1996 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME Complaints

MANUFACTURE'S RECALL CAN NOT BE COMPLETED ON THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *ET

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD SQUEAK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS AND THE ROTORS.*AK

UPON IMPACT, IN A REAR COLLOSION, DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR SEAT, RESULTING IN INJURIES.*AK

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE FIXED, DOOR MECHANISM HAD TO BE REPLACED, WINDSHIELD REPLACED 2 TIMES AND NOW THE COOLANT IS LEAKING ALONG WITH AN OIL VALVE AND THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE. COST TO REPAIR THIS TIME IS ESTIMATED AT $1200

BRAKING FAILURE. DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND THE LOW TRAC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED BY THE DEALER. IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. COST OF $550.00 TO REPAIR.

VEHICLE SKIDDED UNDER HARD BRAKING (TO AVOID COLLISION); ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE UNTIL AFTER 2 SECONDS OF SKIDDING. ABS ALSO ACTIVATES UNDER NORMAL BRAKING OVER BUMPY ROAD; STAYS ACTIVATED FOR 30 SECONDS. DEALER INSPECTED BRAKING AND ABS SYSTEMS; FOUND NO PROBLEMS, FOUND NO ERROR CODES IN ABS COMPUTER. NO OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY DEALER.

WE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER BECAUSE IT WAS CLOGGED, HOWEVER, WE THEN HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE CATALITIC CONVERTER.

WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE JERKS, AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES FAILED. DRY ROADSURFACE; APPLIED TO BRAKES WITH LOTS OF DISTANCE TO STOP; BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK.