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 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass 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
1989 CUTLASS CALIAS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WHILE TRAVELING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HER HUSBAND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND HIT A MEDIAN. THE CONSUMER WASN'T DRIVING VERY FAST. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *JB
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. POPPED HOOD, AND SAW FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. *AK CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN IS THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED. *SLC
HEATER COIL MODULE WAS REPLACED HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM,POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. YH
HORN PAD, BOTH HORNS AND FUSE REPLACED BECAUSE HORN KEEPS SHORTING.
ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FAILED.
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED.
COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS ENGINE PERFORMANCE 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.
WHEN APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE CUT OFF.PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS. *AK
ENGINE CUTS OFF AFTER DRIVING 30 OR MORE MILES, SPEEDS 50 MPH; NO WARNING; CAUSE UNKNOWN. TT
THE CAR STOPPED AFTER IT JUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES. REPLACED IGNITION MODULE. TT
SEAT BELT LATCH CASE BROKEN. *SD
AFTER TRAVELING TWO TO THREE HOURS ONE HUNDRED MILES VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC. TT
CORROSION ON REAR CALIPERS, RESULTING IN SEIZING OF CALIPERS TWICE, ALSO REPLACED ROTOR/PADS ON REAR BRAKES. TT
COMPUTER REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE STALLING.
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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