Vehicle profile
1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette
Van/Minivan · Special Purpose Vehicles

Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 120 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3.1L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 3-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
4 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1994 Special Purpose Vehicles
- 1.25× the 3.21 campaigns averaged across that group (more than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SEAT BELTS — 3 of 4 (75%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1994 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
94V100000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBINGTHE SECOND ROW, RIGHT HAND SHOULDER BELT CAN BECOME "PINCHED" BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE DOOR FRAME PILLAR TRIM. THE SHOULDER BELT MAY NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." THE 1994 VEHICLES HAVE AN OPTIONAL INTEGRAL (BUILT IN) CHILDSEAT INSTALLED NEXT TO THE POWER SLIDING SIDE DOOR. THE 1993 INVOLVED VEHICLES HAVE STANDARD SEATS IN THAT SAME POSITION.
Consequence: IMPROPER SHOULDER BELT RETRACTION DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR COLLISION.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DOOR FRAME PILLAR TRIM PANEL WITH A REDESIGNED TRIM PANEL. ALSO, A CAUTION LABEL WILL BE APPLIED TO THE CHILD SEAT ADVISING THE OWNER NOT TO INSTALL THE SEAT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A VEHICLE WITH A POWER SLIDING SIDE DOOR.
24/05/1994
96V015000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINESVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.
Consequence: VEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.
23/01/1996
94V015000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTORTHE THIRD ROW SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS MAY BE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY AND MAY LOCK-UP WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ON SLOPES OF LESS THAN 15 DEGREES, WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."
Consequence: CONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: PASSENGERS SEATED IN THESE POSITON MAYBE UNABLE TO EXTRACT AND FASTEN THEIR SEAT BELTS UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS MOVED TO A MORE LEVEL SURFACE. UNBELTED OCCUPANTS ARE MORE AT RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION THAN THOSE USING SAFETY BELTS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REMOVE THIRD ROW SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS AND REINSTALL THEM PROPERLY.
21/01/1994
93V212000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHERTHE SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS FOR THE REAR CENTER POSITION ARE MISSING A PAWL SPRING AND IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, WILL ALLOW THE SAFETY BELT WEBBING TO EXTEND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."
Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THE SAFETY BELT WOULD NOTRESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT, SUBJECTING THE OCCUPANT TO INCREASED RISK OF INJURIES.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY AND REPLACE THE RETRACTOR IF THE PAWL SPRING IS MISSING.
13/12/1993
Built with CarVector
One call. The same data you just read.
The page above isn't marketing — it's the API response, rendered. Here's the exact JSON your code receives for this vehicle.
{
"id": "cxbtu758yqnmvi6",
"year": 1994,
"make": "Oldsmobile",
"model": "Silhouette",
"trim": null,
"submodel": "Van/Minivan",
"horsepower": 120,
"cylinders": 6,
"displacement_l": 3.1,
"transmission": "Automatic 3-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Special Purpose Vehicles",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1994/Oldsmobile/Silhouette/1994_Oldsmobile_Silhouette_62629afb_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 4
}Compare
Related vehicles in the catalog.
One key. Every vehicle.
The 1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette via the API.
12,000+ vehicles 1925–2029, federal recall data, OBD-II DTC reference — one API, one key. Free tier covers everything you need to evaluate the product.





