Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Oldsmobile 98

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
9
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power Assist System
    2
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    2
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
84V063000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1984-05-21

OMISSION OF THE CERTIFICATION LABELS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 110 "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS".

FixDEALER WILL INSTALL REQUIRED CERTIFICATION LABELS.

NHTSA investigations

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

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

EA88031·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-04-22 → 1989-10-23

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

EA88019·STEERING1988-01-28 → 1990-10-31

HYDRO BOOST

PE87038·STEERING1987-07-09 → 1988-01-28

HYDROBOOST FAILURE

EA86025·VISIBILITY1986-08-25 → 1988-03-02

WINDSHIELD WIPERS

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