Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Oldsmobile Ciera

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
3
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
85V034000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1985-03-29

THE FUEL SYSTEM MAY LEAK AT THE THROTTLE BODY INJECTION FUEL FEED PIPE CONNECTION. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THIS LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE WHICH COULD SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND CAUSE BURN INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.

FixREPLACE THE FUEL FEED PIPE.

84V011000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1984-02-06

SOME VEHICLES HAVE BUCKET SEAT BACK LOCKS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 207, ANCHORAGE OF SEATS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BACK LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION.

FixINSPECTION OF SEAT BACK LOCKS WILL BE PERFORMED. LOCKS THAT HAVE BENT, BROKEN OR MISSING HOOKS WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
PE88027·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1988-02-09 → 1988-05-11

HEADLAMP SWITCH FAILURE

EA87006·STEERING1986-12-16 → 1988-09-19

POWER ST. ASSIST

DP86018·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1986-09-05 → 1986-12-19

POWER STEERING FAILURE

EA85046·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1985-08-30 → 1987-07-24

POWER BRAKE ASSIST

C85007·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1985-06-19 → 1989-05-18

REAR BRAKE LOCKUP

Led to recall66V003000

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