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 1996 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
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 TO 40 MPH, CONSUMER'S WIFE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE ABS MODULATOR FAILED CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE OF THE BRAKES.*AK *JB
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION MECHANIC FOUND REAR BRAKE PADS ARE NOT TOUCHING THE DRUM, CONSUMER WONDERS IF ABS EVER WORKED.*AK CONSUMER STATES HE EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO DEALER PRIOR TO LEARNING ABOUT PADS REGARDING BRAKES AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. *SLC
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL BECOMES SPONGY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*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
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD SQUEAK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS AND THE ROTORS.*AK
BRAKING FAILURE. DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND THE LOW TRAC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED BY THE DEALER. IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. COST OF $550.00 TO REPAIR.
VEHICLE SKIDDED UNDER HARD BRAKING (TO AVOID COLLISION); ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE UNTIL AFTER 2 SECONDS OF SKIDDING. ABS ALSO ACTIVATES UNDER NORMAL BRAKING OVER BUMPY ROAD; STAYS ACTIVATED FOR 30 SECONDS. DEALER INSPECTED BRAKING AND ABS SYSTEMS; FOUND NO PROBLEMS, FOUND NO ERROR CODES IN ABS COMPUTER. NO OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY DEALER.
BRAKES FAILED. DRY ROADSURFACE; APPLIED TO BRAKES WITH LOTS OF DISTANCE TO STOP; BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK.
AUTOMATIC BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM.
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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