Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED FUSE AND THE BULB BLEW OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES, AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK *MR
THE BRAKES ARE A CONSTANT REPAIR THEY NEVER WORKED AND CONSTANTLY NEED REPLACEMENT THE DEALER "FIXED" THE BRAKES BUT SHORTLY AFTER -THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY WON'T HONOR THE BRAKED JOB BECAUSE THEY ENTERED IN THE WRONG DATE OF REPAIR DATE. THE COOLING SYSTEM IS ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THESE CARS. MINE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR MONTHS NOW WITH THE BRAKES OUT AND THE COOLING SYSTEM LEAKING WITH AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF 500.00 -SOME METAL TUBE LEAKS -THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE ENTIRE CAR APART TO FIX IT !
ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON. ALSO, THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YH
VEHICLE WAS GOING 35MPH AND EMERRGENCY BRAKE LIGHT AND ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BRAKES FAILED, AND VEHICLE WAS FORCED TO RUN A RED LIGHT. BRAKES WERE MAKING A HISSING NOISE BEFORE THEY FAILED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT MASTER CYLINDER, ROTORS AND DISCS FAILED. OLDSMOBILE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
CONSUMER NOTICED EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE REAR CALIPERS WERE FROZEN, RUST BEING THE CAUSE. *NLM *YD
REAR CALIPER LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH. TOWED/REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND WAS UNWILLING TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
CONSUMER OWNS A 1991, 1994, AND 1996 CUTLASS SUPREME, ALL OF WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, CALIPERS LOADED, AND BEARINGS WERE PACKED, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT ARE TOO LOOSE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS NOT SAFE, MAYBE A PROBLEM WITH RETRACTORS. CONSUMER STATED EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS BROKE.*AK
BRAKE PEDAL LOCKS UP OR GOES TO FLOOR SIMILIAR TO THE 1991-96 GMC SUV EBC4 FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING USUALLY WHEN CAR IS COLD BUT OTHER TIMES INTERMITTEDLY.
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKE LIGHT ARE ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE BRAKE ROTORS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
ABS HAS BEEN LOCKING UP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. ABS WOULD TURN ON & OFF AT ANY TIME & CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THAT VEHICLE COULD BE AFFECTED IN SNOW & RAIN. CONSUMER WANTED MANUFACTURER TO PUT IN WRITING THAT ABS WAS SAFE & THEY REFUSED TO DO SO. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFTEY FEATURE SINCE SOME CARS CAME WITH ABS , AND SOME DIDN'T. *AK
BRAKE LIGHTS ONLY WORK WHEN THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED...ABS DOES NOT WORK, LIGHT CONTINUALLY ON...HAZARD LIGHTS ONLY WORK IN THE REAR...ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS HAD ON GOING PROBLEMS SINCE THE WIPER/CRUISE CONTROL RECALL
ABS BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE ABS BRAKES OR REGULAR BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT A VERY LOUD SQUEALING NOISE OCCURS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FAILURE IS ON ALL FOUR ROTORS - BRAKE ROTORS ARE FALLING APART, DETERIORATING, AND FLAKING APART WHICH IS CAUSING RUSTING AND WRECKING THE BRAKE PADS, WHICH IN TURN LIMITS BRAKING CAPACITY OF VEHICLE.
WHEN TRAVELING IN WET OR DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
BRAKE CALIPER DESIGNED W/BRASS INSTEAD OF STAINLESS STEEL, CAUSING SLIDES TO HEAT UP/ BRAKES TO FAIL AND ROTORS TO WARP. *DH
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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