1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

MY CAR HAD A LOSS OF POWER WHEN IT REACHED NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND GOING ON HIGHWAY SPEEDS. YOU HAD TO PUT THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MAT IN ORDER TO KEEP GOING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MOTOR. THEY REPLACED THE THERSMOSTAT AND FLUSHED THE RADIATOR BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX THE CAR. THEY RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE CATALIC CONVERTOR BUT THAT DIDN'T FIX IT EITHER. THE NEXT STEP WAS TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TESTED. THAT DID IT, AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S A VACUUM LEAK IN BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT. THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. MR. TRANSMISSION (MY MECHANIC) HAD ANOTHER CUTLASS SAME YEAR, MODEL, & A LITTLE MORE MILAGE THAN MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. A CO-WORKER HAD THE SAME MODEL, MILAGE, & YEAR AND HE ALSO REPLACED HIS TRANSMISSION. I HAD CONTACTED GM AND THEIR EXCUSE IS I DIDN'T TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. I RE-SEARCHED YOUR SITE AND SINCE 1990 ALL SEDANS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM GENERAL MOTORS HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS. BY THE WAY, HERE THE TRANSMISSION MODEL 4T60E. THAT SAME MODEL HAS BEEN USED FOR YEARS ON ALL SEDANS SINCE 1994.

WHEN PULLING ONTO STREET FROM PARKING LOT ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DRIVER HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION AND MANAGED TO COAST BACK INTO PARKING LOT. THE AUTO HAD BEEN AT HARDIN OLDSMOBILE FOR SERVICE THE PREVIOUS WEEK . SINCE THE SERVICE INCLUDED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SERVICING THE DEALER WAS CALLED AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION. THE DEALER SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED US THAT WHAT THEY HAD DONE COULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER CALLING THE OLDSMOBILE 800 NUMBER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER THEY OFFERED TO TEAR DOWN THE TRANSMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR IT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REVERSE REACTION DRUM HAD FAILED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. I QUESTIONED THAT THE PART COULD SUDDENLY FAIL ONLY 140 MILES AFTER THEY HAD CHECKED OUT THE TRANSMISSION BUT WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW OFTEN THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE SUCH A CATASTROFIC FAILURE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT SHE WAS NOT ENTERING ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER THE FAILURE. AFTER CHECKING YOUR SITE I SEE THAT THEIR ARE SEVERAL SUCH INCIDENTS, AND ONE MENTION THE SAME REVERSE DRUM. OLDSMOBILE WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION WHEN I POINTED THIS OUT TO THEM. THEY SAID THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS TO REPORT IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. I FEEL THAT THAT WAS NOT A SATISFACTORY OPTION. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WILL BE OF USE AND SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED DUE TO SUCH A FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON A HIGHWAY DURING MORNING RUSH HOURS. TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND LOST POWER. CAN ONLY DRIVE AT AROUND 20 MPH WHILE OTHER CARS FOLLOWING WERE AT 45-50 MPH. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT CAUSED. BROUGHT CAR TO ROYAL OLDS AND LATER WAS INFORMED THAT METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THE REVERSE REACTION DRUM CAME LOOSE. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR IS $1,900 BUT ROYAL OLDS ADVISED THAT MANUFACTURER IS WILLING TO SUBSIDIZE $1,200 AND I PAY THE BALANCE $700. THE CAR IS ONLY 5,000 MILES OVER THE 36,000 WARRANTY AND WAS SERVICED AT 30,000 MILES FOR SCHEDULED MAINTAINANCE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO HAUL ANYTHING. UNDER NORMAL USEAGE AND WITH REGULAR TIMING MAINTAINANCE, THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 41,000 MILES UNLESS THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY FOR THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL OF $1,900. NOW I NEED TO PAY THE $700 IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR BACK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND IF YES, HOW TO GET MY $700 REIMBURSED.