1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA Complaints

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT WORK RESULTING IN A REAR-END COLLISION. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY. HAD REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED VEHICLE. *AK

STRUT ARMS THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE IN POSITION ARE DEFECTIVE, CAUSING THE REAR WINDSHIELD GLASS TO SHATTER TWICE WITHIN A YEAR AND HALF APART. DEFECT COULD CAUSE INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVER 25 MPH AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS 5 TIMES WHERE DEALER HAD FOUND METAL CHAFING, AND THEY HAD TO ROTATE BRAKES. *AK *ML

REAR GLASS TO HATCH BROKE TWICE DUE TO REAR HATCH STRUT APPLYING TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO GLASS.

FRONT BRAKE LININGS ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 11212 MILES.

THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 20MPH, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRIVELINE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES TREMENDOUSLY AFTER APPROACHING 60 MPH AND OVER. THE STEERING WHEEL BOUNCES AND DASHBOARD RATTLES, CAUSING IT TO BE A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO GO DOWN IT IS HARD TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THERE WATER BUBBLES ARE ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD INSIDE OF THE GLASS.

MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED. WILL DRIVING GASKET RAN HOT; THE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS SPEWING WATER AND THE GASKET HAD TO BE CHANGED.