1996 Oldsmobile Achieva from North America - Comments

26th Jun 2000, 17:07

"Style, performance, economical.. What more could you want from a car?"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Front brakes mostly.

General comments?

Style, performance, economical.. What more could you want from a car?


31st May 2006, 10:18

How about one that Runs! I would like a vehicle to Run; not sit in the drive or some shop. Security Failure causes the motor to starve for gas. Some bright idea GM came up with due to high theift of the Olds. Though I bet one could "hot-wire" the stupid thing in a minute... Some one want to tell me how to Hot-wire my own car?

The brakes: I did my first brake service several years ago and there was a noise (very loud) like something was rubbing, cranking together. I hit a vehicle on the front bumper of the car just after the brakes were given free of charge cause no one could figure it out.. and the noise went away. I don't suggest running your car into anything, yet it did seem to fix my brake noise problem. Apparently this is a known problem with this model vehicle, yet GM does nothing as usual.

Anyone know about this recall mentioned in someone's comment about "ignition circuit"? Another comment mentioned that the code sent from the ignition was stopping the car from running. Any information on how to get the car to over come the "security lock down" is appreciated.

Ckbottomline@yahoo if you got any reports that work.

I discourage all from GM!

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