Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 12 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
TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55 MPH.TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE IN THE MIDST OF TRAFFIC AT 55 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING.THERE WAS NO NOISES NO SLIPPING OR ANY OTHER INDICATIONS.ONE MINUTE EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STOPS MOVING.IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOUR IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND YOUR CAR SUDDENLY FAILS WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS WHAT SO EVER.*AK
WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR IT HAD TO BE PUT BETWEEN DRIVE AND NEUTRAL, THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A SHIFT ON THE DASHBOARD, WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE WOULD RACE, THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. *SLC
VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR WHEN IT IS COLD. DEALER REPLACED A SOLENOID, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHCILE SHUTTERS WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE SAID IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.*AK
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 52,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. CURRENTLY AT 107,000 MILES, TRANSMISSON FAILED AGAIN. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *ML
A SECOND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AT 56,000 MILES. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ISSUED IN FEB. 1997, # 67-71-64. OLDSMOBILE DID NOT MAKE ANYONE AWARE OF PROBLEM. WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM BECAUSE OVER WARRANTY PERIOD, THOUGH THEY KNEW OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION EXISTED. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST WELL OVER 150,000 MILES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 52,000 TO 56,000 MILES. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM SO IT CAN BE FIXED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRES. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FIX ANY TRANSMISSION THAT HAS FAILED, BEACUSE OF THERE SELF DIAGNOSED PROBLEMS. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH. DEALERSHIP QUOTED CLOSE TO $2000 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS. HAD IT FIXED BY A MOM AND POP FOR $950
TRANSMISSION FAILED, FOUND METAL IN FILTER AND PAN. MJS
TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO VALVE BODY WEAR AT 47,667 MILES (WAS TOLD DEFECTIVE VALVE BODY). TRANSMISSION REPLACED - IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
TRANSMISSION DROPS DOWN TO LOW GEAR WHEN GAS RELEASED CAUSING VIBRATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TIRES.
THE VEHICLE'S GEAR SHIFT SLIPS/LOOSE AND JUMPS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE IN DRIVE. *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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