Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 25 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 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.
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REAR SHOULDER BELT RETRO-FIT KIT THAT WAS GIVEN BY OLDSMOBILE HAS A VERY LARGE BUCKLE THAT HITS RIGHT IN THE STERNUM. IF IN AN ACCIDENT BUCKLE COULD GO RIGHT THROUGH THE CHEST. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT WAS THE WAY THEY MADE THEM, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
SINCE JUNE OF 1998 OUR OLDSMOBLE CUTLESS CIERA BROUGHAM HAS BEEN DYING WHETHER IN MOTION OR AT A STOP. ON OCCASSION IT WOULD NOT RE-START. WE HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALERS 5 TIMES, AND WACH TIME THEY SAY THEY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR CAR AT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. $6000.00 LATER AND WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. VARIOUS SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, NEW TRANSMISSION, NEW FUEL PUMP, COMPLETE TIMING REPLACED. EVERYTIME OUR CAR MIS-FUNCTIONS NOTHING EVER SHOWS UP ON THE COMPUTER, NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON. THE CAR JUST QUIETLY DIES. THERE MUST BE OTHER CAR OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME SITUATION AS US. HELP,HELP,HELP
ON MOUNTAIN ROADS, THIS SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS. NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, NO POWER PERIOD. THEREFORE, VEHICLE IS "STUCK" IN ROAD, USUALLY ON A BLIND TURN, EXTREEME DANGER WITH TRUCKS COMING DOWN MOUNTAIN.
WHILE BRINGING VEHICLE TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC ENGINE STALLS AND SHUTS OFF, AND CANNOT BE RESTARTED. POSSIBLE CAUSE A FAULTY SOLENOID IN TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING. *AK
ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF CONSISTENTLY.
BRAKE SYSTEM: COMING DOWN BRASS TOWN MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA, BRAKES STARTED SMOKING AND BECAME INOPERATIVE. STOPPED AT BOTTOM OF MOUNTAIN AND LET BRAKES COOL OFF AND THEN THEY WORKED OKAY. MECHANIC LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK
TVS TRANSMISSION VALVE FAILED.
FLYWHEEL BROKE TWICE.
POWER STEERING RESERVOIR LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST PIPE/SMOKE.
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH
VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD IS LOOSE AND HAS BEEN FIXED 3 TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION.THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN EFFECTED AND REWIRED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK
THE HARMONIC BALACER OUTER RING PULLEY HAS SEPERATED FROM PULLEY, CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND ALL ACCESSORIES THAT ARE POWERED BY BELT. *AK
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE JUST FELL APART AND NO LONGER LATCHES.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
VEHICLE IS LEAKING GAS FROM THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
UNUSUAL VIBRATION IN FRONT W/UNKNOWN CAUSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR MAKING A SHARP TURN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF, CAUSING THE CAR TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART. CONSUMER STATED DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM BY INSTALLING A CRANK ANGLE SENSOR. *SLC
DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE SLOWLY DETERIORATED UNTIL IT BECAME INOPERABLE. *DSH
FIRESTONE TIRES KEEP LOSING AIR. *SD
THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTONG IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
BRAKES KEEP GOING OUT ON THE CAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN REBUILT. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
CRUISE CONTROL SPEED SWITCH FAILS TO DISENGAGE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *SKD
DRIVERS SEAT BACK IS FALLING BACKWARDS. TT
EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK IT STILL DRIFTS BACKWARD IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TT
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SKD
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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