1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS Complaints

VEHICLE WAS GOING 40MPH AND THERE WAS A BOOM AND SPARKS IN FRONT END. VEHICLE LOST STEERING, HIT SMALL OBJECTS, AND SLID INTO THE CURB. FRONT CRADLE AND ENGINE WERE ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT END OF VEHICLE SEPARATED FROM BUSHING, CAUSING FRONT END TO DROP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED DUE TO REAR MOUNT BOLTS BEING RUSTY, AND CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP.*AK

I PURCHESED A 1991 OLDS CUTLESS SUPREAM, IN APRIL 2001, I BOUGHT IT FROM A USED CAR PLACE, BUY HERE PAY HERE PLACE, THE CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS WHEN I BOUGHT IT. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN I HEARD A POP SOUND, SO I DECIDED TO PULL MY CAR OVER, WELL IN THE PROCESS, I NOTICED I HAD NO STERING ABILITY'S. LUCKY I ENDED UP IN GRASS ANYWAYS. WHEN I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY AUTO PLACE. THE MACANIC, TOLD ME THAT THERE REAR SUSPENSION WENT ON THE CAR. AND THAT IT WAS A RECALL BACK IN 1997.

BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE COMPLETELY, AND EXCESSIVE EFFORT IS NEEDED TO APPLY BRAKES. A REPAIR SHOP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND CANNOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

BRAKE PADS ARE SOFT, AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED DEALER BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON VEHICLE, DEALERSHIP ADVISED CONSUMER THEY COULD DO NOTHING UNTIL THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM MANUFACTURER, CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN SPITE OF THE 70,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY ( DAUGHTER ON BEHALF OF FATHER-JOSEPH BELESKI). *JB

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS INTERMITTENTLY . THERE IS NO PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WILL RESTART AGAIN, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL STALL AGAIN. MECHANIC CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK

REAR BRAKE CALIPER FROZE UP, RENDERING BRAKES INOPERABLE, AND WEARING FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND REAR BRAKES FASTER THE NORMAL.*AK

BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SHOULDER BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. REAR PASSENGER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO COME OUT OF A RETRACTED POSITION. ALL THESE BELTS ARE UNUSABLE.*AK