Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 Oldsmobile Calais

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
18
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
3
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    2
  • Power TRAIN:CLUTCH Assembly
    2
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
92V150000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1992-10-19

FRONT FUEL FEED HOSE ASSEMBLY COULD CRACK OR SEPARATE AT THE COUPLING ON THE ENGINE END OF THE HOSE ASSEMBLY, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

RiskFUEL LEAKING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD RESULT IN ANUNDERHOOD FIRE.

FixREPLACE FRONT FUEL FEED HOSE ASSEMBLY.

90V042000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1990-03-05

FRONT FUEL FEED HOSE ASSEMBLY COULD CRACK OR SEPARATE AT THE COUPLING ON THE ENGINE END OF THE HOSE ASSEMBLY, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

RiskLEAKING FUEL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixREPLACE FRONT FUEL FEED HOSE ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA90041·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1990-08-29 → 1992-03-30

BRAKE PERFORMANCE

EA89010·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-01-17 → 1990-05-08

BRAKE INEFFECTIVENESS

PE88020·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1988-02-01 → 1988-03-16

QUAD 4 ENG WIRING FAILURE

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