1996 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight problems

“MY CAR WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS STARTING AND STAYING STARTED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A BACK FIRE AND WOULDN'T START BACK UP. WE CHECKED THE PLUGS AND ALSO TESTED TO SEE IF WAS GETTING FUEL. YES, THE PLUGS WERE FINE, AND IT WAS GETTING FUEL. I THEN TOOK OFF THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE HAD THAT TESTED AND THAT WAS FINE. I WAS TOLD THEN IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. REPLACED THAT, THE CAM SENSOR THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR, VALVE COVER GASKET, THE LOWER AND UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS THAT WERE CRACKED, PIECES MISSING, AND COVERED IN THICK BROWN GOOD. MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START, AND HAS WATER FALLS OF WATER COMING OUT THE PLUG HOLES. *AK”

“FUEL GAUGE FAILURE--SENDING UNIT GOT SO HOT IT FUSED THE WIRES TOGETHER AND THEN SENT A JOLT OF ELECTRICITY TO THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BURNING OUT PART OF THE CLUSTER; IN ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THESE PROBLEMS THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES WERE SO BRITTLE THAT THEY FELL APART THEREFORE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT EACH OF THESE PROBLEMS COULD LEAD TO A FIRE OR AN EXPLOSION. I HAVE THE SENDING UNIT OUT OF THE FUEL TANK WITH THE FUSED WIRES. *NM”

“1996 OLDSMOBILE 88. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE AIRBAG EXPLOSION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. THE AIR BAG DAMAGED THE WINDSHIELD AND SENT SHARDS OF GLASS FLYING. *JB”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE 88 LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PLASTIC, WHICH FAILED AND CAUSED THE FUEL LINES TO BURN AND MELT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V116000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 192,000.”

“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”

“BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR SILL LEAKS BRAKE FLUID. THE BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED OUT. FLUID LEVEL IN BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR LOW AND INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. ADDED BRAKE FLUID TO RESERVOIR. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES ARE NOT GALVENIZED, ARE EXPOSED TO SALT AND MOISTURE, AND ARE NOT PAINTED SO THEY RUST! *TR”