http://www.arfc.org/rss/feeds/autos/oldsmobile/88The latest automotive recalls from the National Highway Transportation Safety AdministrationSun, 28 Apr 2024 16:16:06 GMTen-us1440Copyright 2024, Eladrel Technologies, LLCAutomotiveON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A MISTIMED SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACKFIRE. http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000020953000078412000000151/recall.aspxTue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMTON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A MISTIMED SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACKFIRE. http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000020953000079217000000151/recall.aspxTue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMTVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4T65E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 102, "TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE." A RETAINING CLIP, WHICH SECURES THE MANUAL VALVE TO THE LINKAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION DETENT LEVER, CAN BECOME LOOSE UNDER A COMBINATION OF POSSIBLE DRIVER SHIFTING MANEUVERS AND ALLOW THE LINK TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MANUAL VALVE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000009114000078412000000180/recall.aspxMon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMTA BACKFIRE DURING ENGINE STARTING CAN CAUSE BREAKAGE OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007843000070856000000154/recall.aspxMon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 GMTVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007601000011525000000185/recall.aspxTue, 23 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMTVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007601000011524000000185/recall.aspxTue, 23 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMTTHESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH A MALFUNCTION ALARM, LIGHTING AND LOCKING (MALL) MODULE THAT CAN CONTAIN A DAMAGED CAPACITOR. IF THE CAPACITOR IS DAMAGED, THE "KEY IN THE IGNITION" WARNING CHIME AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED WARNING CHIME AND INDICATOR LAMP MAY NOT WORK. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION" AND FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." IN ADDITION, OTHER CHIME REMINDER FUNCTIONS, INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS, AND POWER DOOR LOCKING FEATURES ARE ALSO AFFECTED.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007561000070856000000215/recall.aspxMon, 23 Oct 1995 00:00:00 GMTA 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.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007113000011527000000219/recall.aspxTue, 02 Aug 1994 00:00:00 GMTA 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.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000007113000011526000000219/recall.aspxTue, 02 Aug 1994 00:00:00 GMTWHEN APPLIED, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY RELEASE ONE OR MORE TEETH, REDUCING THE CABLE LOAD TO THE REAR BRAKES.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000006259000011523000000117/recall.aspxMon, 23 Sep 1991 00:00:00 GMTCARS WERE BUILT MISSING A WIRE BETWEEN THE DIGITAL CLUSTER AND THE DIMMER CONTROL, THEREBY FAILING TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO LEVELS OF LIGHTING.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000006124000011522000000220/recall.aspxFri, 01 Mar 1991 00:00:00 GMTVEHICLES MAY HAVE DISCREPANT WELDS IN THE LEFT REAR ROCKER PANEL WHICH CAN CAUSE DEFORMATION OF THE PANEL.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005680000011521000000273/recall.aspxTue, 07 Nov 1989 00:00:00 GMTA SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005594000011517000000294/recall.aspxFri, 16 Jun 1989 00:00:00 GMTA SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005594000011516000000294/recall.aspxFri, 16 Jun 1989 00:00:00 GMTFUEL ROLLOVER VALVE ASSEMBLY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005333000011521000000145/recall.aspxMon, 29 Aug 1988 00:00:00 GMTEXCESSIVE ACCELERATOR CABLE FRICTION MAY RESTRICT THE CABLES FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005268000011519000000295/recall.aspxMon, 16 May 1988 00:00:00 GMTAN IN LINE FUSIBLE LINK MAY MELT DOWN AND CAUSE A FIRE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000005060000011519000000211/recall.aspxTue, 01 Sep 1987 00:00:00 GMTTHE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT STUD TO KNUCKLE ATTACHMENT MAY HAVE BEEN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THIS COULD ALLOW THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT STUD TO LOOSEN AT THE KNUCKLE ATTACHMENT. A LOOSE BALL JOINT STUD COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK AND SEPARATE FROM THE KNUCKLE. SEPARATION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000004815000011518000000045/recall.aspxThu, 28 Aug 1986 00:00:00 GMTTHE TIRE PLACARD LABEL ON THE LEFT FRONT DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN PRINTED WITH AN ERROR WHICH SPECIFIES A HIGHER MAXIMUM LOADING THAN IS ALLOWED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: EXCESSIVE VEHICLE LOADING COULD CAUSE A TIRE BLOWOUT AND RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000004490000011517000000349/recall.aspxTue, 19 Mar 1985 00:00:00 GMTVEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH AN INCORRECT BRAKE PEDAL BRACKET WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BE LOCATED IN A POSITION LOWER THAN NORMAL.