Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1999 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
77
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
32
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

77 filed
0
Crashes
11
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    9
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    8
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    8
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Electrical System
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    4
  • Engine
    3

Recalls

2 campaigns
04V090000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY2004-02-24

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A MISTIMED SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACKFIRE.

RiskTHE BACKFIRE CAN RUPTURE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE RUPTURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAN DISPLACE A FUEL LINE, PULLING AN INJECTOR OUT OF PLACE, AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS WITH IMPROVED DIAPHRAGMS. THE RECALL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PHASED MAILINGS. PHASE 1 BEGAN ON JUNE 30, 2004, AND PHASE 2 BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537, OR PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668.

99V089000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1999-04-26

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4T65E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 102, "TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE." A RETAINING CLIP, WHICH SECURES THE MANUAL VALVE TO THE LINKAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION DETENT LEVER, CAN BECOME LOOSE UNDER A COMBINATION OF POSSIBLE DRIVER SHIFTING MANEUVERS AND ALLOW THE LINK TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MANUAL VALVE.

RiskIF THE LINK DISCONNECTS, THE DRIVER'S INDICATED PRNDL STATE MAY DIFFER FROM THE HYDRAULIC STATE OF THE TRANSMISSION. IF THE DRIVER SELECTS 'DRIVE' AND THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTUALLY IN 'REVERSE', A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE MANUAL VALVE/LINK ASSEMBLY WITH A REPLACEMENT MANUAL VALVE/LINK KIT, FEATURING A SPRING-TYPE FASTENER.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
EA07008·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2007-06-12 → 2008-05-01

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE

Led to recall08V118000

EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

EA02030·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY2002-10-22 → 2004-03-09

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall04V090000

RQ99007·POWER TRAIN1999-05-26 → 2002-02-08

TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE

Led to recall99V089000

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