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1985 Oldsmobile Ciera 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.
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Latest Jul 9, 1997
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since May 11, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Oldsmobile Ciera. 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 1–8 of 8

Suspension
Filed Jul 9, 1997

THE FRONT END SUSPENSION CRADLE PULLED THROUGH AND PULLED THE ENTIRE STEERING OUT, AND THE DRIVER LOST STEERING WHILE SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

NHTSA ID
813984
Incident
Jul 1, 1997
Brakes
Filed Apr 22, 1997
1 injury reported

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.

NHTSA ID
516676
Incident
Mar 24, 1997
Steering
Filed Oct 21, 1996

UPON MAKING LEFT TURN, VEHICLE WEAVED, STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT/INJURY.

NHTSA ID
510314
Incident
Sep 20, 1996
Steering
Filed Apr 15, 1996

DEFECTIVE 'O' RINGS IN RACK/PINION CAUSE STEERING TO LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. *DSH

NHTSA ID
503475
Incident
Apr 15, 1996
Brakes
Filed Mar 18, 1996

THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE ARE LOCKING UP WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SKID AND NOT STOP. THE BRAKES ARE HYDRUALIC. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
980822
Incident
Mar 12, 1995
Transmission
Filed Aug 23, 1995

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SD

NHTSA ID
483400
Incident
Aug 23, 1995
Driver assistance
Filed May 22, 1995

STIFF GAS PEDAL. *AK

NHTSA ID
486107
Incident
May 22, 1995
Driver assistance
Filed May 11, 1995

EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT SUDDENLY ACCELERATION, WITHOUT PRESSING GAS PEDAL, WHEN RPM'S GO UP RESULTING IN WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. TT

NHTSA ID
965145

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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