Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 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
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WENT TO TURN THE CORNER AT A GREEN LIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE AIR BAGS LIGHT HAS BEEN STAYING ON SINCE 2009.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THE SOUND WAS HEARD ANYTIME A TURN WAS MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V527000 (STEERING: RACK AND PINION) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.
POWER STEERING FAILED. MY WIFE NEARLY HIT A TREE. *JB
THE ABS CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON, WHICH THE OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.*AK THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED AND A WIRE WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. *NM
THE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING LEFT TURNS. WHEN TURNING LEFT THE STEERING GETS HARD AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND IT WOULD BE COSTLY TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT IT LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK THE PROBLEM HAD GOTTEN WORSE WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS ALONG WITH A LOUD NOISE. *SC
WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. *NLM THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM HIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED WAS THE SAME AS RECALL #02V286000. *TS *JB
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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