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.
About this comparison →How this year compares
Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Cutlass Supreme years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
Tap a category to read its complaints. One report may name several components.
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.
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
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 reportsVEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. CONSUMER WENT TO PUT KEY INTO IGINITION AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. WAITING FOR THEM TO PHONE BACK. *AK
THE ELECTICAL SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I WENT TO ADUJUST IT. I COLD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND CHECKED THE FUSE BOX. THE FUSE FOR THE SEAT WAS SO HOT I BURNED MY FINGER. I PULLED THE FUSE WITH SOME CLOTH AND TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM ON THE SEAT…
Read full complaint
THE ELECTICAL SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I WENT TO ADUJUST IT. I COLD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND CHECKED THE FUSE BOX. THE FUSE FOR THE SEAT WAS SO HOT I BURNED MY FINGER. I PULLED THE FUSE WITH SOME CLOTH AND TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM ON THE SEATS.? *AK
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 TH…
Read full complaint
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
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE 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
VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. STARTED THE CAR UP AND MADE SURE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. *AK
AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS STARTED AIR BAG DEPLOYED INTO CONSUMER'S FACE, CAUSING SERIOUS EYES INJURIES. DEALER / MFR. WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK
DRIVER WENT TO START VEHICLE, TURNED IGNITION, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES. NO WARNING INDICTATING THAT AIRBAG WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
AIR BAG SENSOR WAS NOT ACTIVATED CAUSING NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT. 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