Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass

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
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    1
  • VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR System
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
81V036000·WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER1981-03-23

"TX" HEAVY DUTY WHEELS MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH LAMINATED STEEL. THE WHEEL DISC MAY FRACTURE AND THE WHEEL AND TIRE COULD PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.

FixTHE DEFECTIVE WHEELS WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE.

81V025000·SUSPENSION:REAR1981-02-25

THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE LOWER REAR CONTROL ARM TO THE FRAME MAY FRACTURE. THE REAR CONTROL ARM SUPPORTS AND POSITIONS THE REAR AXLE. FRACTURE OF THE BOLTS WOULD ALLOW THE CONTROL ARM TO DROP FREE.

FixBOTH REAR CONTROL ARM ATTACHMENT BOLTS WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA86006·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1985-11-27 → 1988-11-28

BRAKE BACKING PLATE

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