1998 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS Complaints

STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED. CONSUMER STATED STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN TO THE LEFT. *AK POWER STEERING PUMP, PULLEY AND PRESSURE HOSE WERE REPLACED. ALSO, NOISE ON FRONT END OF VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM AND PERFORMED ALIGNMENT. *LA

VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING ANTI FREEZE EXCESSIVELY. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE LOWER GASKET IN THE ENGINE LEAKING ANTI FREEZE. THE ANTI FREEZE WAS GOING INTO THE ENGINE AND MIXING WITH THE OIL. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND ENGINE LEAKED COOLANT. HEAT INCREASED IN FRONT ON THE FLOOR AND THROUGH THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS HAS HAD SEVERAL HEATING/COOLING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS BRAKE PROBLEMS. MY CAR CONSISTENTLY NEEDS BRAKES SOONER THAN MOST CARS SHOULD AND THE CAR HAS ENGINE PROBLEMS AND HEATING AND COOLING PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE SPENT OVER $2000.00 TO FIX. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT REPORTING DEFECTS WITH THIS CAR. THE CAR HAS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT A HIGH MILEAGE CAR SHOULD HAVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IT WAS HARD FOR CONSUMER TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT/RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 03V527000 SUBJECT:STEERING GEAR BEARINGS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE MACHINE INSTALLING THE NEW PARTS BROKE, AND RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE DONE UNTIL THE MACHINE WAS FIXED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE SUSPENSION. THE MECHANIC HAD NOT YET RESOLVED THE PROBLEM.*AK *MR

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS.*AK

IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED ENGINE OR ENGINE ASSEMBLED WITH DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILS ALLOWING WATER TO MIX WITH OIL AND/OR FUEL, IF LEFT UNCORRECTED THIS CONDITION WILL DESTROY THE ENGINE. SYMPTOMS SEEN AS EARLY AS 36,000 MILES WITH THE VEHICLE BEING FOUR YEARS OLD. HAD REPAIRED IN MY CUTLASS ON DEC. 27, 2002 FOR $606.06 BY CHUCK NASH CHEVY/OLDS/BUICK/JEEP/EAGLE, SAN MARCOS, TX 41901 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AT THAT TIME THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. GOOD LUCK. MARK C. ERICKSON DIRECTOR OF RECORDING ARTS