Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Oldsmobile 88 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
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
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
UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED, CAUSING GASKET FAILURE, AND ENGINE STOPPED WORKING. TS.....*AK
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CUTS OFF AND ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
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.
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
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
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
EGR VALVE REPLACED.
VEHICLE HAD A FIRE THAT STARTED IN ENGINE. TT
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AW
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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