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000004256000011516000000063/recall.aspxMon, 12 Mar 1984 00:00:00 GMTTHE THROTTLE MAY JAM AND MAY NOT RETURN TO THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE OMISSION, DURING ASSEMBLY, OF A NUT ON THE CRUISE CONTROL ROD WHICH LIMITS TRAVEL IN THE THROTTLE MECHANISM.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000004156000011516000000296/recall.aspxTue, 15 Nov 1983 00:00:00 GMTUNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNOR WEIGHT RETAINER IN THE INJECTION PUMP MAY FAIL. THE THROTTLE VALVE COULD STICK, PREVENTING RETURN TO IDLE AND SHUT DOWN OF THE ENGINE BY THE DRIVER.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000003868000011514000000154/recall.aspxSun, 03 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMTTHE HEADS MAY BREAK OFF THE FRONT OUTBOARD SEAT BELT ANCHOR BOLTS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION EVEN UNDER NO LOAD CONDITIONS. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BOLTS USED, HIGH INSTALLATION TORQUE AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE BODY ANCHORAGE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000003335000011512000000265/recall.aspxTue, 13 Nov 1979 00:00:00 GMTTHE HEADS MAY BREAK OFF THE FRONT OUTBOARD SEAT BELT ANCHOR BOLTS DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION EVEN UNDER NO LOAD CONDITIONS. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BOLTS USED, HIGH INSTALLATION TORQUE AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE BODY ANCHORAGE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000003335000011511000000265/recall.aspxTue, 13 Nov 1979 00:00:00 GMTTHE TIRE PLACARD (LABEL) DOES NOT CONTAIN THE RECOMMENDED TIRE SIZE INFORMATION. THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS".http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000003317000011512000000349/recall.aspxTue, 16 Oct 1979 00:00:00 GMTTHE INVOLVED VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 106, "BRAKE HOSES". THESE VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH GASOLINE FUEL HOSES IN PLACE OF THE VACUUM HOSE BETWEEN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND CARBON CANISTER IN THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM LINE. SHOULD THIS HOSE RUPTURE, IT WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE DISTANCE REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000003209000011511000000068/recall.aspxTue, 22 May 1979 00:00:00 GMTA GASKET WAS MISTAKENLY PLACED BETWEEN THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE POWER BOOST WHICH PREVENTED THE TWO PARTS FROM FITTING TOGETHER PROPERLY. DAMAGE MAY HAVE RESULTED TO THE MOUNTING EARS OF THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE HYDRO-BOOST. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO BRAKE FAILURE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000002992000011511000000072/recall.aspxMon, 13 Nov 1978 00:00:00 GMTTHE HUB PORTION OF THE FAN BLADE ASSEMBLY COULD CRACK DUE TO HIGH STRESS LEVELS GENERATED DURING ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS. EVENTUALLY, THE BLADE COULD BREAK APART AT THE HUB AND BLADE PIECES COULD BE PROPELLED INTO THE ENGINE. IF THE HOOD IS OPEN WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, THE FRAGMENTS WOULD BE FREE TO FLY FROM THE VEHICLE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000002884000011510000000136/recall.aspxTue, 13 Jun 1978 00:00:00 GMTTHE REAR WHEEL MOUNTING BOLTS ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, ARE BRITTLE AND THEREFORE MAY FRACTURE. THIS BRITTLENESS IS DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT DURING MANUFACTURE. IF THE BOLTS BREAK, THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY MAY SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000002637000011510000000312/recall.aspxWed, 16 Nov 1977 00:00:00 GMTTHE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT DRIVING ON UNPAVED ROAD SURFACES, PARTICULARLY ROADS WHICH ARE HEAVILY GRAVELED AND WHICH ARE EXTREMELY WAVY OR FILLED WITH CHUCKHOLES, AT SPEEDS WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO PITCH EXCESSIVELY, THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER MAY SCOOP UP LOOSE STONES OR GRAVEL AND COULD BE THROWN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE OF THESE STONES TO LODGE BETWEEN THE STEERING COUPLING AND THE FRAME AND CAUSE INCREASED STEERING EFFORT OR INTERFERENCE WITH STEERING CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE LEFT.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000001313000030357000000274/recall.aspxWed, 24 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMTTHE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT DRIVING ON UNPAVED ROAD SURFACES, PARTICULARLY ROADS WHICH ARE HEAVILY GRAVELED AND WHICH ARE EXTREMELY WAVY OR FILLED WITH CHUCKHOLES, AT SPEEDS WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO PITCH EXCESSIVELY, THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER MAY SCOOP UP LOOSE STONES OR GRAVEL AND COULD BE THROWN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE OF THESE STONES TO LODGE BETWEEN THE STEERING COUPLING AND THE FRAME AND CAUSE INCREASED STEERING EFFORT OR INTERFERENCE WITH STEERING CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE LEFT.http://www.arfc.org/autos/oldsmobile/88/recalls/000001313000030359000000274/recall.aspxWed, 24 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT