1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera from North America - Comments

Engine finally died at 113,000.

Cracked cylinder head and rings are shot.

Windshield leaks every once in a while in heavy rain.

A/C died long ago.

Original stereo doesn't work, unless you hit the dashboard.

Power locks don't usually work.

This car was purchased used from a neighbor, an old man who had babied the car. The body held up very well and the interior was plush. The type of nice-ness you only find in more expensive sedans these days.

Heater and defrost worked really well. The nice thing about these cars is parts are easy to find and cheap, and in the 1980's Cutlasses, can be exchanged year to year. Heavy steel body safer than all the plastic crap you see on the road these days and paint held up well. It has a ton of trunk room, which is good. These old Cutlasses can be a really faithful car if you're smart about maintaining them and cheap to keep on the road if you are the one doing maintanance work.

Good car for high school or young college students, if you can find one still on the road.

Biggest complaint: doesn't have a lot of pick up. Once you reach high speeds, it's fine, but if you slack off from say 75 to 65 (stuck behind a moron) and then try to accelerate real quick to slide out and pass someone, it won't do it.

I own an 84 Olds Cutlass Ciera "Holiday Edition". The car is equipped with a 2.8L V-6 and is a 2 door version. I find plenty of power in the 2.8 engine and would definitely buy another. The car has been well maintained and is in very good condition for its age. Hope to restore it soon.

I just bought an 84 Cutlass Ciera Brougham Diesel 2 months ago. The car was in beautiful condition and the engine ran great (until I got it in a minor accident).

The only problems I've had with it are that the battery has died twice, and the rear lights have shorted out. Other than that, it's in excellent working order after over 200,000 miles, and it gets 12 miles to the gallon on the highway and a little less on the street.

It's my first car (I'm 20) and I'm planning on keeping it a while. I call it the Saratoga, and it's a great car.

I owned a 6 cylinder 3.0 liter '84 Ciera and sold it at 98,000 miles. It was the perfect sized car, really comfortable, handled beautifully, had great pickup and gas mileage, but it was not dependable - we didn't know if it would start every time we got into it.

The problem was the carburator had a heating element in it that would preheat the gas and it was very, very hard to start. When that element went out, it was like having no choke.

We got stranded many times. The car was a horrible nightmare and we vowed not to buy another Oldsmobile ever again. The engine compartment was cramped with no room to do my own maintenance.

My car is an 84 Cutlass Ciera and it is my first car.

The problem I have with it is trying to start it; it doesn't always crank up and if it does, when you put it in gear the car turns off.

I have a 1984 cutlass ciera 3.0 v6 I bought new; only have 77000 miles on it. My gas mileage is down to 16 mpg. The car has a new tune up on it. Can someone tell me what is wrong?

I bought a 1984 Cutlass Ciera Brougham H&E Convertible (only 814 made 1983-1986) on ebay 3 years ago, and sight unseen flew up to Bend Oregon to drive it home to Laughlin Nv. That night I made it as far as Salem Oregon and got a hotel in the pouring rain. Next day drove it straight through to Laughlin, but in Las Vegas the engine light came on. She still made it home and have not had it checked yet.

The radio does have to have a slap on the dash.. don't know why, and once she warms up she ticks slightly... but she starts right up every time.

I know these cars are cheap to fix, since they made so many of them, and that's comforting. I drive her once a week and just enjoy looking at her in the garage.

The 3.0 V-6 has plenty of pep, and even though she ticks, she doesn't use a drop of oil.

I wish I could find other people that have these just to email back and forth with, since out of 814 made, I doubt there's too many of them left.

I recently found the TV show A-team used one identical to mine, and hope to dig up those episodes.