Oldsmobile 88 Ls 1996

Model 88 Ls made in 1996 by Oldsmobile got 8 consumer complains as well as 1 service bulletin. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding unknown or other.

88 ls year 1996

Technical Service Bulletins
Consumer Complaints

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Model 1996

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Replacement Bulletin	Item no.	Summary	Added
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
98838313	05/01/1998		601394	Some customers may comment that the cupholder does not stay latched. *yc	08/03/1998

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL
02/04/2006	150000	1	02/01/2005
	Dt: the contact stated while driving the vehicle going 55 mph the passenger's side air bag deployed without warning. the windshield was busted due to the airbag deployment. the vehicle was driven home then to the dealership the next day. the dealership could not duplicate the problem as to why the airbag had deployed. the manufacturer has been notified. updated 03/03/06. jb
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE
03/17/2003	149686	1	03/14/2000
	The intake manifold cracked and leaked antifreeze. *jb scc
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE
12/14/2001		1	12/01/2001
	Applied pressure to brake pedal to stop, brakes made a thunking noise and the brake pedal pulsated excessively, abs light on dash illuminated. took to dealer for inspection. they found the electronic brake and traction control module to be faulty. replaced module and paid for repair. engine problem started car, slight backfire occured, service engine soon light illuminated, car rough idled, had slight loss of power. took to dealer, they found the upper intake cracked along with the lower intake and gaskets to be cracked. replaced at cost to me. dt
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
12/14/2006	148000	1	09/09/2006
	Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle was leaking antifreeze near the side of the intake manifold. the vehicle was taken to a private repair shop, where it was determined that the intake manifold was leaking. the repair shop stated that this was a common problem.
03/15/2004	93000	5
	A hole within intake manifold caused antifreeze to leak into the engine compartment. as a result vehicle had difficulty in starting intermittently.*ak
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK
12/14/2001		1	12/01/2001
	Applied pressure to brake pedal to stop, brakes made a thunking noise and the brake pedal pulsated excessively, abs light on dash illuminated. took to dealer for inspection. they found the electronic brake and traction control module to be faulty. replaced module and paid for repair. engine problem started car, slight backfire occured, service engine soon light illuminated, car rough idled, had slight loss of power. took to dealer, they found the upper intake cracked along with the lower intake and gaskets to be cracked. replaced at cost to me. dt
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
11/09/2009	170000	1
	Sir's i have a 1996 oldsmobile 88 ls. i was driving to a friends house,started to pull out of an intersection and the 4 rear engine cradle bolts pulled through the subframe, when this happened the engine dropped and the steering shaft came apart and i couldn't turn the wheels to guide the car. luck had it that no one was coming at the time. i have never in all my years as a driver ever seen this happen. i know it's an older car and things happen ,but never this. if the mounts were defective why weren't they recalled, they were on other models of the oldsmobiles of this year. sheriff deputy came and assisted while we could load it onto a flatbed wrecker. don't know if they made a report or not. *tr
12/01/2001			10/01/2001
	No summary. dt

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