1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 Problems & Recalls

IGNITION IS MESSED UP THE PREVIOUS OWNER SAID THERE IS A RECALL BUT NEVER SHOW ME PAPERS AND I WAS WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ONE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, SMOKE APPEARED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT OBSERVED OIL ON THE MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY...

Mileage: 120,000

ENGINE USING COOLANT BUT NO EVIDENT LEAK. AFTER A WEEK OF ADDING A LITTLE COOLANT TO RESERVOIR ENGINE RAN HOT AND HYDRO-LOCKED DUE TO CYLINDERS FLOODED WITH COOLANT. DISCOVERED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD HOLE IN IT WHERE THE EGR TUBE ENTERED PLASTIC MANIFOLD ALLOWING COOLANT TO FLOOD INTAKE. THI...

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TURNING ON THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE FINDING THAT THERE WAS NO COOLANT IN THE RESERVOIR. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE, THE EXHAUS...

Mileage: 36,000

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE SHORTLY AFTER SHUTDOWN. INCIDENT 2015-00005013

BRAKES FAILED UPON EXITING ON RAMP FROM RTE. 95..DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, BUT WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR BOARD..NO BRAKES...DOWNSHIFT/ PARKING BRAKE INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE..JUST LUCKY NO CAR COLLISION OCCURRED ...WAS FRIGHTENING !...I THINK GM VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE SO BADLY FAULTY..I'M JUST LUCK...

Mileage: 85,400

TRAVELING SOUTH ON HWY 67 IN MISSISSIPPI. CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65. VEHICLE SPEED SUDDENLY STARTED TO INCREASE. APPLIED BRAKES LIGHTLY TO TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL. NO EFFECT. TURNED OFF CRUISE CONTROL ON STEERING COLUMN. NO EFFECT. REPEATEDLY TRIED BRAKES AND OFF SWITCH TO NO AVAIL. FINALLY TURNED OF...

Mileage: 300,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN A TOLL ROAD, DEAR JUMPED IN FRONT OF CAR HIT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT, CAR HIT MEDIAN, FLIPPED, AND ROLLED 3 TIMES. CAR IS TOTALED. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN A TOLL ROAD, DEAR JUMPED IN FRONT OF CAR HIT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT, CAR HIT MEDIAN, FLIPPED, AND ROLLED 3 TIMES. CAR IS TOTALED. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE ENGINE PLEMUN, WHICH WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSED FLUID TO PENETRATE THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS ...

Mileage: 45,191

I JUST BOUGHT THIS USED CAR ON JAN 1, 2013. I NOTICED A SMELL FROM THE CAR BUT WASN'T SURE WHAT IS WAS AND BOUGHT THE CAR ANYWAYS. WELL A COUPLE WEEKS LATER MY BOYFRIEND WAS CHECKING MY FLUIDS ON THE CAR AND NOTICED A FUEL LEAK UNDER THE HOOD, SO WE WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND BOUGHT A FUEL LINE THAT COS...

Mileage: 190

YESTERDAY OUR CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING. WE ADDED A BOTTLE OF COOLANT YESTERDAY AND ANOTHER TWO GALLONS TODAY ALONG WITH A BOTTLE OF STOP LEAK AND HAD IT TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US IT SEEMS LIKE THE ENGINE HAS SEIZED COMPLETELY AND HE IS NOT EQUIPPED TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

ENGINE HYDRO LOCKED WHEN A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ALLOWED COOLANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE CYLINDERS, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW BY G...

Mileage: 44,000

MY CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN THE LATEST GM RECALL IN CARS WITH THE 3.8 L MOTOR IN WHICH OIL LEAKS OUT ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE NUMBER GIVEN BUT IT SHOWED MY 1998 OLDS 88 IS NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME MOTOR AND PROBLEM IN THE REC...

GRADUALLY YOU WILL SEE A DEPLETION OF THE ANTI-FREEZE FROM THE HOLDING RESERVOIR. THIS IS COULD BE A SIGN THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS BEGINNING TO LEAK ANTI-FREEZE (JUST A LITTLE) INTO THE ENGINE. SOONER OR LATER WHEN THE EROSION IS LARGE ENOUGH THEN A PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE WILL COME OUT OF THE EXH...

Mileage: 114,284

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT JAMMED AND IS UNUSABLE. GM WEBSITE LIMITS CONTACT TO EXISTING BRANDS. THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR OLDSMOBILE OWNERS, AND NO DEALERSHIPS TO CONTACT. *TR

Mileage: 64,469

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 LS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE THE PLASTIC NUT THAT SECURED THE SPARE TIRE WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE NUT WAS BROKEN WITH A HAMMER SO THAT THE TIRE COULD BE CHANGED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN BECAUSE HE NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 190,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 LS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE THE PLASTIC NUT THAT SECURED THE SPARE TIRE WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE NUT WAS BROKEN WITH A HAMMER SO THAT THE TIRE COULD BE CHANGED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN BECAUSE HE NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 190,000

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING I'LL HIT BRAKES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON BRAKES GRIND LOUDLY AND ENGINE STALLS. ALSO THE ENGINE WILL STALL AT ANY CRUISING SPEED OVER 40 MPH. CAUSING FULL POWER LOSS INCLUDING BRAKES MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE RECEIVED INJURIES FROM THIS IN THE PAST. NEED HELP ASAP...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE DELTA EIGHTY EIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND SHUT DOWN AT STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED GASOLINE IN THE FUEL LINE. THIS SAME FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED ON TWO PRIOR...

