1996 OLDSMOBILE 88 Complaints

APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, BRAKES MADE A THUNKING NOISE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED EXCESSIVELY, ABS LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED. TOOK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY FOUND THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL MODULE TO BE FAULTY. REPLACED MODULE AND PAID FOR REPAIR. ENGINE PROBLEM STARTED CAR, SLIGHT BACKFIRE OCCURED, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAR ROUGH IDLED, HAD SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY FOUND THE UPPER INTAKE CRACKED ALONG WITH THE LOWER INTAKE AND GASKETS TO BE CRACKED. REPLACED AT COST TO ME. DT

CAR LOST POWER ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. REPAIRS CONSISTED OF REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION, REPLACEMENT OF TORQUE CONVERTER, MODULATOR, SHAFT OUTPUT, CLUTCH DRUM WHICH TOTALED $2600. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT PLASTIC MANIFOLD CRACKS AFTER ABOUT 60000 MILES AND CAUSES ANTI-FREEZE TO MIX WITH OIL INTO ENGINE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL JUST STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE NO STEERING OR BRAKE POWER. CONTACTED DEALER. CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK.

THE DOME LIGHTS AND OTHER INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON CONSTANTLY. THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT IS A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS LEAKING FUEL, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTO TECH WHERE THEY VERIFIED THE PROBLEM (PINPOINT HOLES IN SENDING UNIT), AND REPAIRED IT, UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL, THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND PRESSURE LINE WAS LEAKING AND THE TRANSMISSION PAN HAD A MINOR LEAK.*AK *JG

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK AT MANIFOLD INTAKE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED GM "MAJOR GUARD" WARRANTY PLUS "O" DEDUCTIBLE AND GM FIXED THE PROBLEM WITHOUT CHARGE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE STARTING,PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

TIRE SIZE P20570R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON OLDSMOBILE, 88, 1996 WITH 22,000 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED PROTRUSIONS AND BUBBLING OUT ON INNER WALLS.*AK THE FRONT DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED. *YH

THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING RESULTING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO ONCOMMING TRAFFIC. NLM