Consumer was traveling about 25mph on a side street, was making a left turn, and vehicle started to shake and vibrate. Then, vehicle shut off without prior notice. Also vehicle had sparks and smoked inside of steering wheel. Vehicle had to be towed.
1995 Oldsmobile Achieva electrical complaints
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Recall 00v287000 on starter. Vehicle was parked in middle of night and it caught on fire and burned, totalled. This happened 3 weeks prior to recall on this component. *ak the manufacturer stated that the consumer had received settlement from insurance and can not assume responsibility.
Consumer was driving when noticed smoke coming from the front of vehicle near the dashboard. Pulled over to side of street, and within seconds vehicle had caught on fire. Vehicle was totaled. Insurance company claimed main heat came from driver's front side and possibly it was electrical.
#ea00007, while driving vehicle stalled. Consumer pulled over, and took key out of ignition , and vehicle tried to restart by itself twice. Igniton shorted out and melted resulting in headlamp switch and starter solenoid not to function properly . Dealer claimed ignition switch needed to be replaced.
While traveling with headlights on headlights would flash. To stop the flashing steering column had to be lifted up. Dealer was notified , and stated electical wires burned out. Please provide further information.
A fuse that controlled the door locks and mirrors controls kept blowing out after being replaced several time due to melted and burned wiring harness. This could have caused a fire and resulted in injuries. Please provide further information.
When the battery dies in the vehicle the power windows became inoperable. Please give any further details.
Defective seat belts replaced.
Electrical short, causing the horn assembly to fail.
While driving alongvehicle will decelerate all by itself and move off the highway. Tt
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