Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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.

1
Open recalls
73
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
15
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

73 filed
12
Crashes
7
Fires
30
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    11
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    11
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    4
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING Unit AND Lines
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
96V015000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES1996-01-23

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.

RiskVEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
EA94024·POWER TRAIN1994-06-30 → 1995-06-30

INADVERTENT SHIFT OF TRANS

PE94009·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM1994-01-31 → 1994-05-24

TURBOCHARGER MALFUNCTION

Led to recall94V094000

PE94006·POWER TRAIN1994-01-28 → 1994-06-30

INADVERTENT SHIFT OF TRANSMISSION

PE93007·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-02-10 → 1993-05-03

FUEL LINE FAILURE

PE92010·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-01-27 → 1992-05-22

FUEL LINE CONNECTOR FAILS

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