Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 09/09/1996 | 2 | 02/06/1993 | |
| When using air conditioning, alternator goes out and kills the battery. had 4 alternators and batteries replaced. took to dealer who indicated engine was too big for alternator also causing engine to stall, engine cooling fan replaced, power steering pressure hose failed and replaced, rearview mirror fell off, ceiling fabric coming unglued and dashboard vent cover coming off. *ak *tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 06/01/2000 | 9 | 05/13/1991 | |
| While driving vehicle just stopped, and all power was lost. as soon as vehicle was taken out of drive and put into park, it would start again. this has been an ongoing problem since june of this year. dealership was not able to determine what was cauisng this problem. *ak cleaning the fuel system and replacing spark plugs did not correct the problem.. *yh | |||
| 11/11/1991 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle stalled/ starting problems. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 11/02/1999 | 40 | ||
| A possible shortage in the main computer may be causing vehcile to stall. *yc | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 04/11/1996 | |||
| Driving vehicle, noticed smoke coming from steering column, pulled vehicle over, waited, started vehicle and started smoking again, had it towed. *ak | |||
| 08/04/1992 | 1 | ||
| Ignition switch failed. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 07/25/1995 | 5 | ||
| Bare wires sticking out under driver's seat. *ak | |||
| 05/01/1994 | |||
| Electrical malfunctions,had fixed, same problems reoccured, car caught fire. tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 11/18/1998 | |||
| Consumer has been experiencing problems with electrical system. while driving noticed smoke coming from hood. the manufacturer has yet to be contacted. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 07/07/1999 | 07/01/1993 | ||
| Electronic dashboard flickers off for minutes at a time. this affects the display of the speedometer, gas gauge and mileage. smoke come out of the steering column 2 years ago, and i had the signals and high beam switch repaired already. | |||
| 05/25/1999 | 100 | 06/01/1996 | |
| Our olds cutlas supreme has a digital electronic dash. this entire area has a constant problem with going on and off when it is off it causes an unsafe and undesireable problem of not knowing if there is any malfunctions with the engine,cooling system,amount of fuel that is left and most important the speed that you are traveling.all of these things are each by them selves a danger to the driver and anyone following or arround the effective vehicle. *ak | |||
| 02/21/1999 | 1 | ||
| This is the second electrical fire i have experienced in this vehicle this year. the first was the center console, melting down (which has been reported to you ,and the dealer has been made aware. today, as i was sitting in the vehicle, copious amounts of choking acrid smoke billowed from under the driver's seat. what happened was the upholstery support system for the drivers seat has been breaking down untieng the wire harness which shorted out the power seat motor, catching the drivers seat on fire. thank god there was a fire extinguisher nearby and a fresh battery in my cellular phone to call the fire department with , and i was not traveling at highway speeds at the time. this is a dangerous situation, and the owners of these cars must be notified before something terrible happens. | |||
| 02/14/1994 | 4 | ||
| Starter failed. | |||
| 06/29/1995 | 1 | ||
| While driving at speed of 15 mph, experienced under the hood fire due to an electrical short. tt | |||