Oldsmobile Achieva 1992

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Dt: the contact stated on his way home from washing vehicle felt as though it was slipping. The vehicle started filling up with smoke. He pulled the vehicle over and noticed a fire under the trunk. The rubber hanger that holds the exhaust system melted, but the muffler was still on. There was a football size hole in the trunk. He was able to extinguish the fire himself, and drove the vehicle home, approximately 50 yards. The vehicle has not been to a mechanic to determine where the fire had started. *ak

The accelerator pedal stuck. As a result, vehicle crahed into a pole. No injuries reported. *ak

While my wife was driving home from work she saw smoke from under the dash. She drove home in a snow storm for 1.5 hours and after getting home turned the headlight switch, and car off. I notice the lights were still on. It smelled like a fire was going to start. I drove it into my shed and checked it out and it was a short in the switch. I replaced the switch and it cost me over $100 to replace it. It probrably would of cost me over $200 dollars if i were to have a dealer or garage do it. This to me is a very high safety concern and don't think it should be taken lightly. Thank you

When the vehicle came to a stop, strong gas fumes came through the vents. *ak the smell worsened per consumer. The mechanic tightened the ground to the computer, checked for exhaust leaks and found none. There were cracks in the flange at the exhaust manifold which was replaced. There was an intermittent problem with the headlights, the wipers did not work, the automatic door lock were inoperative as well, and noise occurred when the a/c was in use. There were a number of repairs that the vehicle required. *sc the battery, tires, lower radiator hose, front struts,water pump, disc brake, calipers, pads and starter solenoid were all replaced. *jb

Brakes intermittently fail, brakes do not take hold immediately , complete failure during inlclement weather. Abs light on. *ak

I tried to start my car to go to work on 3/12/01 and i immediately noticed a problem. I appeared to work fine the day before. The car did start but immediately it started to poor smoke out the exaust pipe. I also noticed the smell of anti-freeze. I drove it approximately 1/2 mile to my normal service station where it was diagnosed as a blown cylinder head gasket. After receiving this information i contacted the dealer where we purchased the car (regency oldsmobile) and they told me the car did not meet the critria because of its age. They confirmed the vin number i gave them had the problem, but my problem was that my car was to old. I then called oldsmobile customer assistance office at 1-800-442-6537 where the lady told me that my car did not qualify for any repairs because there are no repairs against that same vin number that the dealer told me was. Can you help me?

Fire started under dash,fire also in fuse recepticle. *ak

After driving could stop and engine will stall without a prior warning. Engine will not start until consumer will let vehicle sit for a few minutes. Then, it will restart and work again. Dealer said that problem iwas with torque converter. *ak

While driving at about any speed stepped on brake pedal to reduce or stop, and entire vehicle started vibrating, then it stalled. When consumer tried to re-start vehicle, it vibrated. But, when put in drive vehicle stalled again.*ak

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P2055 [1] Reductant Injection Valve Circuit High Bank 1 Unit 2