Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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
38
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
16
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

38 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    10
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING Unit AND Lines
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    2
  • Electrical System
    2

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

1 action
EA93011·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-05-03 → 1994-05-31

FUEL LINE FAILURE

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