Recall Register

1979 Oldsmobile 88: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1979 Oldsmobile 88. The newest campaign is 79V247000. NHTSA received the report on 13 Nov 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 79V247000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will replace all original equipment front outboard seat belt anchor bolts on the affected vehicles at no cost to owner.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 1,326,605 units in total.

  1. 79V247000Received . 1,326,404 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The heads may break off the front outboard seat belt anchor bolts during normal vehicle operation even under no load conditions. This is due to the combination of bolts used, high installation torque and arrangement of the body anchorage.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace all original equipment front outboard seat belt anchor bolts on the affected vehicles at no cost to owner.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 79V121000Received . 134 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist / Vacuum / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 106, "brake hoses". These vehicles were manufactured with gasoline fuel hoses in place of the vacuum hose between the intake manifold and carbon canister in the power brake vacuum line. Should this hose rupture, it would result in a loss of power assist to the brake system. This would increase the distance required to stop the vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace the incorrect hose with the correct vacuum hose.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 78V247000Received . 67 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Master Cylinder

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    A gasket was mistakenly placed between the brake master cylinder and the power boost which prevented the two parts from fitting together properly. Damage may have resulted to the mounting ears of the master cylinder and the hydro-boost. This condition could lead to brake failure.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will install a new brake master cylinder and hydro-boost unit, free of charge, on all affected vehicles.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1979 Oldsmobile 88: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires1
Child Seat1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 Jul 2001

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1979 Oldsmobile 88, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19671
  2. 19683
  3. 19712
  4. 19723
  5. 19741
  6. 19752
  7. 19761
  8. 19772
  9. 19782
  10. 19793
  11. 19802
  12. 19810
  13. 19821
  14. 19843
  15. 19852
  16. 19861
  17. 19872
  18. 19880
  19. 19892
  20. 19901
  21. 19911
  22. 19921
  23. 19931
  24. 19941
  25. 19951
  26. 19962
  27. 19970
  28. 19981
  29. 19992

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1979 Oldsmobile 88: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/oldsmobile/88/1979/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Oldsmobile 88?
1,326,605 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Oldsmobile 88 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 38 recall campaigns for the Oldsmobile 88, model years 1967 to 1999. 3 of them name the 1979 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1979 Oldsmobile 88 name most often?
Tires: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Oldsmobile 88 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.