U.S. public vehicle records

1992 Oldsmobile CUSTOM CRUISER problems and owner complaints

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

17 owner complaints analyzed

2 distinct recall campaigns

196,500 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1992 model year. Data updated: 2026-10-01 (October 1, 2026). 2 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Seat Belts:Front:Retractor is the most frequently named component, appearing in 3 of 17 complaints (17.6%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic	Matching reports	Share of complaints
Braking behavior	4	23.5%
Electrical and battery issues	1	5.9%
Steering behavior	1	5.9%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Seat Belts:Front:Retractor

Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Electrical System

Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage

Air Bags

Air Bags:Frontal

Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers

Seat Belts:Rear/Other

Component breakdown data
Category	Count
Seat Belts:Front:Retractor	3
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	3
Electrical System	2
Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage	2
Air Bags	1
Air Bags:Frontal	1
Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers	1
Seat Belts:Rear/Other	1

Seat Belts:Front:Retractor: 3; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip: 3; Electrical System: 2; Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage: 2; Air Bags: 1; Air Bags:Frontal: 1; Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers: 1; Seat Belts:Rear/Other: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000

25,000 to 49,999

50,000 to 74,999

75,000 to 99,999

100,000 to 149,999

150,000 and above

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 2

150,000 and above miles has the most reports with usable mileage (2). 15 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2003

2004

1995: 2; 1996: 4; 1997: 3; 1998: 4; 1999: 1; 2000: 1; 2003: 1; 2004: 1

Pattern summary

Seat Belts:Front:Retractor leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 4 complaint narratives. Electrical and battery issues appears in 1 complaint narratives. Steering behavior appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Complaint evidence

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10044947 · 2003-10-29 (October 29, 2003)

PASSENGER'S BRAKE LINE BRACKET I BROKE. THE DEALER DOESN'T CARRY THE PARTS ANYMORE. THE CONSUMER POSED A QUESTION: SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ITEM, WAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE TO FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO SUPPLY CONSUMER WITH PARTS?*AK

Owner-reported narrative. 230,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10044947 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 515190 · 1997-02-28 (February 28, 1997)

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 515190 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 964074 · 1995-04-20 (April 20, 1995)

ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED EXCESSIVE SMOKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVEABLE. TT

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 964074 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 985651 · 1996-06-14 (June 14, 1996)

DRIVING VEHICLE, OLDSMOBILE REARENDED TAXICAB, FRONT OF OLDSMOBILE PUSHED IN, HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN, STEERING COLUMN COLLAPSED, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 985651 at NHTSA ↗

Explore the data

Vehicle analysis explorer

Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.

Data completeness

17 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.

11.8%Usable mileage2 / 17 records

88.2%Valid incident date15 / 17 records

100.0%Valid filing date17 / 17 records

88.2%Ordered incident and filing dates15 / 17 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

From model yearThrough model year

Component complaint heatmap
Component	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1991	1992	1993	1994
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	550.0% ODI 503648 BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES. *DSH Look up ODI 503648 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 962260 WHILE DRIVING W/CRUISE CONTROL, HIT BRAKES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. TT Look up ODI 962260 at NHTSA ↗
Vehicle Speed Control	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 970591 VEHICLE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE IN REVERSE.IN DRIVE CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND HAD ACCIDENT. TT Look up ODI 970591 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 848579 AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE, ITS VERY HARD TO RESTART IT. WHEN IT IS STARTED WOULD HAVE A FAST IDLE. WOULD NOT KICK DOWN EVEN AFTER ACCELERATOR HAS BEEN PRESSED. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. *AK Look up ODI 848579 at NHTSA ↗	116.7% ODI 958641 AUTO-TRAN: ENGINE ACCELERATED WHILE PARKED AND SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO PARK; LURCHED FORWARD; HIT 2 PARKED VEHICLES; 2ND OCCURENCE. HIT GARAGE WALL, 1ST OCCURENCE. Look up ODI 958641 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 962260 WHILE DRIVING W/CRUISE CONTROL, HIT BRAKES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. TT Look up ODI 962260 at NHTSA ↗
Seat Belts:Front:Retractor	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	317.6% ODI 484254 SHOULDER/LAP SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. *AK Look up ODI 484254 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	317.6% ODI 515190 ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED. Look up ODI 515190 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Air Bags:Frontal	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	116.7% ODI 537130 VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. Look up ODI 537130 at NHTSA ↗	15.9% ODI 985651 DRIVING VEHICLE, OLDSMOBILE REARENDED TAXICAB, FRONT OF OLDSMOBILE PUSHED IN, HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN, STEERING COLUMN COLLAPSED, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK Look up ODI 985651 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Electrical System	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	211.8% ODI 531231 WHILE DRIVING, A SHORT CURCUIT CAUSED POWER SEATS AND LOCKS TO FAIL. TWO DAYS LATER, AT NIGHT, THE CENTER AND 1/3 OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAUGHT FIRE - COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE INTERIOR. Look up ODI 531231 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	15.9% ODI 10056420 · 163,000 mi FUSE PANEL INDICATES A 30AMP FUSE FOR THE HEATER BLOWER. # 7 SLOT IS INDICATED IN THE MANUAL AND FUSE COVER BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE SLOT. WHERE IS THE FUSE?. *AK Look up ODI 10056420 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 980343 WHILE TRAVELING 10-15 MPH, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN W/HEAVY SMOKE DUE TO FUSIBLE LINK. AREA DEALER SAYS THEY REPLACED W/CONDITION REOCCURING SAME DAY OF REPAIR. *AK Look up ODI 980343 at NHTSA ↗
Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	211.8% ODI 540959 SEAT BELT STRAPS CATCH IN SEAT BACK HINGE, DAMAGING SEAT BELTS. QCAW Look up ODI 540959 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
Component	Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)	Median	Usable records	Examples
Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers	Too few reports for a range	163,000 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10056420 · 163,000 mi FUSE PANEL INDICATES A 30AMP FUSE FOR THE HEATER BLOWER. # 7 SLOT IS INDICATED IN THE MANUAL AND FUSE COVER BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE SLOT. WHERE IS THE FUSE?. *AK Look up ODI 10056420 at NHTSA ↗

Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

ComponentPeriod

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples

Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)	None	No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Observation windowFirst model yearSecond model year

1993: 0 complaints · 1994: 2 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
1993	0	0	0
1994	0	1	2

Date coverage across each selected cohort

Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year	Incident dates used	Filing date fallbacks	Excluded dates
1993	1	0	0
1994	1	1	0

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
Component	Seat Belts:Front:Retractor	Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Electrical System	Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage	Air Bags	Air Bags:Frontal	Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers	Seat Belts:Rear/Other
Seat Belts:Front:Retractor	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical System	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Seat Belts:Front:Anchorage	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Air Bags	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Air Bags:Frontal	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Seat Belts:Rear/Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

Search patterns

1 patterns with matching reports.

Brake response concerns

3 mentions · 17.6% of complaints

Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).

ODI 515190

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Look up ODI 515190 at NHTSA ↗

ODI 536224

RECALL REPAIR WORK COMPLETED ON THE ABS BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE, HOWEVER BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER REPAIR.

Look up ODI 536224 at NHTSA ↗

ODI 809817

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN WET AND ICY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DUE TO LEAKING BRAKE FLUID IN HYDRAULIC MODULE. *AK

Look up ODI 809817 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule