Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 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
24
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND Attachments
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
91V034000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH1991-03-01

CARS WERE BUILT MISSING A WIRE BETWEEN THE DIGITAL CLUSTER AND THE DIMMER CONTROL, THEREBY FAILING TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO LEVELS OF LIGHTING.

RiskVEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 101.

FixREWIRE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DIMMER SWITCH AND THE DIGITAL CLUSTER.

90E043004·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1990-10-30

THREADED INFLATOR COMPONENTS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING ASSEMBLY WHICH MAY ALLOW COMPONENTS TO SEPARATE WHEN INFLATOR RECEIVES A SIGNAL TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAG.

RiskINFLATOR COMPONENT SEPARATION ALLOWS HOT COMBUSTION GASESTO ESCAPE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

FixREPLACE AIR BAG MODULES CONTAINING POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE INFLATORS.

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