Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

1
Open recalls
17
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

17 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
87V034000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD1987-03-16

POOR BOND ADHESION BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD GLASS AND MOUNTING COULD ALLOW THE WINDSHIELD TO SEPARATE DURING A 30 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER TEST REQUIRED BY FMVSS 212.

RiskIF WINDSHIELD GLASS SEPARATION OCCURS DURING ANACCIDENT, AN UNBELTED OCCUPANT COULD BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND INJURED.

FixREINSTALL WINDSHIELDS TO ASSURE PROPER BOND ADHESION.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
PE94048·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1994-06-21 → 1994-12-30

SUB-FRAME ABSORBER FAILURE

EA89026·STEERING1989-06-12 → 1990-10-09

LOSS OF POWER STEERING

PE89105·STEERING1989-03-20 → 1989-06-12

POWER STEERING HOSE FAILS

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

BRAKE INEFFECTIVENESS

EA87022·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-08-27 → 1991-11-27

STALLING

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