Oldsmobile Ciera is a structured vehicle model hub covering 1996 in US/CA.
Recorded fuel categories: Regular Gasoline. Recorded electrification categories: not yet summarized. Recorded drivetrain categories: FWD.
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Structured vehicle data
These fields are read live from the imported v3.1 vehicle tables. They are configuration coverage, not reliability or safety conclusions.
- Fuel types: Regular Gasoline
- Electrification: Gasoline
- Drivetrain: FWD
- Total structured variants: 5
1996 structured configurations
| Market | Trim/source label | Fuel | Electrification | Drive | Transmission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Sl | Regular Gasoline | Not specified | Not specified | Automatic 4-speed |
| Canada | Sl | Regular Gasoline | Not specified | Not specified | Automatic 4-speed |
| US | Sl | Regular Gasoline | Gasoline | FWD | Automatic 3-speed |
| US | Sl | Regular Gasoline | Gasoline | FWD | Automatic 4-speed |
| US | Sl | Regular Gasoline | Gasoline | FWD | Automatic 4-speed |
Official evidence for this model
Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.
US safety recalls
1 distinct official identifiers · US
Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.
- 95V173000 — model years 1996
THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH REAR OUTBOARD SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGES THAT MAY NOT WITHSTAND THE REQUIRED LOAD. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO.210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES."
Manufacturer communications / TSBs
4 distinct official identifiers · US
Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.
- 52935 — model years 1996
INFORMATION CONCERNING ENGINE KNOCK/RATTLE OR TAP NOISE BEFORE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE (REPLACE PISTON AND/OR ROD ASSEMBLIES). AK
- 51302 — model years 1996
KNOCK, RATTLE OR TAP NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE THE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE KNOCK, RATTLE OR TAP NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE THE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AT RATURE…
- 51497 — model years 1996
COLD START RATTLE NOISE (DIAGNOSIS/SERVICE PROCEDURE). *TW
US owner complaint reports
83 distinct reports · US
Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP: 13 reports
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: 7 reports
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE: 6 reports
A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.
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