Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Oldsmobile 88 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE, AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 95V204000 CONCERNING IGNITION ANTI THEFT CONTROLLER. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
SHORT IN WIRING FOR HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER/REAR DEFROST WOULD BE WORKING & THEN STOP. WOULD START WORKING AGAIN INTERMITTENTLY - MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS LATER. TOOK IT TO A SHOP & FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SHORT & THE WIRE WAS BURNT. SHOULD HAVE SMELLED SMOKE. *CB
WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE SMOKE AND FLAMES CAME FROM THE ENGINE AREA. *AK
VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE STARTING,PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, THEN BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD. VEHICLE WOULD START. THEY REPLACED MALL MODULAR AND THEN BATTERY EXPLODED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE NEAR WINDSHIELD POST OF THE LEFT SIDE. THEN, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND PASSENGER NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. WHEN PULLING ON THE HANDLES TO OPEN DOORS, THEY WILL NOT RELEASE BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT THE SPEAKERS WERE ON FIRE.*AK THE FIRE STARTED AT MIRROR CONTROL SWITCH POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A FUSE OR CIRCUIT BREAKER BLOWING OUT. *YH
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, PORBLEM CAN NOT BE FOUND BY DEALER.
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL 95V204000. *AK
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPAIR VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON RECALL 95V204000. *AK
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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