Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 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.

3
Open recalls
18
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

18 filed
3
Crashes
2
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    2
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    2
  • Tires
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Steering
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    1

Recalls

3 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.

84V154000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1984-11-27

THE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WHICH MAY NOT PERFORM ADEQUATELY DURING A COLLISION.

FixTHE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FREE OF CHARGE.

84V124000·STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY1984-10-10

THE TIE RODS ARE PART OF THE STEERING LINKAGE AND TRANSMIT TURNING MOVEMENTS TO THE WHEELS. THE BOLTS THAT FASTEN THE TIE RODS TO THEIR ADJUSTERS MAY NOT BE TIGHT ENOUGH. THIS COULD ALLOW THE TIE ROD TO LOOSEN AND DETACH ITSELF FROM THE ADJUSTER.

FixTHE TIE ROD END BOLTS WILL BE TIGHTENED WITHOUT COST TO THE OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
PE89145·PARKING BRAKE1989-07-21 → 1989-09-22

PARKING BRAKE CABLE

PE89104·STEERING1989-03-17 → 1989-05-12

JAMMED STEERING MECHANISM

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

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