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1985 Oldsmobile 98 Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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 23, 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.
2
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 Mar 21, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Oldsmobile 98. 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

Transmission
Filed Sep 23, 2002
Fire reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER THEN PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED A SMALL FIRE AND THE DRIVETRAIN AXLE WAS ON THE GROUND, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES HE WAS INJURED.*JB

NHTSA ID
567694
Incident
Sep 19, 2002
Steering
Filed May 8, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
706339
Incident
May 7, 1999
Steering
Filed Nov 14, 1996

WHEN STEERING IS COLD IT IS HARD TO TURN, IN THE SUMMER TIME IT WORKS WELL. DESCRIBE .*AK

NHTSA ID
804965
Seat belts
Filed Mar 7, 1996

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR; FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

NHTSA ID
980388
Incident
Jan 16, 1996
Steering
Filed Jan 22, 1996

THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN LOCKS UP CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. TT

NHTSA ID
977993
Incident
Jan 21, 1996
Steering
Filed Nov 7, 1995

THE STEERING IS HARD TO TURN THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS CAR . TT CONSUMER UNTIL THE VEHICLE HEATS UP THE STEERING IS EXTREMLY DIFFICULT, CONSUMER ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING NEW.*JB

NHTSA ID
974699
Steering
Filed Jul 1, 1995

'COLD POWER STEERING'. *SD

NHTSA ID
485755
Incident
Jul 1, 1995
Driver assistance
Filed Jun 26, 1995
Crash reported

ENGAGE IN REVERSE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN TOTALLED VEHICLE. TT

NHTSA ID
967728
Incident
Jun 13, 1995
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 21, 1995

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. TT

NHTSA ID
962339
Incident
Mar 12, 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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