Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY MADE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND A RECALL NUMBER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER. *JB INFORMATION. *TC
RIGHT REAR STRUT PIERCED RIGHT THREW THE ROCKER PANEL, HITTING THE TRUNK AS I DRIVE, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK TODAY 06/08/00 THE LEFT REAR SIDE WENT THREW. I SAY THIS IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I'T ALSO HAPPPENEND TO A GUY AT WORK, SAME CAR SAME YEAR, BUT HIS HAPPENED ONLY 2 WEEKS APART. THIS MUST BE A SOFT SPOT IN THE METAL WHERE IT DOESN'T HOLD THE STRUT DOWN GOOD ENOUGH. I CAN GIVE YOU THE GUYS NAME AND HE CAN TELL YOU. HE WARNED ME ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE GOING BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN OFF THE WALL THING. THIS IS A PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER 200 DOLLARS TO GET THAT ONE FIXED. PLEASE SEE TO THIS. *AK
THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR CAR HAD THE SAME THING WITH THE STRUT MOUNT WITH A FREIND
MAJOR SUSPENSION SUPPORT FRACTURED. DEALER DESTROYED PART EVN THOUGH OWNER DEMANDED PART FOR ANALYSIS. PHOTOS OF FRACTURED PART TAKEN BY OWNER. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF CAR DUE TO FRACTURED LATERAL STABILIZER. DEALER NOT INTERESTED IN WHY COMPONENT FAILED. *AK
SUSPENSION MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH AND VEHICLE IS CONSISTANTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT.
VEHICLE'S FRONT END WILL VIBRATE SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING AT 70-75 MPH. *AK
LEFT/RIGHT REAR BRAKE ROTORS FAILED, CAUSING NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
VEHICLE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE AFTER WHEEL ALIGNMENT/TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE. *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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