Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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
83
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

83 filed
10
Crashes
1
Fires
10
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    13
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    7
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    6
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
    3
  • VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
95V173000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1995-09-15

THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH REAR OUTBOARD SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGES THAT MAY NOT WITHSTAND THE REQUIRED LOAD. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO.210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES."

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IN A COLLISON, STRESS CAN CAUSE THE ATTACHMENT METAL TO TEAR AND ALLOW THE ANCHORAGE TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ANCHOR BOLTS WITH A NEW SHOULDER BOLT AND THREAD LOCKING ADHESIVE. ADDITIONALLY, NOISE CONTROL PATCHES WILL BE APPLIED AT EACH ANCHORAGE.

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