1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• PARKING BRAKE CABLE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE89145 · opened Jul 21, 1989 · closed Sep 22, 1989

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• JAMMED STEERING MECHANISM
  Preliminary Evaluation PE89104 · opened Mar 17, 1989 · closed May 12, 1989

  Summary: the oil fill tube may become loose, causing it to fall andpossibly become lodged near the steering gear.this may cause thesteering mechanism to become jammed, resulting in a loss of vehiclecontrol.===

• THROTTLE NON-RETURN
  Compliance Investigation C89001 · opened Mar 6, 1989 · closed Jan 16, 1990

  There is no summary currently available