1996 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED COMPUTER. *AK

CAR HAS RECURRENT PROBLEMS, NEVER RESOLVED, SERVICE COSTS, MUST REPLACE CAR!!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE SUEING GMAC FOR THIS. GASOLINE SPRAYS OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE CAUSE. ALWAYS A GASOLINE ODOR FOR NO APPARENT REASON. NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. REPLACED 3 BATTERIES AND 2 ALTERNATORS. THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON AND ENGINES CUTS OFF SOMETIME FOR NO REASON SO IT GETS TOWED AND TOWED. I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY. THIS CAR COST ME OVER $18,000 AND I GET A CAR IN THE SHOP MOST OF THE TIME. ENDED UP TRADING IN CAR FOR ANOTHER "LEMON" ALERO 2000. NOW THIS CAR CUTS OFF WHEN I TURN OFF THE AC. I REALLY HATE OLDS CARS! DEFECTS THAT CANNOT BE TRACED....WHAT A DEAL! NOW I HAVE HIGHER PAYMENTS ON ANOTHER OLDS THAT HAS MORE UNDETECTABLE PROBLEMS. CONSTANTLY IN THE SERVICE SHOP, SO HERE WE GO AGAIN. OH WELL, THEY SURE ARE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF ME,... THAT IS, IF I LIVE THROUGH THIS CAR.THE ACHIEVA WAS IN THE SHOP MORE THAT 6 TIMES IN A YEAR, EVERY YEAR. I WONDER WHAT THIS ALERO WILL DO? AND TO THINK I LET THE DEALERSHIP GET ME FOR ANOTHER $18,000 ON YET ANOTHER CAR. THE PAYMENTS ARE HIGHER THAN THE LAST LEMON THEY SOLD ME. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT ME INTO A NEW CAR, WITH MY REMAINING PAYMENTS ON THE ACHIEVA. PERIOD.

FIRE BURNED STEERING COLUMN AND DASH AND BROKE WINDSHIELD AND BURNED HEADLINER WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON ROAD, WENT TO USE THE HORN AND IT FAILED. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 5 TIMES, AND IT WORKS FOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE AFTER REPAIR. *AK *ML

VEHICLE HAS HAD A SLOW PICK UP. UPON USING CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE HESITATED. ALSO, CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.*AK

REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, LUMBAR SUPPORT ADJUSTED 75-85% TO THE FRONT AND MY BACK GOT VERY STRONG STROKE OF LUMBAR SUPPORT, RESULTED IN HERNIATED DISK. POSSIBLE THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM.

DRIVING HOME APPROX 3:30 P.M. , CLEAR DAY, DRY PAVEMENT WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT REAGAN OLDS - OMAHA, NE. THEIR SERVICE DEPT. COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON WHY THE BAGS DEPLOYED. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR INVESTIGATOR FROM GM TO PERFORM VEHICLE INSPECTION, AND ACCESS A COMPUTOR THE DEALER CAN'T TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHY. I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT, TO BE THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A ACCIDENT. I DON'T THINK I RAN OVER ANYTHING IN THE ROAD, UNLESS IT JUST FELL OFF THE CAR AHEAD OF ME.

FRONT END WASN'T STABLE. ALSO, CAR HAD THREE SETS OF MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED WITHIN SIX MONTHS, AND MAIN COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONTROL ARMS, BUSHINGS AND LINKS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO BOTH FRONT TIRES WHICH CONTROLS THE TIRES BROKE BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE FRONT END SUSPENSION. YH

ENGINE WILL STALL OR QUIT WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER CANNOT DULPICATE DEFECT. *AK