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1999 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Truck Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 22, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Feb 4, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Truck. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Suspension
Filed Dec 22, 2007

UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, DRIVER SIDE BROKE PULLING THE WHOLE UPPER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY OFF THE VEHICLE AND THUS RESULTING IN THE WHEEL FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY AT A LOW SPEED. I REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AND BOLTS AND SO FAR HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AFTERMARKET PARTS. REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10212584
Incident
Dec 21, 2006
Mileage
151,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Feb 4, 2005
Fire reported

ON THIS EVENING I STARTED MY VEHICLE AT APPROX. 8:30 PM AND BACKED UP, IT THEN SHUT DOWN SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES. I PUT OUT THE FIRE MYSELF AND REPORTED IT TO GM MOTORS INC. THEY INVESTIGATED AND COULD COME TO NO CONCLUSION ON WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. THEY ALSO DENIED IT TO BE FAILURE OF GM VEHICLE PARTS. *JB

NHTSA ID
10109838
Incident
Dec 31, 2004
Mileage
112,000 mi

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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