Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 17 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 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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FUSE PANEL INDICATES A 30AMP FUSE FOR THE HEATER BLOWER. # 7 SLOT IS INDICATED IN THE MANUAL AND FUSE COVER BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE SLOT. WHERE IS THE FUSE?. *AK
PASSENGER'S BRAKE LINE BRACKET I BROKE. THE DEALER DOESN'T CARRY THE PARTS ANYMORE. THE CONSUMER POSED A QUESTION: SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ITEM, WAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE TO FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO SUPPLY CONSUMER WITH PARTS?*AK
ACCORDING TO THE DEALER WHICH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS NOT COMMONLY SEEN.
DURING A PANIC STOP, PASSENGER'S SIDE, REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED, AND THE PASSENGER WAS THRUST INTO THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT,. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE RETRACTOR CASING HAD FALLEN APART. OLDSMOBILE ADVISED ME SEAT BELT MAINTENANCE WAS MY RESPONSIBILTY. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF TSB 91C09 AND 91C09A, DATED 11/92 CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE ( I HAVE NO SPECIFICS). INSPECTION OF THE OTHER BELTS SHOW THEY ARE FAILING AS WELL. THE OWNERS MANUAL HAS NO INSTRUCTIONS ON MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION SCHEDULES, OR USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS EITHER. *AK
SEAT BELT STRAPS CATCH IN SEAT BACK HINGE, DAMAGING SEAT BELTS. QCAW
RECALL REPAIR WORK COMPLETED ON THE ABS BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE, HOWEVER BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER REPAIR.
PASSENGER'S SIDE MOTOR SEAT WIRE OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A FIRE/INJURIES. ALSO VEHICLE SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, A SHORT CURCUIT CAUSED POWER SEATS AND LOCKS TO FAIL. TWO DAYS LATER, AT NIGHT, THE CENTER AND 1/3 OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAUGHT FIRE - COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE INTERIOR.
LITTLE TINY SPRING (LOOKS LIKE CLOCK SPRING) CAUSES DRIVER'S FRONT AND FRONT/REAR SEAT/PASSENGER RETRACTABLE HOUSING TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN WET AND ICY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DUE TO LEAKING BRAKE FLUID IN HYDRAULIC MODULE. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
SEAT BELT TWISTS, THEREFORE CANNOT BE RETRACTED.
THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT (LAP) HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME, DEALER REPLACED ONCE, PURCHASED THE CAR USED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE MECHANISM FOR FOLDING THE REAR SEAT CUTS THROUGH SEAT BELT LIKE SCISSORS. *SLC
DRIVING VEHICLE, OLDSMOBILE REARENDED TAXICAB, FRONT OF OLDSMOBILE PUSHED IN, HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN, STEERING COLUMN COLLAPSED, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE. *AK
SHOULDER/LAP SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED EXCESSIVE SMOKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVEABLE. TT
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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