1996 OLDSMOBILE 88 Complaints

INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, THEN BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD. VEHICLE WOULD START. THEY REPLACED MALL MODULAR AND THEN BATTERY EXPLODED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE NEAR WINDSHIELD POST OF THE LEFT SIDE. THEN, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND PASSENGER NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. WHEN PULLING ON THE HANDLES TO OPEN DOORS, THEY WILL NOT RELEASE BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT THE SPEAKERS WERE ON FIRE.*AK THE FIRE STARTED AT MIRROR CONTROL SWITCH POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A FUSE OR CIRCUIT BREAKER BLOWING OUT. *YH

BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT NEED TO BE DEPRESSED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. ACCORDING TO HERB GORDON OLDSMOBILE THE BTSI SOLENOID IS PROBABLY DEFECTIVE.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE POSITION INTO NEUTRAL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THERE IS A TSB ON IT, BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED IT DID NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SOMETIMES DURING WARM-UP(NOT MOVING)..THERE WILL BE A LOUD "THUD" AT REAR OF VEHICLE. AT OTHER TIMES I MAY DRIVE 2-3 BLOCKS BEFORE I HEAR THE THUD. AFTER THE INITIAL THUD SOUD(WHICH IS VERY LOUD), IT WILL NOT MAKE THE SOUND AGAIN DURING DRIVING. I SUSPECT IT MAY BE MECHANICAL OR A BACKFIRE. TO DATE THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM

THIS AUTO IS GOING TO A TOTAL LOSS, I HIT A CAR AT 30 IN THE REAR END AND ANOTHER AUTO HIT ME IN THE REAR END THEN I HIT # 1 CAR IN THE REAR A SECOND TIME. I VERY CONCERNED AND MAD THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE, DRIVER OR PASSENGER. BOTH BUMPERS WERE HIT, LIGHTS BROKEN, TRUCK PUSHED IN AT LEAST 10 INCHES AND RADIATOR WAS PUSHED IN TO THE MOTOR WITH BUMPER, BUT NO DEPLOYMENT. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR? I BOUGHT BECAUSE IT WAS TALKED ABOUT AS SUCH A SAFE CAR, YOU CAN'T PROVE IT MY ME!

FUEL LINE FROM GAS TANK AT ATTACHMENT FITTING TO FUEL FILTER DEVELOPED A LEAK RESULTING IN FUEL SPILLAGE WITHIN A CLOSED SPACE(GARAGE). NO FIRE RESULTED, HOWEVER, THE SITUATION COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF HOME AND/OR LIFE.

AFTER WET WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FREEZE TO THE WINDSHIELD AND WHEN TURN ON THE WIPERS BREAK. CONSUMER TOLD THEY WERE DESIGNED TO DO THIS.

WHILE DRIVING THE ACCLERATOR GOT STUCK AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING A FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES, NO RESPONSE, VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH 4 TRAFFIC LANES, AFTER 10 MILES, BRAKES NORMAL, HEARD LOUD NOISE & SEVERE VIBRATION, DEALER CHECKED BRAKES, FOUND NOTHING WRONG. VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK