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1988 Oldsmobile Toronado 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 Jul 31, 2001
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.
2
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 Mar 29, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado. 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 1–4 of 4

Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 31, 2001

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY,VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BECOMING DETACHED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER TO STRIKE THE ROADWAY, NO TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT #10-90-310)*JB

NHTSA ID
562266
Incident
Jun 2, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed May 8, 2000
Fire reported

A FIRE HAD STARTED ON THE FRONT SEAT LUMBAR SYSTEM WHERE THE INTERIOR WAS BURNED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

NHTSA ID
861598
Incident
May 8, 2000
Transmission
Filed Apr 27, 2000
Fire reported

WHEN TRYING TO GET INSIDE OF VEHICLE IN THE MORNING CONSUMER SAW THAT AREA AROUND TRANSMISSION PAWL WAS BURNED, FIRE BROKE OUT, AND STOPPED BY ITSELF. *AK

NHTSA ID
861085
Incident
Apr 26, 2000
Steering
Filed Mar 29, 1996

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, TAKES AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO TURN STEERING; STEERING EVENTUALLY EASES UP; CAUSES HAZARDOUS DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ID
981386
Incident
Jan 5, 1996

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.

Data sources

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