1999 Oldsmobile 88 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Oldsmobile 88. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE
  Engineering Analysis EA07008 · opened Jun 12, 2007 · closed May 1, 2008 · led to recall 09V116000

  By letter dated march 12, 2008, general motors corp. (gm) has notified the agency that it will conduct a safety recall (identified by nhtsa recall number 08v-118) to address a defect in approximately 207,542 model year (my) 1997-2003 buick regal gs and pontiac grand prix gtp vehicles equipped with the l67 supercharged …

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA02030 · opened Oct 22, 2002 · closed Mar 9, 2004 · led to recall 04V090000

  Ea02-030 is closed with gmea02-030 is closed with gm?s actions in 03v-473 and 04v-090 recalling approximately 529,000 my 1998-99 c- and h-body vehicles equipped with defective fuel pressure regulators.these vehicles were equipped with plastic intake manifolds that are unable to contain pressures that occur in some back…

• TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE
  Recall Query RQ99007 · opened May 26, 1999 · closed Feb 8, 2002 · led to recall 99V089000