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1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass problems, complaints & recalls

Most-reported problem areas: Service Brakes, Hydraulic:foundation Components (9) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip (7) · Vehicle Speed Control (6)

🧭 Reliability snapshot

93 /100
✓ Typical or better for this model

Compared against other Oldsmobile Cutlass model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →

139
Complaints
0
Recalls
29
Service bulletins
11
Crashes reported
6
Fires reported
0
Deaths

Safety recalls (0)

No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).

Service bulletins (29)

Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.

Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:engine Control Module (Ecu/Ecm) 2013-09-01 · 130089009 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

expanded availability for remanufacture and return (r&r) electronic control modules

Power Train:axle Assembly 2001-04-01 · 990730030A · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

owners of some vehicles equipped with hydra-matic 3t40, 4t60, 4t60-e or 4t65-e transaxles may comment on a grinding and / or growling noise that is noticeable when standing in park on a hill or slope with the engine running and the parking brake not applied. *tt

Power Train:axle Assembly 1999-12-01 · 990730030 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

some vehicles equipped with hydra-matic 3t40, 4t60 or 4t60-e transxales may comment on a grinding and / or growling noise that is noticeable when in park on incline. *tt

Suspension 1999-10-01 · 990309004 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

customers may complain of grinding / scraping / groaning noise from rear suspension. *tt

Engine And Engine Cooling:exhaust System 1998-11-10 · 98033 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

evaporative emission canister purge solenoid vlave replacement and convertible only, prom replacement. *yc

Engine And Engine Cooling:exhaust System 1998-10-19 · 98033 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

voluntary emission campaign involving the evaporative emission canister purge solenoid valve replacement and, convertible only, prom replacement. *tt

Showing the 6 most recent of 29 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.

What owners report

No detailed complaint narratives on file.

Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.

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