Oldsmobile 88 owners have reported 19 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's car accelerates on its own (8 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's cruise control (5 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The contact owns a 1986 Oldsmobile delta 88 royale (n/a). The contact stated that vehicle exhibited unintended acceleration, causing the contact to drive into a busy intersection. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the defect was caused by carbon build-up in the Read details...
Traveling south on hwy 67 in mississippi. Cruise control set at 65. Vehicle speed suddenly started to increase. Applied brakes lightly to turn off cruise control. No effect. Turned off cruise control on steering column. No effect. Repeatedly tried brakes and off switch to no avail. Read details...
While driving the acclerator got stuck and vehicle accelerated unexpectedly, causing a frontal impact in which both the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this accident. Please provide further information. Read details...
The manifold on the consumers vehicle was replaced at his expense one year ago and now there is a recall on the fuel pressure regulator, which the consumer believed somehow affected the manifold. Gm stated the defect did not affect his vehicle. Read details...
Consumer stated while accelerating to match the speed of highway traffic, the accelerator stuck at approximately 40 to 45 mph, dealership examined vehicle, but could not reproduce the problem or locate any error codes. Consumer stateed the problem happened twice after the first incident. Read details...