Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

16 filed
1
Crashes
3
Fires
4
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
    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.

87V168000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT1987-10-26

MANUAL VALVE LINK IN THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY FORMED.

RiskTHE VALVE LINK COULD SEPARATE RESULTING IN A GEARSELECTION DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE DRIVER SELECTS. ALSO, CAR COULD BE STARTEDWITH TRANSMISSION IN GEAR ALLOWING VEHICLE TO MOVE IN AN UNANTICIPATEDDIRECTION.

FixREPLACE THE MANUAL VALVE DETENT LEVER LINK.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA90041·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1990-08-29 → 1992-03-30

BRAKE PERFORMANCE

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

PARKING BRAKE CABLE

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

THROTTLE NON-RETURN

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