IllustrationFRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED AND BEGAN TO FLAKE AWAY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING UNSAFE BRAKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. REPAIRS MADE AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML
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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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 5 of 77 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
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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
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
20 reportsWHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL. WITHOUT ANY WARNING IT RESULED IN A CRASH IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS SPLIT IN HALF HORIZONTALLY. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK
THE BRAKE ROTORS "WARPED" ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO MALFUNCTION. THEY BOTH WHERE REPLACED 9-26-97 & 8-13-99.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. OLDSMOBILE FAILED TO ENGINEER SUFFICIENT DURABILITY IN THE METAL ALLOYS TO PREVENT HEAT FROM WARPING THE ROTORS DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THIS HEAT WARPAGE OCCURRED TWICE, IN TWO YEARS, TO MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE. THE FIRST WARPAGE BECAME EVIDENT PRIOR TO MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE ON 9/26/97. THE FRONT BRA…
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FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. OLDSMOBILE FAILED TO ENGINEER SUFFICIENT DURABILITY IN THE METAL ALLOYS TO PREVENT HEAT FROM WARPING THE ROTORS DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THIS HEAT WARPAGE OCCURRED TWICE, IN TWO YEARS, TO MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE. THE FIRST WARPAGE BECAME EVIDENT PRIOR TO MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE ON 9/26/97. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAD 50% OF THE PAD REMAINING AT THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE. WHEN BRAKING, THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHUDDER RESULTING IN POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR. GUY SCHMIDT'S SERVICE DIRECTOR, RICK BALASKO, TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT ROTORS MUST BE "MACHINED OR RESURFACED" BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED OR OUT-OF-ROUND. RICK SAID THE FRONT BRAKE PADS ALSO SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE WARPED ROTORS. BOTH FRONT PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON 9/26/97. THE IDENTICAL DEFECT RECURRED PRIOR TO THE 60,000 MILE SERVICE ON 8/13/99. WHEN BRAKING, THE PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERED WITH A WASHBOARD EFFECT. BILL MOORE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER, BOB STEPHENS, SAID THE FRONT ROTORS WERE AGAIN "OUT-OF-ROUND" AND MUST BE MACHINED AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS 50% WEAR STILL REMAINING ON THE FRONT PADS. BOB SAID THE ROTORS CAN NORMALLY BE MACHINED ONLY 3 TIMES BEFORE REPLACING THEM. BOB SAID THE AVERAGE DRIVER GETS ONLY ABOUT 15,000 MILES ON THE FRONT PADS BEFORE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED. BOB SAID IT IS GUY SCHMIDT'S POLICY TO MACHINE THE ROTORS EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED. THEREFORE, THE AVERAGE DRIVER MUST PURCHASE NEW FRONT BRAKE ROTORS EVERY 60,000 MILES (4TH MACHINING DUE AT 60,000 MILES) AT A COST OF $300 TO $400. THIS IS INTOLERABLE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF A PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE. THE BRAKE ROTORS OF THIS MODEL OLDSMOBILE ARE OBVIOUSLY TOO SOFT FOR THE METALIC SUBSTANCE IN THE BRAKE PADS. THE RESULT IS DANGEROUS OVERHEATING AND WARPING OF THE FRONT ROTORS DURING BRAKING.
THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A NUT THAT HAD LOOSENED THAT HOLDS A GEAR SYSTEM IN PLACE, THAT OPENS AND CLOSES A HYDRALIC VALVE SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS THE ABS TO WORK.
HAD STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AFTER DRIVING 40MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE ROTORS FROZE UP. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. BRAKES, PADS/7 ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING. HAD NAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES. HAD BRAKE SYSTEM REBUILT EACH OF THOSE TIMES. *AK
THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE/BRAKES/SEATBACKS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNITAND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS A RUBBING/BUMPING VIBRATION. DEALER SAYS ROTORS ARE PITTED. *AK
WAS COMING OFF A RAMP AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN A DEFECT IN ENGINE CAUSED LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING. CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, VEHICLE SPINNED AND HIT GUARDRAIL. *AK
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