Mileage: 113,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 LS. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, THE STEERING DIDN'T LOCK AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SIX OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE C...

Mileage: 79,000

DT: THE METAL BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR RIPPED IN HALF, THEY WERE 4 INCHES OFF THE FLOORBOARD, RIGHT UNDER THE SEAT. THE SEAT CONTROLS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE SEAT. CONSULTED WITH THE MANUFACTURER, WHO HAD NO IDEA WHY THE SEAT BROKE OR WHTAT WAS THE STRESS ON THE SEAT. CONSUMER WAS ...

Mileage: 63,300

1998 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY EIGHTY HAS PROBLEM WHERE THERE IS LEAKAGE OF BATTERY FLUID FROM THE POSITIVE POLE OF THE BATTERY. *MR THE POSITIVE POLE HAD COME OUT OF THE BATTERY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THREE BATTERY'S HAD BEEN REPLA...

1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 RECALL CONCERNING DEFECT ON THE 3.8 V6 ENGINE.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE SAME RECALL REPAIRED TWICE, THE FIRST TIME THE MANUFACTURER REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER SOME OF HIS MONEY, BUT THE SECOND TIME THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER. RECALL#04V090000 *JB

Mileage: 93,769

CONSUMER SMELLED ANTI FREEZE FUMES OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, LEAKING ON THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK THE EGR PIPING DEGRADED AND CAUSED WATER TO LEAK INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *NM

Mileage: 91,300

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE FUEL REGULATOR REPAIRED ON TWO VEHICLES, SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. A RECALL WAS RECEIVED BY THE MANUFACTURE INVOLVING ONLY ONE OF THE VEHICLES, AND REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR THE ONE VEHICLE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FUEL REGULATOR RECALL. THE...

Mileage: 65,000

MY OLDSMOBILE 88 WAS LOOSING ANTI-FREEZE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, SO I TOOK IT IN FOR RECALL REPAIR AND HAD THE DEALER CHECK THE COOLANT SYSTEM. THEY SAID MY INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THIS DONE T...

Mileage: 130,000

LTR TO GM REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR ON RECALL DEFECT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1998 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY-EIGHT. *BF THE VEHICLE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE IT BACKFIRED AND SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIME...

Mileage: 63,381

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT A LIQUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKING POWER WAS LESS THAN NORMAL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TH...

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT A LIQUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKING POWER WAS LESS THAN NORMAL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TH...

THE VEHICLE'S INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH LED TO FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. *NM RECALL# 04V090000. *SC THE CRACK IN THE MANIFOLD ALLOWED COOLANT TO ENTER THE UPPER INTAKE CAUSING ENGINE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. *TC *JB

I WENT TO START MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP WHEN I TURNED THE KEY. I TURNED THE KEY OFF, AND SMELLED GAS AND ANTIFREEZE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE BACK OF THE MOTOR, ABOVE THE HEADS AND BELOW THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD R...

Mileage: 74,386

WHILE DRIVING,\ THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THEN, THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEAKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED REPLACEMEN...

BRAKE FAILURE, REPLACEMENT OF ALL LINES. BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED. *BF *TC

REAR AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT BUCKLE. ALSO, VEHICLE SMELLED OF GAS. MANUFACTURER URGED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

Mileage: 57,000

REAR AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT BUCKLE. ALSO, VEHICLE SMELLED OF GAS. MANUFACTURER URGED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

Mileage: 57,000

REAR AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT BUCKLE. ALSO, VEHICLE SMELLED OF GAS. MANUFACTURER URGED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

Mileage: 57,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL LETTER CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED TO REPAIR VEHICLE PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION LETT...

Mileage: 61,318

THE VEHICLE'S MANIFOLD RUPTURED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE PART REPLACED WAS NOT THE PART COVERED BY THE RECALL. *NM

Mileage: 102,990

CONSUMER INDICATED RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS FAILED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO CONSUMER THEY WERE NOT NO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A NATIONAL HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. ALSO WATER WAS IN THE CYLINDERS, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK AND THE STARTER TO FAIL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH FUEL REGULATOR DIAPHRAM.*MR THE VEHICLE FUEL REGULATOR DIAPHRAM FAILED PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. THE CONSUMER'S REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. *NM

Mileage: 99,520

AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ONGOING PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP INDICATED NOTHING WE COULD DO. *AK

AFTER THE VEHICLE DELTA 88 WAS SERVICED FOR RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE ONGOING PROBLEMS. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND THAT THEY REPLACED THE COMPONENT INDICATED IN THE RECALL LETTER. *AK

THE MANIFOLD ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE ONE YEAR AGO AND NOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHICH THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE MANIFOLD. GM STATED THE DEFECT DID NOT AFFECT HIS VEHICLE. *JB AFTER THE ENGINE WAS WARMED AND STARTED, IT...

Mileage: 58,416

THE MANIFOLD ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE ONE YEAR AGO AND NOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHICH THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE MANIFOLD. GM STATED THE DEFECT DID NOT AFFECT HIS VEHICLE. *JB AFTER THE ENGINE WAS WARMED AND STARTED, IT...

Mileage: 58,416

THE MANIFOLD ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE ONE YEAR AGO AND NOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHICH THE CONSUMER BELIEVED SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE MANIFOLD. GM STATED THE DEFECT DID NOT AFFECT HIS VEHICLE. *JB AFTER THE ENGINE WAS WARMED AND STARTED, IT...

Mileage: 58,416

STARTING EARLY 2002 WITH ONLY 45000 MILES ON THE 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 THE WARNING LIGHT ADVISING ABS WAS NOT OPERATING CAME ON INTERMITTANTLY. TOOK TO CUESTA CADILLAC OLDSMOBILE DEALER IN SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIF AND WAS ADVISED THAT REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. WE DID THAT B...

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE ENTERING MY GARAGE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES WHEN COMING TO A RED LIGHT OR STOPPED VEHICLES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I REMEMBER THE AUDI THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I REALLY THOUGHT I'D END UP IN MY LIVI...

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE ENTERING MY GARAGE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES WHEN COMING TO A RED LIGHT OR STOPPED VEHICLES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I REMEMBER THE AUDI THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I REALLY THOUGHT I'D END UP IN MY LIVI...

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 61,618

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER HAVING A DIANOSTIC TEST DONE REPAIRS WERES DONE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED. *AK

Mileage: 79,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

Mileage: 49,890

I PURCHASED A 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 IN MARCH OF 2003, I PUT NEW WIRING ON THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY IN DECEMBER AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BECAUSE THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AGAIN AND THE CAR WAS USING ALL THE WATER ABOUT EVERY 10 MILES, I TOOK THE CAR...

IN OCTOBER OF 2003, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON MY OLDSMOBILE 88LS, 3.8 SERIES TWO ENGINE, CAME ON. THE CAR HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. BEFORE I GOT THE CAR STOPPED THE ENGINE QUIT. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE WATER RUNNING OUT OF THE GASKETS. I CHECKED THE RADIATOR TO FIND N...

Mileage: 89,114

CAR OVERHEATED WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF THIS BUT THE RED AREA OF THE GAUGE THEN THE CHECK ENG LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, CHECKED IT GOT IT COOLED DOWN, THEN PROCEEDED TO THE VERY NEXT RD TO GAS STATION FOR BETTER VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. GOT TO IT VERY QUICKLY AND THE TEMP WAS ...

Mileage: 77,125

CAR OVERHEATED WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF THIS BUT THE RED AREA OF THE GAUGE THEN THE CHECK ENG LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, CHECKED IT GOT IT COOLED DOWN, THEN PROCEEDED TO THE VERY NEXT RD TO GAS STATION FOR BETTER VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. GOT TO IT VERY QUICKLY AND THE TEMP WAS ...

Mileage: 77,125

CONSUMER HEARD AN EXPLOSION WHEN SHE TURNED ON THE IGNITION AND A SMALL FIRE UNDER HOOD MELTED SOME PARTS. *PH SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE REGULARLY AT THE DEALER ONLY. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE. *SC *JB

1998 OLDS LSS WITH 79,000 MILES. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. DEALER DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THAT MOST OF THE COOLANT HAD ENTERED THE ENGINE THROUGH A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. STALL CONDITION WAS DUE TO COLLANT IN THE CYLINDERS. DEALER CITED THE PROBLEM AS STRESS CRACKING. INTAKE MANIFOL...

Mileage: 79,000

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE DID NOT GAIN ANY SPEED, FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE LOSING POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TECHNICIAN WHO THEN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *JB

MY 1998 OLDS 88 BACKFIRED UPON STARTING AND BLEW UP THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE ENGINE COVER AND THE FUEL RAIL. THE ENGINE IS THE 3800 V6. THE VEHICLE HAS 21,000 MILES BUT WAS OLDER THAN 3YRS, THUS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. BECAUSE GM WOULD NOT OFFER ANY FI...

Mileage: 21,100

IN EARLY 1998, I PURCHASED A 1998 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY-EIGHT BRAND NEW FROM RELIABLE OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP IN CLEVELAND, OH. ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS A FEW YEARS OLD, THE PROBLEM I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT BEGAN AROUND MAY 1998. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS COMPLAINING ABOUT EXCESSIVE, LOU...

Mileage: 57,688

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT EVERY WEEK HE/SHE WAS POURING ONE GALLON OF COOLANT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND TECHNICIAN STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 76,538

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH BLEW THE INTAKE MANIFOLD APART. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

PAINT ON HOOD OF CARE IS FLAKING OFF. STARTED WITH A SMALL SPOT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WHEN I WASHED MY CARE TODAY THE GARDEN HOSE WASHED SEVERAL FLAKES OF THE HOOD PAINT AWAY. THE SIZE NOW IS BIGGER THAN A DOLLAR BILL. THE PAINT ISN'T STICKING TO THE PRIMER.

