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1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo 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 Nov 22, 1999
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Dec 14, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo. 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 1–5 of 5

Interior & seats
Filed Nov 22, 1999

THE DRIVER DISPLAY MODULE FAILED CAUSING THE GAUGES AND DASH LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE IN WET, COLD, OR DAMP WEATHER, THE MAIN COMPUTER BUS DID NOT FUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM FOR OTHER MONITORED SYSTEMS. *SLC

NHTSA ID
783586
BrakesDriver assistanceInterior & seats
Filed Oct 4, 1999

MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES. STARTER INOPERATIVE WHEN CAR IS HOT, NO HEAT, AC, BRAKES,ETC.

NHTSA ID
712797
Incident
Sep 15, 1999
Filed Jul 7, 1999

ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *AK

NHTSA ID
841821
Brakes
Filed Sep 30, 1998

HYDRAULIC BRAKE MOTOR AND PUMP WERE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL WITHOUT WARNING.

NHTSA ID
780584
Incident
Sep 8, 1998
Brakes
Filed Dec 14, 1995

APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT PULLED THE STEERING RIGHT PULLS STEERING OUT OF HAND. TT

NHTSA ID
976603
Incident
Dec 14, 1995

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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