IllustrationCONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED THAT DAY. *SLC
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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What owners reported most
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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
What owners actually said
77 reportsTHE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER DOOR NEEDS REPAIRED. *JG
VEHICLE 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
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V171000 IN DEC 2000. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HE WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. ON BEBRUARY 15, 2001 CONSUMER'S SON HAD AN ACCIDENT. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, STUNNED THE DRIVER, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THERE WERE NO BRAKE MARKS ON PAVEM…
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CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V171000 IN DEC 2000. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HE WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. ON BEBRUARY 15, 2001 CONSUMER'S SON HAD AN ACCIDENT. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, STUNNED THE DRIVER, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THERE WERE NO BRAKE MARKS ON PAVEMENT. DRIVER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY, PASSENGER DIED 2 DAYS LATER. REPORTED BY SANDY CLUTTER. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE TO THE POINT WHERE VEHICLE CAN LOSE CONTROL IF IN THE RAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS THE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER PERFORMED AN INJECTOR SERVICE, THROTTLE BODY SERVICE, ADDED AN ADATIVE TO CLEAN THE VALVES, REPLACED THE FUEL …
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WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE TO THE POINT WHERE VEHICLE CAN LOSE CONTROL IF IN THE RAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS THE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER PERFORMED AN INJECTOR SERVICE, THROTTLE BODY SERVICE, ADDED AN ADATIVE TO CLEAN THE VALVES, REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, WIRES, PLUGS, RELAY, AND THE FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER REPAIRS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *TT
BRAKES FAILED AND WERE FIXED.
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL REGARDING AIR BAG MODULE ON FEB 22 2001, THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE DUE TO NO PARTS AND THEN WRONG PARTS, IT IS NOW JUNE AND CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED REPAIRS. *SLC
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL O00058S, HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN 3 MONTHS AND STILL NO REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *SLC
THE CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY WITH THE NUMBER OF RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE VEHICLE ESPECIALLY THE ONE INVOLVING THE FRONTAL AIR BAG (00V-171). NLM
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MISS ANOTHER CAR THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DEPLOYED OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VISION AND THE VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEDUCTIBLE. NLM
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