATS. WE WERE BANGED UP SOME, BUT DIDN'T FEEL THERE AS ANYTHING WORTH GOING TO DR'S. *TR

• 10/11/2002· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL MAKE A SCREECHING NOISE, WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. HAD VEHCILE SERVICED. UPPER STRUT MOUNTS WERE BAD. MR

• 10/11/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY NOTICE FUEL SPOTS ON THEIR DRIVEWAY. CHECKED UNDER THE VEHICLE HOOD NOTICED HAD FUEL ALL OVER IT. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BAD HEAD GASKET. MR

• 10/11/2002· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE WHOLE FRONT END VIBRATES. IT GETS WORST WHEN TURNING OR ACCELERATING. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THINKS IT EITHER THE TRANSMISSION OR AXLE AND CV JOINTS. MR

• 10/01/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING ABS WARNING ALARM CHIME CAME ON, AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF ABS MODULE SENSOR FAILURE.*AK

• 10/01/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING INSIDE INTERIOR OF CAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 09/28/2004· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD LIGHTS INTERMITTENT OR NOT AT ALL, ALREADY RECALLED ON SELECT FEW GM "MALIBU" MODELS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #03V327000 RECALL DATE 08/27/04, BUT NOT ON ALL AFFECTED MODELS AND APPARENTLY NOT ON CUTLASS NAME PLATED MALIBU DESPITE THAT SAME PART IS CLEARLY FAILING IN MANY MODELS INCLUDING ALERO, AURORA, MALIBYU, CUTLASS ETC. CLEARLY THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

• 09/18/2001· TIRES

  THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE FIRESTONE TIRES ON HIS LEASED VEHICLE,IN WHICH HE BELIEVED WERE NECESSARY TO REPLACE DUE TO RUBBER SEPARATION AND CRACKING AT THE TREAD BASE.(FIRESTONE AFFINITY P215/60R15 BL) *YH

• 09/11/2000· TIRES

  PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 OLDSMOBILE, CUTLASS, TIRES SIZE P215/60R15 DOT NUMBER WIMWAA4581, TIRES HAVE ONLY 6,479 MILES ON THEM. AFTER HAVING TIRES INSPECTED, INSPECTOR NOTICE ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES TIRES ARE BAD NEED REPLACING. *AK CRACKS IN TIRE TREAD RUN AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE BOTH FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *YH

• 09/11/2000· TIRES

  THE FIRESTONE AFFINITY P215/60R15 TIRES ARE WEARING IN THE CENTER AND SLAPPING ON THE ROAD SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. *MJS

• 09/09/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING WILL PUSH THE HORN, BUT HORN WILL NOT GO OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

• 09/02/2003· SUSPENSION,TIRES

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SNAPPED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHEN THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, IT CUT AND FLATTENED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE TIRE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T HELP, ALL THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID WAS 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES NO CONCERN AT ALL. *PH

• 08/31/2002· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT, DEALER PERFORMED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. *SLC

• 08/31/2001· TIRES

  FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T2, P215/60R15, CLAIM 13-7112-321. *SLC

• 08/31/2001· TIRES

  FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T2, P215/60R15, CLAIM 13-7112-321. *SLC

• 08/27/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. THEN, HE TRIED TO START VEHICLE ,AND IT WOULDN'T START. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

• 08/11/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE WILL VIBRATED,AND FLUTEER. DEALER IS AWARE OF DEFECT, BUT THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE,AND PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. DEALER CLAIMS THEY CAN DO TEMPORARY FIXING BY CUTTING ROTORS TO REDUCE THE VIBRATION.*AK

• 08/10/2000· TIRES

  FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES P215/160R15 DOT W2MWAAA488 EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AND WERE NOISY, ALL 4 TIRES WERE CUPPED FROM THE BELTS INSIDE THE TIRES, TIRES WERE PUSHING IN THE MIDDLE FACE OF TIRES, FIRESTONE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH CONSUMER. *SLC

• 08/09/2000· TIRES

  FORD NOT ONLY FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEM. ALSO, GM , OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/R15 )

• 08/08/2001· TIRES

  ALL TIRES SEPERATING IN FIRST GROOVE NEXT TO SIDEWALL.*AK

• 08/07/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 OF THE SAME VEHICLES, DIFFERENT YEAR AND BOTH HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL BRAKE FAILURES. NLM

• 08/01/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WATER LEVEL LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON EVERY FEW WEEKS - LEAKING HEAD GASKET. COOLANT CONTAMINATED THE OIL. *JB

• 07/24/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ROTORS TURNED JULY 1999 - ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JANUARY 2000 - ROTORS REPLACED JUNE 2000 - ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JANUARY 2001 ROTORS/BRAKES REPLACED JUNE 2001. *AK

• 07/16/2001· TIRES

  ORGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A OLDSMOBILE, CUTLASS, 1999. TIRE SIZE UNKNOWN. TIRE MILEAGE 2,040. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH TREAD ON LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED.NO INJURIES OR COLLISION. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD SHE HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO THE LEFT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE TREAD WAS COMPLETELY OFF THE TIRE, FIRESTONE, P215/60R15. *SLC

• 07/15/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FLASHES AND CAR WILL NOT START UNTIL IT SET FOR A WHILE (USUALLY 20 MIMUTES). THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL LEADING TO POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT AND INJURY. THEIR IS NO FIX TO THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE OLDSMOBLE DEALERSHIP.

