Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Oldsmobile 88 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 27 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 27, in the owner's own words
ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONDITIONS WHERE ANTILOCK BRAKES HAVE COME ON. BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC 2 TIMES, HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS BOTH TIMES. ANTILOCK BRAKES CONTINUE TO FAIL. *AK
ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND CAUSE WHEELS TO DRAG. ABS SENSOR LIGHNT WOULD COME ON. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK
WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN A DEER APPEARED SUDDENLY. APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT DEER WAS HIT BY LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE ON FRONT GRILL. VEHICLE STOPPED, BUT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER HIT UPPER PART OF CHEST & THROAT ON STEERING WHEEL DUE TO NO AIR BAG. WAS AT EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. WEARING NECK BRACE. *AK
ON EACH OCCASION WHEN I HAVE APPLIED THE BRAKES VIGOROUSLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE ABS BRAKING ASSISTANCE FUNTION TO BE ACTIVATED. THE BRAKES REMAIN FULLY ENGAGED AFTER BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE VEHICLE CAN THEN BE MOVED ONLY BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTING THE CAR, WHICH RESETS THE ABS CONTROLLER. COMPLETE LOSS OF MANEUVARABILITY ACCOMPANIES ABS ENGAGEMENT.
BRAKE PADS FAILED.
BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING ON THE STREET AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT CATCH. APPLIED BRAKES AGAIN AND THE BRAKES WORKED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HAD MASTER CYLINDER AND RIGHT REAR WHEEL CYLINDER REBUILT. *AK *SLC
EA94-038, CONSUMER STATES UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER RUNNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH OWNER APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. OWNER HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY PARK BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR UNDER 5MPH BEGINS TO RELEASE THE PEDAL, THE ABS CATCHES AND KICKS THE BRAKE PEDAL BACK OUT, JOLTING THE VEHICLE. IF IT'S WET AND BRAKING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE WORKS FINE. ABS LIGHT GOES OFF VEHICLE, THERE ARE PROBLEMS. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON AND REMAINS ON CONTINOUSLY. ACCORDING TO DEALER, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY GONE. OWNER HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY BRAKING PROBLEMS. *AK
REAR WHEEL CYLINDER LEAK/SPRINGS BROKE, CAUSING REDUCTION IN BRAKING CAPABILITY.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSORS/FRONT WHEL BEARINGS/BATTERY/ALTERNATOR/POWER DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED AND MOLDING ON TOP OF WINDSHIELD CAME LOOSE. *AK
HEARD A NOISE AND REAR SPRINGS WENT INTO THE DRUMS OF THE BRAKE LINES. APPLICATION FELT LIKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.*AK
GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMTPS.
REAR BRAKE SPRING BROKE, COULD HAVE CAUSED REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND VEHICLE BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHILE MAKING NORMAL STO, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING EFFECT;DRIVER SWERVED ONTO TRAFFIC TO AVOID ACCIDENT;APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKED. *AK
ABS SYSTEM FAILED.
REAR BRAKE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING SPRING BROKE, CAUSING ADJUSTING GEAR/SPRING TO FALL INTO BRAKE DRUM. *DSH
GRINDING NOISE IN REAR DUE TO RIGHT REAR HOLD DOWN BREAKING; DRUM DESTROYED, SHOES AND HARDWARE AND CUT WHEEL CYLINDER BOOT. TT
THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED. WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR THERE WERE NO BRAKES HAVE DISC BRAKE TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR.
VEHICLE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MASTER CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.ON FAILURE THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. TT
THE REAR BRAKE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE IS LEAKING . TT
PRESSED ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TO STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. TT
REAR BRAKE SHATTERED. *DSH
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.
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