Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Oldsmobile 88

Tl-the contact owns a 1996 Oldsmobile eighty eight. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked at a doctors office, she was notified that the vehicle was on fire. The contact stated that the front of the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The contact stated that the fire department was able to extinguish the fire. No police report was filed. The contact stated that no injury was sustained in the fire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000. Ah.

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Engine compartment fire shortly after shutdown. Incident 2015-00005013.

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Tried to start car to go to work in the morning of 6-16-14. Heard loud boom and smoke started pouring out from under hood. Opened hood and engine was on fire. Extinguished flames and found the intake mainifold had litterally blown apart. There was a recall that should have dealt with this problem.

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1995 Oldsmobile delta 88. Consumer writes in regards to defective sensor light problems. The consumer stated he spent hundreds of dollars, even thousands to try and fix the problem, but to no avail. The defective sensor light, caused him to have an accident in December 2012. The engine light, has been on for five years.

While driving on a national highway. The engine locked up. Also water was in the cylinders, which caused the engine to lock and the starter to fail. Please provide any further information.

I have a 1999 Oldsmobile 88 bought it in September 2003 then in March 04 the engine blew due to loss of coolant. There was no indication that it lost coolant. Now a year later, March 2005, the engine lost it's coolant again and needs to be replaced . The car never went over safe temperature. Called gm when it happened the first time. No help at all. I think there must be aproblem with these engines.

Nar 06/19/2003. The consumer stated there was a manufacturing defect in the vehicle. There were two problems, one was a faulty head gasket, and the other was a faulty thermostat in which general motors should have been responsible for. In addition, the dealership refused the warranty rates offered so the consumer ended up paying large sums of money to have the repairs done. With frustration the consumer returned the vehicle back to miller brothers and is now asking that the total repair cost be refund for the amount of $2,946.

At start up, there was a loud explosion. (engine burned).