• 07/13/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKES LOCKING UP FROM THE REAR WHEELS. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS; ONCE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN/EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND ANOTHER TIME WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN A NORMAL SITUATION. ALSO, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE APPLYING BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN FOR APPRAOCHING ONCOMING STOPPING VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 07/10/2014· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING MY FIANCES OLDSMOBILE, I NOTICED A BAD SHUDDER UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. UPON INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE FRONT LEFT CONTROL ARM HAD RUSTED SO BADLY THAT IT HAD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAD BEEN SO BADLY COMPROMISED I AM SURE THAT HAD I NEEDED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY THE CONTROL ARM WOULD HAVE FAILED CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEEL TO COME OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO FLEX PART OF THE CONTROL ARM BY HAND UPON REMOVAL FROM THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A VERY EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DECAY ON SUCH A CRITICAL PART ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTY, BUT IT SEEMED STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THIS LEADS ME TO SUSPECT THE LEFT ONE MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE AND THAT THERE COULD BE MORE DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARMS OUT THERE. I REPLACED THE CONTROL ARM BUT KEPT THE OLD ONE IN CASE GM OR THE NHTSA WISHES IT TO BE SHIPPED TO THEM FOR ANALYSIS. I ALSO HAVE DETAILED PICTURES OF THE PART TO PROVIDE UPON REQUEST. I LIVE IN MN WHICH IS A STATE WHERE ROAD SALT IS USED IN THE WINTER. *TR

• 07/08/2010· SUSPENSION

  THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE BLOWING OUT THE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, AND IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 25 MPH AND ON A SIDE STREET. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A MAIN ROAD THERE VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. I AM NOT SURE AS TO HOW MANY RECENT REPORTS THERE HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS ISSUE BUT I SEE THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF SPRINGS BREAKING ON 1999 CHEVY MALIBU'S IN THE PAST. AND I FEEL THIS IS AN UNCALLED FOR SAFETY DEFECT. WHILE MY CAR IS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS IT'S AN EXACT TWIN TO THE CHEVY MALIBU. *TR

• 07/01/2014· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER THEN NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

• 06/30/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE SHOES WORE OUT AT 24000 MILE. FRONT END NOISE STILL THERE AFTER 2 REPAIRS. *AK

• 06/27/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  LOWER INTAKE GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF GM VEHICLES... THE GASKETS LEAKING THAT IS. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**763569

• 06/20/2001· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  CONSUMER WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK WHEN ENGINE STARTED REVVING. SUDDENLY VEHICLE TOOK OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GO THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER HAS SOMEONE COMING OUT, NOT THE DEALER TO INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

• 06/04/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE OVERHEATING -- COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MAINFOLD GASKET SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILING AT AROUND 57,000 MILES FAILED COMPLETELY AT 59,000 MILES. DID SOME RESEARCH ON INTERNET AND FOUND DOZENS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE 3.1 LITER V-6 ENGINE IN THIS AND SIMILAR GM MODELS. CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A 50/50 ON THE COST OF REPAIR.

• 06/01/2002· TIRES

  TIRE BLEW OUT ON SIDEWALL NEXT TO TREAD. TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEED MANAGED TO PULL OFF ON SIDE ROAD OUT OF TRAFFIC. WHEN INSPECTING TIRE FOUND ALL TIRES HAD CRACKS IN OUTER TREAD GROOVE NEAREST SIDEWALLS SIMILAR TO REPORTS FILED IN ODI ID #750071 AND #870103. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS A TIRE MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM AND IS NOT A DEALER OR CAR MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

• 05/24/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DEFECTIVE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED THROUGH HALF WAY, CAUSING THE SURFACE TO WEAR UNEVENLY, WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 05/19/1999· SUSPENSION

  THE RIGHT REAR STRUT BLEW AN OIL SEAL, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE RIGHT REAR DISC BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE *AK

• 05/08/2012· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I HAVE 99 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS WHICH ONLY ISSUE I EVER HAD IS FAULTY ANTI THEFT SYSTEM LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH GMC OR OLDSMOBILE OR CHEVY ANYTHING WITH ANTITHEFT SYSTEM USE RIGHT KEY AND THE LIGHT COMES ON YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10-15 MIN THEN IT STARTS HOW CAN A COMPANY NOT EVER HAVE RECALL I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS FEW CARS BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR ALL TYPES OF THERE CARS HAVE ISSUES WITH ANTI THEFT IF YOU CANT FIX YOUR OWN PROBLEM GET OUT OF CAR MAKING BUSINESS I WONDER IF THERE BEEN A LAWSUIT EVER FILE CAUSE I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING FOR US PEOPLE. *TR