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 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 50 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.
The 25 most recent of 50, in the owner's own words
LTR FM SEBASTIAN SCOLLO (CT) REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR BRAKE REPAIRS ON HIS 1989 GM OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME.*MR CONSUMER IS ASKING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR BRAKE REPAIRS.*TS *JB
REAR BRAKES LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AKTHIS DEFECT HAPPENS ONCE EVERY YEAR. *JG
BRAKE PAD AND ROTORS RESURFACED, THE REAR BRAKES WERE JUST REPLACED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO. *CJ
ENGINE JUST TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING...SEVERAL TIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS...LOOSES STEERING, BRAKES...SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS. DEALERS & REPAIR SHOPS CAN NEVER DUPLICATE OR IDENTIFY A PROBLEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE LINE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME, CLAMP HAS RUBBED A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
BRAKES STOPSSOMETIMES. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDALS GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BOUNCES BACK UP. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP, ALSO, FRONT CALIPERS WORK , AND REAR CALIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE ,CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE BRAKE PADS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS A NUMBER OF TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS ON BOTH SIDES SEPARATED FROM THEMSELVES AT THE THINNEST PART OF THE CASTING. EACH SIDE FAILED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT BRAKING WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED. *AK
NO SUMMARY
NO SUMMARY
THIS VEHICLE CONSTANTLY HESITATES, MISFIRES,AND TODAY IT BACKFIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE CAR YOU CAN SMELL A THE FUEL OUT OF THE EXHAUST . THIS PROBLEM IS NOT INTERMITTENT IT IS CONSTANT AND I FEEL IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSIONS ON THIS CAR . I WENT TO AN OLDMOBILE DEALERSHIP TO ASK ABOUT RECALLS . THEY SAID THERE WERE NONE, HOWEVER , IN A CONSUMER REPORTS BOOK I AM READING IT USES THE SAME CAR AS MINE FOR AN EXAMPLE OF A VEHICLE WITH A EXHAUST EMISSIONS RECALL. THE REAR BRAKES HAD A 10 POINT REAR BRAKE JOB CONSISTING OF NEW CYLINDERS ,HARDWARE, DRUMS TURNED AND NEW PADS. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE IN GOOD REPAIR. YET IT SEEMS THAT THE BRAKES ARE NOT STOPPING THE CAR EFFECTIVELY
BRAKE SWITCH GETS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT PREVENTING BRAKE LIGHTS FROM WORKING AS WELL AS CRUISE CONTROL. (QCAW)
WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE IS ADJUSTED , IT WILL NOT HOLD WHEN POWER IS APPLIED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
BRAKE CABLE FAILS DUE TO RUSTING ON A REGULAR BASIS CAUSING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STICK.
LEFT REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKE DUP SIX TIMES. ALSO REPLACED CALIPERS/PADS AND ROTORS. *AK
REAR BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED.
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED.
HORN GOES OFF BY ITSELF DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND BATTERY WENT DEAD DUE TO HORN BLOWING ALL NIGHT. *AK
BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED.
IGNITION MODULE REPLACED.
REAR BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO FRONT BRAKES.
FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, THE BRAKE SHOES AND PADS ARE WEARING TO OFTEN. *AK
EXPERIENCING BRAKE LOCK UP EVERY SIX MONTHS. BRAKES ARE RUSTING. *AK
THE REAR DISC BRAKES ARE RUSTING AND NOW THEY WILL NOT STOP THE CAR AT ALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
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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