Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THREE DAYS LATER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *MR
SECURITY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE IGNITION TO LOCK, AND VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. *AK
VEHICLE HAD FOUR BATTERIES AND TWO ALTERNATORS REPLACERD WITHIN THREE YEARS AT A REPAIRS SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
AIRBAG RECALL 00V171000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00058. PART HAS BEEN ON ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. HORN ON VEHICLE DOESN'T WORK, AND DEALER WILL NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE AIRBAG CAN DEPLOY IF TAMPERED WITH. CONSUMER IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND HAS AVOIDED 2 ACCIDENTS SINCE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN RUDE TO CONSUMER, AND ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY ASSISTANCE. *AK
CONSUMER HAS TO ADD 2QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. PROBLEM HAS BEEN SINCE VEHICLE HAD 10,000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS AT DEALERSHIP, AND WAS GIVEN A TSB (87-60-03) REGARDING LOWER INTAKE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS SAYING THAT CONSUMER HAD TO SPEND $600 TO REPAIR PROBLEM. OLDSMOBILE WILL BE CONTACTED TO EXPLAIN REASON OF LETTER, AND WHY CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. *AK IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE SWITCH AND LEFT FRONT WHELL SPEED SENSOR. 2 HIGH MOUNT STOP LAMP BULBS BURNT OUT. *SLC
FAULTY WIRING CAUSES SMOKE TO TRAIL THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK, ALSO WHEN USING THE PASS KEY IN HOT WEATHER THE CAR WILL NOT START. NLM
I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 5/31/98 FROM AUTONATION USA. THE BATTERY DIED WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASE AND WAS REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED. WE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TWICE MORE AFTER THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998 THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT AUTONATION LOCATION AND IT WAS REPLACED, THIS IS WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY REPLCED IT. THEN ON 10/10/98 WE HAD TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT WAS PUT IN. TODAY (4/26/99) THE CAR DIED AGAIN THE SAME EXACT WAY. I CALLED AUTONATION AND WAS TOLD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $65 FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND VERIFY THAT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. PLEASE HELP. I CAN NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND ENDANGER THE DAFETY OF MY CHILDREN WHEN IT CONTINUOUSLY DIES WHILE DRIVING AND I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE RUN INTO WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THERE MUST BE SOME OTHER EXPLANATION THAN TO SAY THAT THE PART IS JUST FAULTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HOW MANY FAULTY ALTERNATORS CAN ONE FACTORY MAKE. THANK YOU.
THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE/BRAKES/SEATBACKS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNITAND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE PASSENGER'S RESTRAINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS THE RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR SQUEAKS, DEALER ADJUSTED WINDOW TRACK AND ADDED A RUBBER STOPPER. TRUNK LEAKS. GENERATOR AND ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT AND WERE REPLACED. *SLC
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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