Oldsmobile 88 1994

• Recall 17021 [USA]: The head lamps would not stay illuminated resulting in reduced driver visibility.
  A spring in the head lamp portion of the head park lamp switch can fail preventing latching of the head lamp portion of the switch in the "on" position.
  dealers will inspect head/park lamp switch build date codes and replace switches with suspect date codes.
  system: lighting, switch, button; ring; headlights.Vehicle description: passenger cars.Note: if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and the remedy is not provided within a reasonable time free of charge or the remedy does not correct the defect, please contact oldsmobile service center at 1-800-442-6537. Also, contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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Tl* the contact owned a 1994 oldsmobile 88 royale. While driving approximately 10 mph, the contact's vehicle was suddenly rear ended. The front driver and passenger seats fell backwards and the bolts that held the seats detached. As a result, the seats disengaged from the floorboard of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to the leg, knee, head, shoulder, arm, and hand. The contact sustained injuries to the neck, back, knees, and ribs. Both required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000. The vin was not available. Updated 02/03/17*lj the consumer requested a status update. *js vin invalid updated 7/11/18*jb *tr

Tl*the contact owns 1994 oldsmobile delta 88. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph the cradle bolt that holds the engine and transmission was damaged by rust causing the steering column to disconnect from the rack and pinion. The failure caused the contact to lose control of the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer regarding the rust on the bolts and was advised that there were no recalls and the warranty had expired. The contact will be responsible for the repair cost. The vehicle can not be driven to due the failure. The contact stated that the rust was caused by salt build up during inclement weather. The failure mileage was 182,000.

The hood on a 1994 oldsmobile delta 88 was lifted to check battery and both gas filled struts designed to keep the hood up suddenly failed. This resulted in the hood falling and trapping my right wrist and hand. Laceration was inflicted along with radial and/or ulnar nerve damage. *tr

1994 olds 88 has to be sold for salvage due to the frame rusting and cracks have been formed in the frame. The car has been stored inside a garage 10 out of the 12 years of ownership (2 owners)*jb

While driving 20 mph, the vehicle stalled. The consumer restarted the vehicle, but it was hard to shift. The dealership was aware of the problem but was unable to resolve the issue. The cause was not determined. Please provide more information. *jb

I received a price quote from a local gm dealership of $2500 to repaint the car. The bodyshop mgr. Told me that there was a prolem with gm paint from 1985 to 1995. I called gm canada and their response was that they had no information regarding my complaint. So i am lodging this info with your website.

Finish coat and clear coat bubbling and peeling off in flakes on right rear door and leaving the primer in tact. Called customer service for oldsmobile and was told vehicle too old to claim manufacturer defect but no doubt this appears to be a manufacture defect. *la

The intake is plastic and the egr tube srews directly into it,thus causing the intake to melt and distort cause your coolant to leak into the engines cylinder walls.Which antifreeze has sugars in it thus causeing the engine to burn up.Have been to several dealerships in the area and they all say that it happens to all the cars with this particular engine.Though they do not want to admit it is a factory production mess up.You cant mix a metal egr tube with a plastic intake that gets in excess of 3 or 400 degrees and not expect it to melt the plastic intake.So now i have a practically blown up engine due to a factory production screw up and its going to cost "me" thousands of dollars to repair. *ak

Brake lines became corroded/ rusted through. One of the lines cracked, causing no braking ability, which almost resulted in a crash. *ak