Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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
25
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

25 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR Position Indication (PRNDL)
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • Tires
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
88V164000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1988-10-18

FUEL FEED HOSE COULD LEAK AT THE COUPLING ON THE ENGINE END OF THE HOSE ASSEMBLY.

RiskFUEL LEAKAGE INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD RESULT INAN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE THAT COULD SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

FixINSTALL NEW FUEL FEED HOSE ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA investigations

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

SUB-FRAME ABSORBER FAILURE

PE89035·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1989-01-19 → 1989-05-24

STOP LAMPS

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

BRAKE INEFFECTIVENESS

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