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1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass problems

The 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass has 199 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns brakes. After that come air bags (17%) and electrical system (11%).

At a glance

Complaints
199 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Brakes 21% of complaints
Crashes and fires
15 and 0
Injuries and deaths
17 and 0
Typical mileage
97,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Where the complaints are

Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

When problems show up

Complaints by mileage, 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 97,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 97,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 7% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Among the 14 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 97,000 miles.

Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 17 injuries reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Oldsmobile Cutlass with enough data (106 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.

What owners wrote

A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.

Vehicle was at complete stop impact, 6:00 position , driver seat broke and went into rear seat, seat back failure.

April 1994 CrashInjury

Consumer was brodsided by another car. Consumer sustained injuries to head, and and car was totalled. Consumer said none of side airbags deployed, and consumer was hit on the side.

April 2001 CrashInjury

I had an accident a few months ago and my airbag light was blinking, but didn't deploy. Now I am afraid it will deploy while I'm driving.

Reported at 160,000 miles, April 2008 CrashInjury

When car starts up, races fast, ruff shifts into gear, cruise control wont work, and blinker is dim when lights are on.

Reported at 93,582 miles, August 2010

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