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1984 Oldsmobile 88 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
9
Latest Sep 12, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
3
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Nov 27, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 Oldsmobile 88. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–9 of 9

Body & structure
Filed Sep 12, 2002

THE OVERHEAD UPHOLSTER HAD DROPPED DOWN AND PARTICLES OF GLUE, DUST AND CLOTH WERE FALLING ON THE CONSUMERS SKIN CAUSING ITCHING AND SORES. *YH

NHTSA ID
567439
Driver assistance
Filed May 31, 2000
Crash reported

CRUISE CONTROL SERVO SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE WHEN UNEXPECTED, CAUSING INCREASE IN SPEED. DRIVER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
862759
Incident
May 3, 2000
Seat belts
Filed Mar 10, 2000

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS LOCKED, AND IT WON'T RELEASE THE SEAT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO RESTRAIN CHILD. *AK

NHTSA ID
858296
Incident
Mar 9, 2000
Engine
Filed Jan 28, 2000
Fire reported

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

NHTSA ID
550597
Incident
Dec 20, 1999
Engine
Filed Aug 13, 1998
Fire reported

THE VEHICLE'S SPEED REDUCED WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

NHTSA ID
826653
Brakes
Filed Sep 8, 1997

ABS, ANTI- SKID SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER HAS SINCE REPLACED THE UNIT.*JB

NHTSA ID
816135
Steering
Filed Mar 28, 1997

STEERING WHEEL CRACKED/SEPARATED IN THREE PLACES. *AK

NHTSA ID
809761
Engine
Filed Feb 11, 1997

ENGINE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
514686
Seat belts
Filed Nov 27, 1995

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE STICKS. *SD

NHTSA ID
487874
Incident
May 1, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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