Mileage: 112,344

1) AUG. 2000 GENERATOR FAILURE 2) AUG. 2002 BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS REPLACED 3) OCT. 2003 COOLANT LEAKING : REPLACED LEAKING WATER PUMP. INTAKE MANIFOLD ALSO LEAKING BUT NOT REPLACED AT THIS TIME DUE TO COST. 3.8L V6

Mileage: 31,009

1) AUG. 2000 GENERATOR FAILURE 2) AUG. 2002 BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS REPLACED 3) OCT. 2003 COOLANT LEAKING : REPLACED LEAKING WATER PUMP. INTAKE MANIFOLD ALSO LEAKING BUT NOT REPLACED AT THIS TIME DUE TO COST. 3.8L V6

Mileage: 31,009

1) AUG. 2000 GENERATOR FAILURE 2) AUG. 2002 BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS REPLACED 3) OCT. 2003 COOLANT LEAKING : REPLACED LEAKING WATER PUMP. INTAKE MANIFOLD ALSO LEAKING BUT NOT REPLACED AT THIS TIME DUE TO COST. 3.8L V6

Mileage: 31,009

PAINT ON RIGHT FENDER STARTING TO PEEL. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND GM WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT. STILL WORKING ON GETTING THEM TO PAINT IT.

Mileage: 57,000

I WENT TO THE DEALER AND COMPLAINED THAT THE PAINT WAS CHIPPING. I HAD IN HAND 4 ESTIMATES AND EACH PAINT/BODY SHOP ARRIVED AT THE SAME CONCLUSION, "PAINT LAMINATE" PROBLEM. EVERY PERSON WHO WROTE AN ESTIMATE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A GM PROBLEM. THE LAST PLACE I WENT TO WAS THE GM DEALER I...

Mileage: 66,160

TRANSMISSION: UPPER PLATE GASKET WENT, CAUSING GEAR SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE IN THE LOWER GEARS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT UNIT WHICH IS NOW EXHIBITING MUCH OF THE SAME SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS (ONLY MINORLY AT THE MOME...

TRANSMISSION: UPPER PLATE GASKET WENT, CAUSING GEAR SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE IN THE LOWER GEARS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT UNIT WHICH IS NOW EXHIBITING MUCH OF THE SAME SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS (ONLY MINORLY AT THE MOME...

TRANSMISSION: UPPER PLATE GASKET WENT, CAUSING GEAR SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE IN THE LOWER GEARS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT UNIT WHICH IS NOW EXHIBITING MUCH OF THE SAME SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS (ONLY MINORLY AT THE MOME...

TRANSMISSION: UPPER PLATE GASKET WENT, CAUSING GEAR SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE IN THE LOWER GEARS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT UNIT WHICH IS NOW EXHIBITING MUCH OF THE SAME SLIPPAGE AT HIGH SPEEDS (ONLY MINORLY AT THE MOME...

CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS LOTS OF SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 74,000

GM HAS A PLASTIC PLENUM/MANIFOLD ON THEIR CARS THAT BECOME DEFECTIVE AFTER 60 TO 70 THOUSAND MILES. DUE TO THE HEAT THAT THE MANIFOLD IS EXPOSED TO, THE PART WILL THAN LEAK. WHEN THIS PART WAS MADE FROM ALUMINUM IT WOULD NOT CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE REPLACE THIS PART 2 TIMES IN 2 1/2 YEARS. ...

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A CRACK, WHICH CAUSED FLUIDS TO LEAK OUT. *AK *SCC *JB

Mileage: 52,000

LEAKING COOLANT FROM WATER PUMP AND FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD.

Mileage: 36,300

1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 LS, ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEMS, SYSTEM CHECK OPERATIONAL AND NO WARNING LIGHT ON EVERY START UP. BUT AT 70,000 PLUS MILES IN ONE WEEK'S TIMEFRAME, ABS BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY HAVE A HARD GRAB AT THE END OF A COMPLETE STOP AT INTERSECTIONS. BUT THE ABS SYSTEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE A...

WHILE MERGING INTO INTERSTATE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING ENGINE FAILED CAUSING LOST OF BRAKING AND STEERING EFFECTIVENESS. NO WARNING WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND UPPER INTAKE WAS FOUND CRACKED ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER COMBUSTION CHAMBER. ONE WEEK AND $800.00 LATER CAR WAS "...

Mileage: 73,200

WHILE MERGING INTO INTERSTATE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING ENGINE FAILED CAUSING LOST OF BRAKING AND STEERING EFFECTIVENESS. NO WARNING WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND UPPER INTAKE WAS FOUND CRACKED ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER COMBUSTION CHAMBER. ONE WEEK AND $800.00 LATER CAR WAS "...

Mileage: 73,200

FRACTURED PLASTIC (!) INTAKE MANIFOLD (UPPER PLENUM) RESULTING IN LOSS OF COOLANT OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT FOUR WEEKS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED. HAD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ANALYZED AND EVENTUALLY REMEDIED AT A COST OF AROUND $700.00 TOTAL. WHY ON EARTH IS THIS CRUCIAL COMPONENT PLASTIC...

Mileage: 97,000

FRACTURED PLASTIC (!) INTAKE MANIFOLD (UPPER PLENUM) RESULTING IN LOSS OF COOLANT OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT FOUR WEEKS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED. HAD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ANALYZED AND EVENTUALLY REMEDIED AT A COST OF AROUND $700.00 TOTAL. WHY ON EARTH IS THIS CRUCIAL COMPONENT PLASTIC...

Mileage: 97,000

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD BLEWOUT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE NON DRIVABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB THE "EXPLOSION" WOKE UP THE NEIGHBORS. THERE WAS SMOKE BUT NO FIRE. BBY

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. COOLANT LEAKED INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88,1988. *AK

COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE CAUSED CAR TO RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO STOP. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED DUE TO COOLANT LEAK RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKETS. THE HEAD GASKETS ALONG WITH THE UPPED PLENUM HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A...

Mileage: 130,000

CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH, ESP. ON STARTING. MADE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER WHO COULDN'T LOOK AT IT FOR A WEEK. WE REALIZED IT WAS LOSING COOLANT, BUT THERE WAS NO APPARENT LEAKAGE UNDER THE CAR OR HOOD, ETC. FILLED WITH COOLANT, DROVE APPROX. 4 MILES THEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CHECKED O...

Mileage: 75,463

CAR HAS 55,000 MI ON IT, AND THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD RESTING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE CRACKED, LEAKING ALL COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS SHUTDOWN AS SOON AS THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ABOUT 250 F. PROBLEM WAS FIXED BY REPLACING THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE GASKET LEAKED COOLANT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. *AK *CB *NLM

Mileage: 62,945

IN FEBRUARY I WENT TO START MY ENGINE IN THE MORNING AND IT BLEW UP. I TURNED THE KEY, NO ENGINE TURNOVER BUT SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD, FLAMES CAME OUT. THE FIRE DEPT. PUT OUT THE FIRE AND SAID THE CAR WAS TOTALLED. SOME OF THE VINYL SIDING ON MY HOUSE WAS SLIGHTL...

Mileage: 73,000

LEAK IN COOLANT SYSTEM SPREAD TO THE ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. *MR THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM BEFORE IT HAD BECOME OBVIOUS, THE LEAK SPREAD TO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER'S FATHER HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH...

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MT 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 FAILED RECENTLY. THE PLASTIC ON ALUMINUM INTAKE MANIFOLD IS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CORROSION. APPARENTLY MINE FAILED AND ALL THE WATER DRAINED FROM THE ENGINE. THE REPAIR BILL TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN WAS $1838. I AM TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THIS IS ...

Mileage: 72,000

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE CYLINDER. *NLM

Mileage: 127,993

NAR 06/19/2003. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS, ONE WAS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET, AND THE OTHER WAS A FAULTY THERMOSTAT IN WHICH GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR. IN ADDITION, THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED THE WARRANTY RATES ...

Mileage: 49,002

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED. *MR *PH *JB

1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 *MR *PH *JB

FAULTY HEAD GASKET RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK AND DAMAGE TO ENGINE COSTING $2946. + CAR RENTAL. *AK

Mileage: 49,095

THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE SPLIT AND LEAKED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY MOTHER'S 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88. HAD SHE NOT SMELLED THE FUEL AND PARKED THE CAR, I'M SURE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE.*JB

Mileage: 28,000

OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88, 1998 63000 MILES "COOLANT TEMPERATURE WARNING" LIGHT CAME UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. I DROVE ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE SERVICE AREA. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHITE SMOKE EXPELLED OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE, A SMOKE ODOR WAS INSIDE OF THE CAR. TURNED THE ENGINE ON 10 MINUTES LATER...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *NLM

ANTI- LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED 3 TIMES RESULTING IN ONE ACCIDENT. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND NOTHING CAN BE FOUND WITH WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. *JB

Mileage: 60,500

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED 3 TIMES. 1ST TIME WAS 01-10-03. 2ND TIME WAS 04-11-03 AND 3RD TIME WAS 04-21-03. IST TIME RESULTED IN ACCIDENT AND LAST 2 TIMES I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF HIGHWAY BEFORE REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WILL ENTER THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. *JB

Mileage: 60,350

WHITE SMOKE EXPELLED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE AND THE ENGINE STALLED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE SLEEVE WHICH SEALED THE EXHAUST GAS AS IT ENTERED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED. *MR...*AK

MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES ON IT AND ALREADY HAS AN INTERNAL LEAK OF RADIATOR FLUID. THERE HAS BEEN NO LEAKAGE UNDER THE CAR FROM ANY HOSES OR COMPONENTS. MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS GONE ON NOW AND THE CAR IS SPUTTERING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR DOWN FOR REPAIR AND THEY STATE THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANI...

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART. *NLM

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE PROBLEM CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE, STARTER AND FLYWHEEL.*JB *TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL.

I PURCHASED VEHICLE USED MAR. 1,2002. AT 51000MILES IBEGAN TO HAVE A LEAKING ANTIFREEZE PROBLEM (OF DEXCOOL) AND I HAD WATERPUMP REPLACED AND THEN COOLANT THERMOSTATABOUT AWEEK LATER FOR LEAKING..AT ABOUT 53500 MILES,PRESENTLY,ON ABOUT JAN. 10,2003.I QUIT RELIEING ON DRIVING THE 98 OLDS 88 AND NOW T...

Mileage: 53,500

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DEGRADED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONNECTING ROD BREAKING AND GOING THROUGH THE ENGINE WALL. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. TS SCC *JB

Mileage: 90,748

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A WATER PUMP AND ALTERNATOR. ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE HOSE CONECTIONS ON THE WATER PUMP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS ASK CONSUMER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP. ALSO STATES THAT THE TIMMING BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED. TS

ON OUR 1998 OLDSMOBILE THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE INTAKE UPPER MAINIFOLD WAS AT 95,918 MILES ON 08/24/2002. DOES THIS MEAN THAT GENERAL MOTOR'S INTAKE MAINIFOLDS ARE ONLY GOOD FOR AN AVERAGE OF 54,000 MILES? WE HAD A 1997 BUICK WITH THE SAME MOTOR AND SAME INTAKE UPPER MAINIFOLD THAT FAILED AT 71,000...

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY. THE COMPONENT MELTED CAUSING COOLANT TO GET INTO ENGINE. MR

CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PUT IN DRIVE, STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. CONSUMER CUT OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED, AND IT WENT INTO GEAR. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AKTHE FAULTY PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION STOPS OPERATING WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER CONTACTED. *NLM

THIS ALTERNATOR GROWLING/NOISE AND TENSION PULLEY ASSEMBLY BEGAN MAKING NOISES AT ABOUT 30,000. THEN AT ABOUT 40,000 IT REALLY BEGAN MAKING GROWLING NOISES ESPECIALLY A LOWER SPEEDS. THEN WHILE WE WERE ON A TRIP TO MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN VISITING MY RELATIVES AND CHILDREN, IT BECAME APPARENT I HAD ...

THIS ALTERNATOR GROWLING/NOISE AND TENSION PULLEY ASSEMBLY BEGAN MAKING NOISES AT ABOUT 30,000. THEN AT ABOUT 40,000 IT REALLY BEGAN MAKING GROWLING NOISES ESPECIALLY A LOWER SPEEDS. THEN WHILE WE WERE ON A TRIP TO MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN VISITING MY RELATIVES AND CHILDREN, IT BECAME APPARENT I HAD ...

WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH ON FLAT SURFACE AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AKTHE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT WOULD NOT MOVE INTO GEAR. ALSO THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT SWITCH PLATE. *JG

WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH ON FLAT SURFACE AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AKTHE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT WOULD NOT MOVE INTO GEAR. ALSO THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT SWITCH PLATE. *JG

ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. PULLED CAR OFF ROADWAY. GASKET HAD FAILED SENDING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE MANIFOLDS.*AK

ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. PULLED CAR OFF ROADWAY. GASKET HAD FAILED SENDING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE MANIFOLDS.*AK

3.8L V6 ENGINE COOLANT IS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE OIL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK

ENGINE AND OTHER PARTS WERE REPLACED ON APRIL 3RD 2002. VEHICLE TAKES 3-4 TRIES BEFORE STARTING. ALL COMMUNICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AFTER IT STARTED UP. 5-10 MINUTES INTO DRIVING LIGHTS WENT OUT. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE AND OTHER PARTS WERE REPLACED ON APRIL 3RD 2002. VEHICLE TAKES 3-4 TRIES BEFORE STARTING. ALL COMMUNICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AFTER IT STARTED UP. 5-10 MINUTES INTO DRIVING LIGHTS WENT OUT. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE AND OTHER PARTS WERE REPLACED ON APRIL 3RD 2002. VEHICLE TAKES 3-4 TRIES BEFORE STARTING. ALL COMMUNICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AFTER IT STARTED UP. 5-10 MINUTES INTO DRIVING LIGHTS WENT OUT. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF PROBLEM.*AK

HOOD WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *YH

HOOD WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPLAIRED. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE DESIGN CHANGE, THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS USED TO BE MADE OF METAL AND NOW THEY ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS AN AWFULL SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. MECHANIC SAID PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A HOLE IN IT, AND WAS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE FROM RADIATOR. PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHOLE IN THE PLENUM WAS CAUSED BY A...

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS AN AWFULL SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. MECHANIC SAID PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A HOLE IN IT, AND WAS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE FROM RADIATOR. PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHOLE IN THE PLENUM WAS CAUSED BY A...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONTACTED DEALER.*JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ETC. FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOCKED UP COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CAUSE WAS COOLANT LEAKAGE THROUGH CRACK IN PLENUM WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $...

ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ETC. FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOCKED UP COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CAUSE WAS COOLANT LEAKAGE THROUGH CRACK IN PLENUM WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $...

THE INSURED STATED THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#04-8004-446)

THE ISURED'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#24-5198-115)

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THEN SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE INSURED THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#38-J636-778)

THE INSURED STATED THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#04-8004-446)

THE ISURED'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#24-5198-115)

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THEN SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE INSURED THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#38-J636-778)

CAR SOLD WITH 100,000 MILE COOLANT-- PART BACKORDERED-- CAN'T GET DUE TO SHORT SUPPLY. REQUESTED THAT DEALER CONTACT OLDS ZONE MANAGER FOR WARRANTY / COST OF FAILURE SUPPORT. NO RESPONSE AS OF THIS DATE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 04-8004-446. *SLC

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 04-8004-446. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 24-5198-115. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 24-5198-115. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, DEALER HAS SERVICED VEHICLE AND REPLACED VALVES IN THE EXHAUST, HOWEVER PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, DEALER HAS SERVICED VEHICLE AND REPLACED VALVES IN THE EXHAUST, HOWEVER PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, DEALER HAS SERVICED VEHICLE AND REPLACED VALVES IN THE EXHAUST, HOWEVER PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK *SLC

HEAD LIGHTS DO NOT SHUT OFF, THEREFORE FOG DROPLETS ARE ILLUMINATED AT THE HIGHER POSITON ABOVE THE ROAD AND YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLLUMINATES WHILE TRAVELING. DEALER HAS REPLACED HUB ON EACH WHEEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLLUMINATES WHILE TRAVELING. DEALER HAS REPLACED HUB ON EACH WHEEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE RUSTED WITHIN 10000 MILES. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE RUST AND DETERIORATION WAS DUE TO LOW MILEAGE. *AK *TT

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLCATE THE PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND REPLACED VARIOUS COMPONENTS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVING ALONG AND HEARD A NOISE. MIRROR FELL OUT OF RIGHT SIDE & ALSO MOTOR FROM MIRROR HOUSING. MIRROR & MOTOR FELL OUT AND WAS HANGING AND HITTING SIDE OF CAR.

THE "ABS" AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" INDICATOR LIGHTS STARTED TO COME ON AND STAY ON SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER 2000. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE ICE BUILDUP WHICH CAUSES THE SPEED SENSORS TO GO OFF. THE COST TO REPLACE ANY ONE SPEED SENSOR WAS...

THE "ABS" AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" INDICATOR LIGHTS STARTED TO COME ON AND STAY ON SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER 2000. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE ICE BUILDUP WHICH CAUSES THE SPEED SENSORS TO GO OFF. THE COST TO REPLACE ANY ONE SPEED SENSOR WAS...

THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AT ONLY 15000 MILES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE MATERIALS ARE INFERIOR, THE BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING. NLM

THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AT ONLY 15000 MILES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE MATERIALS ARE INFERIOR, THE BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING. NLM

THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AT ONLY 15000 MILES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE MATERIALS ARE INFERIOR, THE BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING. NLM

THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE RUSTED AT ONLY 15000 MILES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE MATERIALS ARE INFERIOR, THE BRAKE CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING. NLM

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ORIGINAL CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE, DEALER STATED BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING DUE TO VEHICLE NOT BEING DRIVEN ENOUGH, REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING FLUID. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ORIGINAL CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE, DEALER STATED BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING DUE TO VEHICLE NOT BEING DRIVEN ENOUGH, REAR BRAKE CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING FLUID. *SLC

CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE,THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE, DID NOT START. CONSUMER THEN REPLACED STARTER, BUT VEHICLE STILL DID NOT START. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO FOUND A GASKET HAD FAILED, COOLANT HAD FILLED CYLINDERS OF ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE,THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE, DID NOT START. CONSUMER THEN REPLACED STARTER, BUT VEHICLE STILL DID NOT START. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO FOUND A GASKET HAD FAILED, COOLANT HAD FILLED CYLINDERS OF ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER KEPT LOOSING ANTIFREEZE, VEHICLE WOULD SLOWLY ELEVATE IN TEMPERATURE, SOME TIMES CAR WOULD CUT OFF, DUE TO VACUUM HARNESS.*AK

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD LOUD POPPING NOISES AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES, ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, CLAIM 38-J636-778. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD LOUD POPPING NOISES AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES, ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, CLAIM 38-J636-778. *SLC

CAR STOPS WITHOUT WARNING DURING TRAFFIC , LOCKING UP STEERING AND BRAKING CAPABILITIES. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. TWO OCCASIONS REQUIRED TOWING AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. *AK

A LOW PITCH HUM EMANATING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE TAKEN TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS, NONE ABLE TO LOCATED PROBLEM, ON 12/17/00 THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER, SERVICE DEPARTMENT DECLARED VEHICLE TOO DANAGEROUS TO DRIVE AND REPLACED RIGHT WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY UNIT. CJ

ALTERENATOR FELL OFF CAUSING DAMAGE TO SERPENTINE BELT AND AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM. NLM

ALTERENATOR FELL OFF CAUSING DAMAGE TO SERPENTINE BELT AND AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND WAS APPROACHING RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, HORN WAS BLOWING. DRIVER WAS HURT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AT 35 MPH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO FRONT WINDSHIELD AND BOTH REAR DOOR SEALS. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER AT INSURANCE COST. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED GEAR WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING IN CONSUMERS GARAGE, CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE TO GO INTO HOUSE AND UPON RETURNING FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE HAD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO GARAGE DOOR. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CHIME INDICATOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TALKED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT PROBLEM WHICH COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, NOR REPAIRED. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER BLADES, WHICH WERE SPOT WELDED, HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND PIECES OF METAL WERE CONTAMINATING THE TRANSMISSION. *MJS

THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE WORN OUT CAUSING VIBRATION DURING ACCELERATION. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 MPH RIGHT INNER TIE ROD BROKE, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT AN EMBANKMENT, CRASHED INTO A CULVER, AND WENT ACROSS A DRIVEWAY BEFORE STOPPING. THERE WERE FIVE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, AND ALL FIVE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. VEHICLE WILL MOST LIKELY B...

VEHICLE IS CONTINUALLY LOOSING COOLANT, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER PUMP HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE LEAKAGE. *MJS

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LEAKING FUEL PRESSURE REGLULATOR VALVE FAILURE. YH

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED. YH

MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88LS HIT A DEER ON 11/05/1999 AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NOURSE DEALERSHIP BODY SHOP ON 11/07/1999 FOR REPAIRS. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS NO REPLACEMENT AIRBAGS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THIS VEHICLE AND THEY CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT THEY WILL...

WHEN TURNING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER IT BLOWS OUT A FUNNY ODOR THAT SMELLS LIKE URINE. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BLOWER DIDN'T DRY PROPERLY AND HELD WATER, WHICH CAUSED MILDEW. *AK

PROBLEM IS IN COLD WEATHER THE HORN BLOWS BY ITS SELF. IT WILL START TO BLOW AND KEEP BLOWING TILL DISCONNECTED. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER THEY SAID THEY HAD TO CALL THE GM TECH SUPPORT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM IN THAT YEAR CAR. THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE HORN AND AIR BAG ASSEMBLY FOR THE COS...

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT FROM A NAIL PUNCTURE FOUND THAT ALL FOUR TIRE HAD SOME CLEARLY VISIBLE LITTLE BUMPS AROUND THE SIDEWALL. NLM

THE FRONT END WAS VIBRATING . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MERCHANTS TIRE FOR ALIGNMENT AND ROTATION. I WAS ADVISED THE TIRE WERE CHOPPED UP AND NEW TIRES WERE THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY WEAK SHOCKS OR STRUTS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED BY THE SER...

CONSUMER'S AUTOMOBILE HAD STOPPED AND RAN INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER STOPPED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DECENDING A STEEP GRADE THE TRANSMISSION (IN LOW GEAR) AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. NLM

WHILE DECENDING A STEEP GRADE THE TRANSMISSION (IN LOW GEAR) AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. NLM

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (8/5/98 -MILAGE2600) (6/23/99) VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *AK

ALTERNATOR MADE LOUD HIGH-PITCHED WHINE - REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. GEAR INDICATOR ON CONSOLE DES NOT FUNCTION IN COLD TEMPERATURES.

ALTERNATOR MADE LOUD HIGH-PITCHED WHINE - REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. GEAR INDICATOR ON CONSOLE DES NOT FUNCTION IN COLD TEMPERATURES.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUAL NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION, UNABLE TO RECTIFY.

WAS ENTERING INTO HIS GARAGE, GOING ABOUT 5MPH AND BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CAR DID DAMAGES. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE HAND GRIPS ON THE ROOF OF VEHICLE AND KEEPS PULLING IT OUT, INOPERATIVE. *AK

WHILE GOING DOWNHILL AT 30MP, THE BRAKES FAILED. LOST CONTROL & HAD NO POWER. DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. TOOK TO MECHANIC & NOTHING FOUND AFTER ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. *AK

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT SIDE FENDER. ALSO, NOTICED WHERE THE BODY TUBE WAS USED TO REPAIR THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE THE PAINT IS HAZING OFF THE VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD RESTS DO NOT EXTEND UP HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HEAD DURING COLLISION.

BRAKE PEDAL TOO CLOSE TO THE LOWER DASH AREA CAUSING FOOT TO HIT DASH DUE TO DESIGN.

WHILE GOING DOWN HILLS IN CRUISE CONTROL THE CAR CONTINUES TO GAIN SPEED UNTIL THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT WAS MANUFACTURED BACKWARDS, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DESIGN OF HEATER VENT CAUSES THE HEAT TO BLOW DIRECTLY INTO THE FACE OF THE DRIVER.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON BWI PKWY AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SO HIGH THAT CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP IT, HE DID REMAIN IN CONTROL, ALTHOUGH VEHICLE RUPTURED THE LEFT FRONT AND REAR TIRES AFTER WHICH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE WA...