Recall Register

1988 Oldsmobile Ciera: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera. The campaign is 88V164000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Oct 1988. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings. NHTSA has 25 complaints on file for this model year. 3 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

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

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

Remedy of campaign 88V164000, in the NHTSA record

Install new fuel feed hose assembly.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 27,369 units in total.

  1. 88V164000Received . 27,369 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel feed hose could leak at the coupling on the engine end of the hose assembly.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage into the engine compartment could result inan engine compartment fire that could spread to the passenger compartment.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install new fuel feed hose assembly.

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

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Complaints by component

25 complaints, 32 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.

1988 Oldsmobile Ciera: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train6
Engine and Engine Cooling5
Seat Belts4
Electrical System3
Fuel System, Gasoline3
Vehicle Speed Control2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Tires2
Unknown or Other2
Seats1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 12.

Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
8 Oct 1999

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 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 11 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE94048Preliminary evaluationSUB-FRAME ABSORBER FAILUREEngine and Engine Cooling21 Jun 199430 Dec 1994
PE89035Preliminary evaluationSTOP LAMPSExterior Lighting19 Jan 198924 May 1989
EA89010Engineering analysisBRAKE INEFFECTIVENESSService Brakes, Hydraulic17 Jan 19898 May 1990

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. 19831
  2. 19842
  3. 19850
  4. 19860
  5. 19871
  6. 19881
  7. 19891
  8. 19902
  9. 19944
  10. 19951
  11. 19961

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/oldsmobile/ciera/1988/. 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.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera?
27,369 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Oldsmobile Ciera have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 10 recall campaigns for the Oldsmobile Ciera, model years 1983 to 1996. 1 of them names the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera name most often?
Power Train: 6 of 32 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Oldsmobile Ciera open?
No. Each of the 3 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.