Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Oldsmobile 88

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
9
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

9 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    1
  • Structure
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
89V102000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1989-06-16

A SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).

RiskSERVO ROD ASSEMBLY COULD CATCH ON ENGINE COMPONENTS ANDRESULT IN A STUCK THROTTLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixINSTALL A NEW BUSHING IN CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL.

84V027000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES1984-03-12

VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH AN INCORRECT BRAKE PEDAL BRACKET WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BE LOCATED IN A POSITION LOWER THAN NORMAL.

FixBRAKE PEDAL BRACKET WILL BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE.

83V118000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1983-11-15

THE THROTTLE MAY JAM AND MAY NOT RETURN TO THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE OMISSION, DURING ASSEMBLY, OF A NUT ON THE CRUISE CONTROL ROD WHICH LIMITS TRAVEL IN THE THROTTLE MECHANISM.

FixVEHICLES WILL HAVE THE MISSING NUT ADDED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL ROD WITHOUT CHARGE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
C89001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-03-06 → 1990-01-16

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

PE88027·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1988-02-09 → 1988-05-11

HEADLAMP SWITCH FAILURE

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