I had a recall on my steering rack pinion and the dealership and the manufactory would not honor it because they said the original gm part had been replaced with an non gm part.
1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass steering complaints
Page 2 of 2: complaints 11 to 20 of 20, newest first, as owners wrote them.
Loss of power steering, grinding noise, leaking fluid.
While driving the vehicles the steering wheel makes noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on september 9, 2002 and replace steering column seals, on september 18, 2002 problem recurred. Happened again on january 8, 2003. The steering experienced many other failures and the dealer replaced the rack and pinion. *nlm
Vehicle experienced broken weld on sub frame cradle.
Caused loss of steering control and near collision.
Steering gear is leaking power steering fuild, causing loss of power steering control. Please give any further details.
Vehicle experienced binding of the steering system, power steering pump replaced however vehicle continued to experience lock up, final repair of the rack and pinion and power steering pump.
Description of problems- drivers side rear window replaced at delivery due to large scratch. Tail light cover replaced due to moisture build up. Drivers and passengers window motors replaced due to malfunction. Ball joints replaced at 2000 miles, cv joints replaced at 1000 miles, control arms replaced once at 5800 miles and again at 10000 miles. Steering rack replaced at 12400 miles, by this time the complete front end had been replaced from the factory original. And at 19000 miles it is making noise again.
Failure of rack & pinion gear caused loss of control on vehicle
The upper and lower control arms were replaced twice; once at 2055 miles and once at 6000 miles. This was due to a noise the driver heard when driving. Also, while driving the vehicle the power steering went out. This happened on december 13, 1997.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history