1997 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS Complaints

ENGINE REAR NUT BOLTS BROKEN, ENGINE MOVES AT THE LEAST BUMP ON PAVEMENT. TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. COOLANT CONSTANT NEEDED. ENGINE LIGHT/OR BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON.*AK

ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY, BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 15-20 TIMES. REPLACED BRAKE PADS/ ALTERNATOR/ BATTERY/ WIRING HARNESS, AND PUT IN SENSOR. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK SERPENTINE AND TENSIONER BELT BROKEN. SECURITY LIGHT BLINKS DUE TO BAD THEFT LOCK SENSOR ASSEMBLY . BLOWER SPEEDS INOPERATIVE. A/C CONTROL INOPERATIVE. LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE FALLS TO FLOOR. POWER WINDOW INOPERABLE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SWITCH FAILURE. *YH

STARTS AND RUNS BEAUTIFULLY UNTIL STOPPED BRIEFLY, WON'T RESART, TURNS OVER AND DIES. NO GAS SMELL. AFTER SITTING 15-20 MINUTES, STARTS. LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN CAR IS PARKED IF BUFFETED BY WIND. SHORT IN STALK SWITCH. DOME LIGHT DOESN'T GO OFF WHEN DOOR IS

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40-45MPH WHEN VEHICLE WANDERED TO THE LEFT 3-4 FEET INTO OTHER LANE, DEALER FOUND A BROKEN WELD ON THE LOWER SUB FRAME CRADLE THAT CONNECTS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING TO FRAME, THE BROKEN WLED CAUSED THE STEERING MOUNTING BUSHINGS TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING. *SLC

WHILE TRYING TO USE REAR LAP&SHOULDER BELT UNITS THEY LOCKED UP. CONSUMER THEN TRIED REAR DRIVER'S SIDE LAP&SHOULDER BELT, AND BUCKLE WAS BROKEN. *AK THE MIDDLE LAP BELT DOES NOT HOLD A CHILD CAR SEAT. *YH

AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR A MONTH HAD APPLIED BRAKES AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. NOISE PROCEEDED TO GET WORSE. TOOK VEHICLE BACK. BRAKE PADS WERE CHANGED. A MONTH LATER , NEEDED A NEW SET OF BRAKES. PROBLEM HAPPENED EVERY TWO WEEKS. MECHANIC INDICATED NO KNOWLEDGE OF CAUSE OF PROBLEM. BRAKES KEPT MESSING UP & WERE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOT BEING PROPERLY REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WHEN THE WIPER BLADES CROSSED EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, REPLACED WIPER TRANSMSISSION. *SLC

REAR BRAKE ROTORS HAD BEEN SHAKING. ROTOS WERE WORN OUT. WAS NO BRAKES IN THE REAR. FRONT BRAKES WERE BEING USED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC BACK BRAKES, FRONT BRAKES & THE ROTORS ALL NEED REPLACING DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. CONTACTED GMC AFTER REPAIRS & RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT. KEPT ORIGINAL INVOICE & BAD PARTS.

STEERING GEAR IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FUILD, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BRAKES PUSLATE; RETURNED TO DEALER.FRONT DISK RESURFACED. OK FOR A MONTH PUSLATING STARTED AGAIN.RETURNED AGAIN, REAR DISCS RESURFED. I THINK DEFECTIVE DISKS. DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE ROTORS.