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Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 42 owner complaints across 14 model years of the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (1977–1994). The most-complained-about year is 1992.

6
safety recalls, all years
42
owner complaints, all years
1987
year with most recalls
1992
year with most complaints

Pick your Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1994 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser02
1993 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser01
1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser217
1991 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser26
1989 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser02
1988 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser11
1987 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser22
1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser110
1985 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser10
1984 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser10
1983 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser01
1979 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser10
1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser10
1977 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser10

What Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA. The 1992 model year has the most, with 17.

All Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (service brakes)

    NHTSA 97V217000 Reported 56,701 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The antilock brake system (ABS) modulator can corrode and leak fluid from the front brake circuit.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect these vehicles and replace the ABS modulator.

    Model years: 1992

  2. Seat belts

    NHTSA 92V094000 Reported 219,571 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    The shoulder belt guide loop plastic covering may crack and expose the steel sub-plate.

    Remedy: Install new shoulder belt guide loops.

    Model years: 1991

  3. Latch (latches/locks/linkages)

    NHTSA 91V186000 Reported 224,588 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Secondary hood latch assemblies can corrode, causing a high latch release effort and possibly preventing the hood from latching properly when it is closed.

    Remedy: Install a new secondary hood latch assembly.

    Model years: 1991, 1992

  4. Vehicle speed control

    NHTSA 89V102000 Reported 1,755,897 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    A small nylon bushing in the cruise control servo bail may slip out of place, causing intermittent and unexpected increases in engine speed or dieseling (engine run on with ignition off).

    Remedy: Install a new bushing in cruise control servo bail.

    Model years: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

  5. Column shift (power train)

    NHTSA 87V168000 Reported 11,936 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Manual valve link in the transmission may have been improperly formed.

    Remedy: Replace the manual valve detent lever link.

    Model years: 1987

  6. Latch (latches/locks/linkages)

    NHTSA 79V161000 Reported 476,245 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    A child could open the rear side compartment door and enter this compartment. The child could become entrapped if the door were to close, as it cannot be unlatched from the inside.

    Remedy: Dealer will replace the original compartment door latch, which can be latched without a key, with a new assembly that requires a key to latch as well as lock the door.

    Model years: 1977, 1978, 1979

Other Oldsmobile models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.