Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 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
16
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    1
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
89V102000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1989-06-16

A SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).

RiskSERVO ROD ASSEMBLY COULD CATCH ON ENGINE COMPONENTS ANDRESULT IN A STUCK THROTTLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixINSTALL A NEW BUSHING IN CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL.

84V011000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1984-02-06

SOME VEHICLES HAVE BUCKET SEAT BACK LOCKS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 207, ANCHORAGE OF SEATS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BACK LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION.

FixINSPECTION OF SEAT BACK LOCKS WILL BE PERFORMED. LOCKS THAT HAVE BENT, BROKEN OR MISSING HOOKS WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
C89001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-03-06 → 1990-01-16

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

EA88023·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-02-02 → 1989-03-06

THROTTLE LINKAGE STICKING

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

CUTLASS SUPREME BRAKE LOCKUP

DP87014·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1987-03-03 → 1987-05-07

84 OLDS BRAKE LOCKUP

DP85017·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1985-03-29 → 1985-05-16

PULLING TO LEFT AND VIBRATING STEERING W

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