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1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

9
reports

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Aug 12, 2005

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 · filed Nov 16, 1998
All 9 reports naming brakes →

Engine

Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.

1
report

From owner reports, verbatim

EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. *AK

NHTSA ID 480560 · filed Jan 15, 1995

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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