Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 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
5
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
2
Crashes
2
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    1
  • Exterior Lighting
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
83V106000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1983-10-13

THE MASTER CYLINDER REAR BRAKE PIPE, WHICH CARRIES BRAKE FLUID TO THE REAR BRAKES, MAY DEVELOP A LEAK DUE TO EXTENDED CHAFING ON THE AIR CLEANER RESONATOR BRACKET.

FixIF UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER FINDS THAT THERE IS INADEQUATE CLEARANCE, THE PIPE WILL BE REFORMED TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY THREE QUARTER INCH SPACE. ONLY THOSE PIPES SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR WILL BE REPLACED.

83V105000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE1983-10-13

THE BRAKE PROPORTIONER VALVES MAY BREAK AND SEPARATE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS WOULD ALLOW BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK AND WOULD RESULT IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE ALL SUSPECT VALVES.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP87021·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1987-07-01 → 1987-07-17

CUTLASS SUPREME BRAKE LOCKUP

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