1998 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS Complaints

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. BRAKE PEDAL FEELS NORMAL WHEN BRAKING, AND BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL. DEALER STATED MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

POSTIVE BATTERY CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. EVERYTHING SHUTDOWN AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK *YH

WHILE DIVING 75 MPH VEHICLE STALLS. HAD REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE IS RELEASING STRONG FUMES THROUGHT VENTS OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ABS LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE ON DASHBOARD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT LIGHT; HOWEVER, HAS REPLACED BRAKE SENSOR AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT GAS FUMES AND SMOKE FUMES WERE BEING EMITTED FROM ENGINE. *YD

THE FUEL INJECTORS IN MY CAR HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS SINCE 12/14/01, 1/28/02 THEN AGAIN 3/28/02. THE MILEAGE BETWEEN 12/14/01 & 1/28/02 WAS LESS THAN 2,000 MILES & THE NEXT TIME WAS LESS THAN 2,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME IS COST $179.00 AND THE SECOND TIME $175.00. THE THIRD TIME $25.00 & I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE & BASCIALLY HE TOLD ME I WAS USING BAD GAS OR POOR QUALITY OF GAS. THE ONLY GAS I GET IS FROM SHELL, EXXON OR TEXACO. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. HAS NOT HELP IN THE PROBLEM IN ANYWAY. MY MECHANIC SAID THE INJECTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED & THAT WOULD COST $1500.00 OR MORE. THE MERCHANIC GOT A SERVICE BULLECTIN #99-06-04-005A ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS CAUSING THE CAR TO RUN POORLY WITH NOT ENOUGH FUEL GETTING TO THE ENGINE, & CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. HE ALSO SAID HE HAS A LOT OF THESE ENGINES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INJECTORS. I JUST WANT OLDSMOBILE RECALL THIS & HAVE IT FIXED.*AK

INTAKE GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT. VEHICLE SMOKED, AND HAD TO CONTANTLY KEEP PUTTING COOLANT IN VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT INTAKE GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE MECHANIC WHO WORKED ON MY CAR SAID THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS MAKE & YEAR CAR. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

ENGINE(IGNITION) QUITS WHILE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. ALL POWER SYSTEMS ARE LOST, MAKING STEERING AND BRAKING DIFFICULT. ENGINE RESTARTS WHEN KEY IS TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED ON TO RESTART. THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL OR COMPUTER PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE RESET WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE IS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT A CORRECT SPEED. WHEN SLOWING DOWN VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK