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1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser 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 Aug 12, 2005
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 Jan 15, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 10 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. 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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Showing 1–10 of 10

Brakes
Filed Aug 12, 2005

1986 OLDSMOBILE POWER MASTER RAN CONTINUOUSLY AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID.*MR A PRIVATE MECHANIC FOUND A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM AND REPAIRED IT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER (1996). NOW THE VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF THE LAST PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND ON THREE OCCASIONS THEY DENIED HIM REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. *NM THE ELECTRIC POWER BRAKE BOOSTER LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. *JB

NHTSA ID
10129145
Incident
Jul 1, 2005
Brakes
Filed Nov 16, 1998

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HAD TO KEEP ON PUMPING BEFORE STOPPING VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
830853
Incident
Apr 12, 1996
Brakes
Filed Jun 5, 1997

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF AND THE PEDAL IS EXTREMELY HARD AND THERE IS NO BRAKING CAPABILITY. ALL (4) SETS OF BRAKES WERE REPLACED ON 5/30/97. PROBLEM STILL EXISITS. *AK

NHTSA ID
812814
Incident
May 15, 1997
Brakes
Filed Apr 2, 1997

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE WARNING CHIME SOUNDS OUT AND THAT DRIVER ONLY HAS SECONDS TO STOP VEHICLE. OWNER NOTES THAT DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS SUCH AS FUSES AND A ACTUATOR AND THE PROBLEM RETURNS. *AK

NHTSA ID
810023
Incident
Mar 12, 1997
Brakes
Filed Apr 24, 1996

BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES. *DSH

NHTSA ID
503648
Incident
Aug 3, 1995
Brakes
Filed Mar 26, 1996

HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM; BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
981249
Brakes
Filed Jul 21, 1995

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN BROKEN. THE POWER BRAKES WILL FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
969220
Incident
Jul 13, 1995
Brakes
Filed Apr 10, 1995

BRAKE FAILURE, VACUUM BOOSTER SYSTEM. TT

NHTSA ID
963525
Incident
Apr 9, 1995
Brakes
Filed Feb 16, 1995

ELECTRIC POWER BRAKE FUSE BLEW/BRAKE POWER BOOSTER FAILED. *SKD

NHTSA ID
481145
Incident
Jul 1, 1993
Engine
Filed Jan 15, 1995

EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. *AK

NHTSA ID
480560
Incident
Dec 29, 1994

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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