1994 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS Complaints

ON A 1994 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME CONVERTIBLE WITH THE 3.4 LITER DOHC ENGINE, THE HIGH PRESSURE (I.E., INLET) POWER STEERING LINE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. THE POINT OF FAILURE WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES ABOVE WHERE THE LINE TURNS 90 DEGREES VERTICALLY UP AT THE RIGHT FRAME RAIL AND BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING AND THE FRONT FRAME REAR CROSS-MEMBER. A BOLT AND BRACKET FOR DIFFERENT ASSEMBLY INTERFERED WITH AND WORE A HOLE IN THE FLEXIBLE PART OF THE LINE. *NLM

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#94V159000. POWER DOOR LOCK FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATES, A MELTED FUSE BOX AT THE POWER DOOR LOCK CIRCUIT BRAKER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

INTERMINTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERABLE OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT DUE TO VIN# DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON. ALSO, THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YH

VEHICLE HAS PROBLEM ACCELERATING. DEALER STATED THAT A VALVE COULD BE DEFECTIVE, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 35MPH AND EMERRGENCY BRAKE LIGHT AND ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BRAKES FAILED, AND VEHICLE WAS FORCED TO RUN A RED LIGHT. BRAKES WERE MAKING A HISSING NOISE BEFORE THEY FAILED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT MASTER CYLINDER, ROTORS AND DISCS FAILED. OLDSMOBILE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH

RECALL 97V017000O REPAIRS CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER SWITCH WERE DONE IN 1997. ON 1 JUNE 2002, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED WIRING MECHANISM.*AK CONSUMER ADDS WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN. MECHANIC REPLACED THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND AN INSPECTION OF THE FAILED PART SHOWED THAT IT HAD THE REQUIRED NYLON TIE ON THE WIRES, EXCEPT FOR ONE WIRE WHICH WAS MISSING. THE WIRE WHICH BROKE OVER TIME, WAS THE REASON FOR THE SAFETY RECALL. *TT

SAME DEFECT AS NHTSA RECALL #98T002000 BUT IN DIFFERENT TIRE SIZE. MASSIVE SIDEWALL CRACKING DEVELOPED ON TIRES WITH 15000 MILES WITH LIKE NEW TREAD LEFT. ONE TIRE HAS 3 INCH, DEEP CRACK AND ON INSPECTION, ANOTHER TIRE IS DEVELPING THE EXACT SAME CRACK.*AK