1990 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME Complaints

REAR DISC BRAKES KEEP RUSTING UP AND FAILING. VEHICLE ENDS UP USING FRONT BRAKES, CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKES. *AK

MY DASHBOARD WOULD COME ON FOR A WHILE THEN WHILE DRIVING WILL GO OFF SO I CAN'T SEE HOW FAST I'M GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE

FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSING THE ENGINE/ TRANSMISSION, AND RACK AND PINION TO DROP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IN MY WIFE'S NAME (JUDY LYNN MELIN NOW JUDY LYNN WALDREP). THE MILEAGE LISTED IS APPROXIMATE (CAR IS SITTING AT DEALER). WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE REAR CRADLE MOUNT DROPPED AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. OTHER CARS WERE SWERVING ALL AROUND HER TO AVOID HER. THROUGH SOME MIRACLE, SHE DID NOT STRIKE ANOTHER CAR OR ANY OBJECT; THE CAR ROLLED TO SAFETY, BUT MY WIFE WAS VERY SHAKEN. WE FOUND OUT THAT FOR THIS VERY TYPE OF CAR, IN OTHER STATES, GM/OLDSMOBILE DID A RECALL (97016) IN SEVERAL STATES, BUT NOT OURS (MINNESOTA). WE HAVE HEARD LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING IN MN, AND THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS INVOLVED. WE HAVE CALLED OLDSMOBILE AND SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER. NEITHER, AT THIS POINT, ARE WILLING TO HELP US. WE JUST WANT TO RECOUP OUR LOSSES. WE BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS AND ALL OUR OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURES; THEY ARE FORTUNATE THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR THEY WOULD HAVE A LARGE LAWSUIT ON THEIR HANDS! PLEASE HELP! *AK

THE ENGINE BEGAN LEAKING OIL AND IS CONTINUING TO DO SO. IT WON'T LEAK WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, BUT WILL ONCE THE CAR IS STOPPED AND THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. IT IS QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT PANEL ALSO MALFUNCTIONS AS THE ODOMETER HARDLY EVER WORKS AND WHEN IT DOES, IT FLICKERS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL OCCASIONLY GO BLANK GIVING NO INFORMATION AT ALL AND WILL SOMETIMES RESUME WHEN THE DISPLAY IS TAPPED.

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW MAY HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE BRAKE FAILURE DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN COLLISION. HOWEVER OCCASIONALLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, ABS FAILURE. *YC

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 18-20 MPH ON THE OFF RAMP. WHILE MERGING INTO HIGHWAY A NOISE CAME FROM DASH AREA, AND DASH FLICKERED AND WENT OUT ELECTRICALLY. THE NOISE AND FLICKER COINCIDED WITH LOSS OF BRAKES, UP TO APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS. THEN VEHICLE HYDROPLAINED AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE COMPLETELY FAILED. THIS COULD POSE A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZAED. *AK

THE TRANMISSION HAS A PROBLEM WITH UP-SHIFT IN MODERATE ACCELERATION. HAVE TO FULLY DECELERATE FOR THE UP-SHIFT TO TAKR PLACE ASK DEALERS EOR SOLUTION NO RESPONDS

DRIVER'S SHOULDER AND LAP SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALER. *AK