Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

2
Open recalls
18
NHTSA complaints
8
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

18 filed
6
Crashes
2
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    3
  • Steering
    3
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
    1
  • Tires
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
88V080000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL1988-05-16

EXCESSIVE ACCELERATOR CABLE FRICTION MAY RESTRICT THE CABLES FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY.

RiskTHIS COULD PREVENT THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO CLOSED(IDLE) POSITION WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED; THUS, ENGINE SPEED WOULDNOT DECREASE, AND LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE ACCELERATOR CABLE.

87V135000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS1987-09-01

AN IN LINE FUSIBLE LINK MAY MELT DOWN AND CAUSE A FIRE.

RiskTHE IN LINE FUSIBLE LINK LOCATED IN THE AREA OF THEPLASTIC WINDSHIELD WASHER BOTTLE BRACKET MAY, UNDER A HIGH RESISTANCE LOAD,MELT DOWN AND IGNITE THE WASHER BOTTLE BRACKET RESULTING IN AN ENGINECOMPARTMENT FIRE.

FixTHE WINDSHIELD WASHER BOTTLE BRACKET WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

8 actions
EA90017·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1990-03-26 → 1991-04-22

BRAKE FAILURE

PE89171·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-09-26 → 1990-03-26

BRAKE FAILURE

EA89028·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-07-28 → 1990-07-27

REAR BRAKE PIN

PE89101·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-03-15 → 1989-07-28

REAR BRAKE PIN

PE89098·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-03-10 → 1989-05-17

ANTI LOCK BRAKES

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