Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 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
23
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC Convertor
    1
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    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.

86V093000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1986-07-14

LEFT HANDED DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT ANCHOR PLATE MAY BE UPSIDE DOWN IN LOCK PILLAR SO THAT THE UNTHREADED SLOT OF THE PLATE ALIGNED WITH THE HOLE IN THE LOCK PILLAR. THIS RESULTED IN THE ANCHOR BOLT BEING DRIVEN INTO THE SLOT INSTEAD OF THE THREADED HOLE OF THE ANCHOR PLATE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IN A VEHICLE CRASH, BELT ANCHOR BOLT MAY PULL LOOSE FROM ANCHOR PLATE, THUS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS 210, SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES, AND INCREASES LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY TO OCCUPANT.

FixINSTALL A BOLT ANCHOR PLATE REINFORCEMENT AND NEW BOLT, AS NECESSARY.

86V061000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK1986-05-13

AN INCORRECTLY INDEXED WIRING HARNESS MAY CAUSE THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS OR PARKING LAMPS ARE ON. FMVSS 108 LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT REQUIRES THAT THIS STOP LAMP BE LIGHTED ONLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ALSO, THE OPERA LAMPS MAY COME ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP PROVIDES ADDITIONAL WARNING THAT THE VEHICLE IS SLOWING OR STOPPING. IF THIS LAMP MALFUNCTIONS, IT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A REAR END ACCIDENT.

FixCORRECTLY INDEX WIRING HARNESS TERMINALS.

NHTSA investigations

3 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

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