1993 OLDSMOBILE 88 Complaints

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND FUMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEITH THE VEIHCLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A TRANSMSSION COOLING LINE WHICH SEPARATED, CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE, AND RESULTING IN FIRE. ALSO, NHTSA RECALL 96V015002/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 95C68 WAS ISSUED DEALING WITH FIRES CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE HESITATED UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ALSO, THERE WAS A CLICKING AND BANGING NOISE WITHIN THE MOTOR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. *AK

INNER TIE ROD CAME LOOSE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 20MPH, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TURNED INWARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND REPAIRED IT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC ACCELERATION WHENEVER VEHICLE WAS STARTED. PROBLEM WAS DUE TO FAILURE IN THE THROTLE POSITION CENSOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRED AT THE COST TO CONSUMER. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE,BLEW UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. APPRAISER CLAIMS THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF RADIATOR OR TRANSMIISION WHICH BLEW UP IN THE FIRE. *AK

SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER DURING VEHICLE COLLISON CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER.

DURING RAINY WEATHER & USING THE WINDSHIED WIPERS, THE MOTOR WOULD BE SLUGGISH. WIPERS WOULD NOT CLEAR RAIN FROM WINDSHIELD. WOULD BE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS WINDSHIELD. MADE VISIBILITY VERY POOR. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

POWER STEERING COOLING LINE RUSTED DUE TO CORROSION FROM SALT USED IN THE STREETS & THE SLUSH FROM THE ROAD, CAUSING STEERING TO BE HARD TO NEGOTIATE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS, WAS ABOUT 1-2 CARS LENGTHS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, HAD TO MAKE PANIC STOP. ABS BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAREND VEHICLE IN FRONT. *AK