IllustrationVEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THREE DAYS LATER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *MR
1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 40.5.
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Owner complaints by model year
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Air Bags. Review the 35 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 20 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Power Train. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
7 crash reports0 fire reports10 injury reports
Electrical System complaints
8 reportsVEHICLE HAD FOUR BATTERIES AND TWO ALTERNATORS REPLACERD WITHIN THREE YEARS AT A REPAIRS SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
AIRBAG RECALL 00V171000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00058. PART HAS BEEN ON ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. HORN ON VEHICLE DOESN'T WORK, AND DEALER WILL NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE AIRBAG CAN DEPLOY IF TAMPERED WITH. CONSUMER IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND HAS AVOIDED 2 ACCIDENTS SINCE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN RUDE T…
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AIRBAG RECALL 00V171000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00058. PART HAS BEEN ON ORDER FOR 6 MONTHS. HORN ON VEHICLE DOESN'T WORK, AND DEALER WILL NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE AIRBAG CAN DEPLOY IF TAMPERED WITH. CONSUMER IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND HAS AVOIDED 2 ACCIDENTS SINCE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN RUDE TO CONSUMER, AND ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY ASSISTANCE. *AK
CONSUMER HAS TO ADD 2QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. PROBLEM HAS BEEN SINCE VEHICLE HAD 10,000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS AT DEALERSHIP, AND WAS GIVEN A TSB (87-60-03) REGARDING LOWER INTAKE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS SAYING THAT CONSUMER HAD TO SPEND $600 TO REPAIR PROBLEM. OLDSMOBILE WILL BE CONTACTED TO EXPLAIN…
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CONSUMER HAS TO ADD 2QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. PROBLEM HAS BEEN SINCE VEHICLE HAD 10,000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS AT DEALERSHIP, AND WAS GIVEN A TSB (87-60-03) REGARDING LOWER INTAKE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS SAYING THAT CONSUMER HAD TO SPEND $600 TO REPAIR PROBLEM. OLDSMOBILE WILL BE CONTACTED TO EXPLAIN REASON OF LETTER, AND WHY CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. *AK IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE SWITCH AND LEFT FRONT WHELL SPEED SENSOR. 2 HIGH MOUNT STOP LAMP BULBS BURNT OUT. *SLC
FAULTY WIRING CAUSES SMOKE TO TRAIL THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK, ALSO WHEN USING THE PASS KEY IN HOT WEATHER THE CAR WILL NOT START. NLM
I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 5/31/98 FROM AUTONATION USA. THE BATTERY DIED WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASE AND WAS REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED. WE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TWICE MORE AFTER THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998 THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT TO A …
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I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 5/31/98 FROM AUTONATION USA. THE BATTERY DIED WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASE AND WAS REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED. WE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TWICE MORE AFTER THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998 THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT AUTONATION LOCATION AND IT WAS REPLACED, THIS IS WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY REPLCED IT. THEN ON 10/10/98 WE HAD TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT WAS PUT IN. TODAY (4/26/99) THE CAR DIED AGAIN THE SAME EXACT WAY. I CALLED AUTONATION AND WAS TOLD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $65 FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND VERIFY THAT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. PLEASE HELP. I CAN NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND ENDANGER THE DAFETY OF MY CHILDREN WHEN IT CONTINUOUSLY DIES WHILE DRIVING AND I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE RUN INTO WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THERE MUST BE SOME OTHER EXPLANATION THAN TO SAY THAT THE PART IS JUST FAULTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. HOW MANY FAULTY ALTERNATORS CAN ONE FACTORY MAKE. THANK YOU.
THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE/BRAKES/SEATBACKS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNITAND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE PASSENGER'S RESTRAINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS THE RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR SQUEAKS, DEALER ADJUSTED WINDOW TRACK AND ADDED A RUBBER STOPPER. TRUNK LEAKS. GENERATOR AND ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT AND WERE REPLACED. *SLC
Official recalls
100V171000 · Air Bags:frontal
Jul 3, 2000
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CORROSION OF THE AIR BAG INFLATOR'S INTERNAL WIRING, WHICH CAN OCCUR OVER TIME, COULD CAUSE THE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG. THIS DEPLOYMENT COULD OCCUR DURING VEHICLE START-UP, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, OR WHILE IN OPERATION.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: IF THE CONSUMER IS TOO CLOSE TO AN INFLATING AIR BAG, SERIOUS INJURIES COULD OCCUR.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE INFLATORS ON THESE AIR BAGS.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
2EA99026 · Inadvertent Air Bag Deployment
Opened Aug 31, 1999 · Closed Dec 28, 2001
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags
There is no summary currently available
PE99027 · Inadvertent Air Bag Deployments
Opened Apr 16, 1999 · Closed Aug 31, 1999
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags
ALLEGED THAT THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY DEPLOY WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE OR WHILE DRIVING