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1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Apr 9, 2002
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.
4
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jul 29, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Driver assistance
Filed Apr 9, 2002
Crash reported

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED AND HIT OWNER AND TWO PRARKED CARS. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
8007157
Incident
Apr 5, 2002
Filed Aug 30, 2000

NO SUMMARY

NHTSA ID
729541
Interior & seats
Filed Nov 18, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BENT FORWARD/LEFT ANCHORAGE LOOP BROKE. *AK

NHTSA ID
511445
Incident
Jun 23, 1996
Heating & air conditioningEngineExterior lighting
Filed Jul 3, 1996
Fire reported

AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR CAUGHT FIRE.

NHTSA ID
505906
Incident
Jun 1, 1996
Engine
Filed Jul 29, 1995
Fire reported

ENGINE FIRE (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT). *AK

NHTSA ID
484833
Incident
Jul 29, 1995

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.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .