1990 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Problems & Recalls

DT: THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND WAS HEADING FOR INTERSECTION WHEN HE REALIZED THAT ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. HE HAD TO TURN RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HE THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING. HE DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL SEVERED FROM THE STEERING RACK, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. NEITHER WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE CORRECT VIN TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE, AND TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RECALL WORK HAS BEEN DONE. *AK

Mileage: 130,464

SPEEDOMETER ISN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WHEN I GOT THIS VAN FROM MY GRANDFATHER (WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER) THE SPEEDOMETER HAD NOT BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME AND IS STILL NOT WORKING. *LA

FRONT AND MIDDLE SEAT BELTS WON'T RETRACT. *LA

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORRISON OF THE RETAINER. AS STATED IN RECALL # 97 V 058 000, BUT VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL. *MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND CONSUMER WILL LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING COLUMN BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND VEHICLE BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNT ON DRIVERS SIDE PULLED OUT OF THE FRAME DUE TO RUST CUSING THE BACK MOUNT BOLT TO BREAK OFF. THE STEERING GEAR BOX IS LOCATED ON THE SAME SIDE. HAS NOT CONTACTED A DEALER. *AK *JG

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR COIL SPRINGS COME OFF OF RETRACTOR ASSY. THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE IS JUST A SOFT PLASTIC COVER CAP ON THE RETRACTOR ASSY. BELT IS THEN UNUSABLE. IVE HAD BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS COME APART AND ONE IN THE REAR.

A BOLT FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE BROKE, WHEELS COULD FLOP TO THE SIDE BECAUSE OF BAD ENGINE CRADLE MOUNT. *AK

SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DO NOT RETRACT. RETRACTOR MECHANISM ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WAS REPLACED ON FEB 5, 1999. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. SEAT BELTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR OVER A YEAR, AND PASSENGER'S SI...

FRONT DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF ON TWO OCCASION. FIRST TIME ON DRIVER'S SIDE ,AND A YEAR LATER ON PASSENGER SIDE. UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS FROM OUTSIDE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. *AK

FRONT BRAKES FAILED. NLM

RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. NLM

FRONT STRUT FAILED. NLM

EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. NLM

RACK AND PINIONS SYSTEM FAILED. NLM

REAR SHOCKS BROKE IN HALF WHILE CONSUMER WAS ON THE WAY TO WORK. NLM

A HOLE RUBBED INTO THE POWER STEERING HOLE BECAUSE IT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK. NLM

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND BURNED THE FAN BELT CAUSING THE A/C UNIT TO ONLY BLOW HOT AIR. NLM

WHEN SHUTTING THE LIFTGATE IN REAR OF VEHICLE, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED THE CABLE. *AK *YC

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; A REPLACEMENT OF THREE ALTERNATORS AND THREE BATTERIES WITHIN THREE MONTHS. ALSO, A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED A FIRE UNDER THE DASH. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, BECAUSE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP UNLESS COST GO TO CONSUMER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; A REPLACEMENT OF THREE ALTERNATORS AND THREE BATTERIES WITHIN THREE MONTHS. ALSO, A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED A FIRE UNDER THE DASH. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, BECAUSE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP UNLESS COST GO TO CONSUMER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; A REPLACEMENT OF THREE ALTERNATORS AND THREE BATTERIES WITHIN THREE MONTHS. ALSO, A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED A FIRE UNDER THE DASH. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, BECAUSE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP UNLESS COST GO TO CONSUMER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; A REPLACEMENT OF THREE ALTERNATORS AND THREE BATTERIES WITHIN THREE MONTHS. ALSO, A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED A FIRE UNDER THE DASH. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, BECAUSE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP UNLESS COST GO TO CONSUMER. *AK

THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT, LEAVING THE LAP BELT LOOSE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE INSIDE HANDLE OF THE SLIDING DOOR WIL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER'S SIDE HANDLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I COULDN'T OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. I BELIVE FAULTY HANDLES ARE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, ESPECIALLY IF NEEDED DURING AN EMERGENCY NO MATTER OF THE AGE OR MILAGE OF THE...

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY FREE-WHEELED W/ NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. INSPECTION SHOWED THAT BOTH REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS FAILED AND DROPPED ENGINE ONTO RACK AND PINION, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO DISENGAGE AND ALSO DISCONNECTING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN HE HEARD A CLUNK, THE STEERING BECAME HARD. ANOTHER CLUNK, CONSUMER THAN TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL AND EVERYTHING COLLAPSED, FELL APART. IN JANUARY 98, THE FRONT TIE RODS WERE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOUR TIMES A YEAR SINCE APRIL 98. BEEN TO GM...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN HE HEARD A CLUNK, THE STEERING BECAME HARD. ANOTHER CLUNK, CONSUMER THAN TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL AND EVERYTHING COLLAPSED, FELL APART. IN JANUARY 98, THE FRONT TIE RODS WERE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOUR TIMES A YEAR SINCE APRIL 98. BEEN TO GM...

LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY HIS MECHANIC THAT VEHICLE BRAKE LINE IS A DEFECTIVE PART. MANUFACTURER//DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK IS BROKEN. THE OWNER HAS THE SEAT PROPPED UP WITH AN ICE COOLER. THE SEATBACK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE MOVES BACK AND FORTH. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT/MIDDLLEFT AND RIGHT SEAT BELTS ARE FULLY EXTENDED AND FAIL TO RETRACT. *AK

3 OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF. *AK

LUGGAGE RACK RIPPED OFF WITH LUGGAGE ON IT WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. *AK

TILT STEERING LEVER FELT LOOSE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL.

FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO UNLATCH.

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM FAILED. RECALL #TSB 90C1010

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.

FRONT BUCKET SEAT FAILED.

SEAT BELT LATCHES DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH NEW DESIGN, RETRACTORS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

SEAT BELT LATCHES DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH NEW DESIGN, RETRACTORS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

WATER PUMP FAILED TWICE.

POWER STEERING HOSES FAILED.

TRANSMISSION FLUID HOSES FAILED.

FORWARD ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.

DASHBOARD SEPARATION FROM CONSOLE FRAME.

FUEL MEMBRANE IN TBI UNIT.

PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW FELL OUT.

THE DASHBOARD CAME UNDONE AND FLEW UP WHILE THE TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN, AND ALMOST CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

SEAT BELT FAILED.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT SO IT WOULD NOT RESTRAIN IN AN ACCIDENT . *AK

FAILURE OF LAP/SHOULDER BELT, RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RETRACT,ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AND IN THE REAR SEATS.

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR INOPERATIVE. *SD

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BOLT, THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT IN PLACE IS COMING UP FROM THE FLOOR. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKE LINE BROKE BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *AK

ENGINE SEVERELY BUCKS, HESITATES, SHUTS ITSELF DOWN FEW SECONDS, SOMETIMES NOT RESTARTING; FUEL INJECTION DOES NOT SEND ENOUGH GAS TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING. TT

ENGINE SEVERELY BUCKS, HESITATES, SHUTS ITSELF DOWN FEW SECONDS, SOMETIMES NOT RESTARTING; FUEL INJECTION DOES NOT SEND ENOUGH GAS TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING. TT

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT FAILS TO RETRACT WHEN UNLATCHING SEAT BELT. TT

ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, DID NOT WORK, HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. TT

ALTERNATOR FAILED. *AK

SEAT BELT FAILURE. *AK

THE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF. THE SLIDING DOOR ALSO HAS A LATCHING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF. THE SLIDING DOOR ALSO HAS A LATCHING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED, VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. TT

SIDE SLIDING DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED, VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. TT

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TT

BRAKES FAILED, BRAKES HOSES FAILED CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES. TT