1999 OLDSMOBILE 88 Complaints

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART WAS MANUFACTURED OUT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS AND CAUSED COOLANT AND OIL TO ENTER THE CYLINDERS AND CREATED A HRDROSTATIC STATIC. *JB

AUTOMOBILE RUPTURED INTAKE MANIFOLD. GM THEN ACKNOWLEDGED THROUGH A RECALL THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND GM WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIR BILL. MY OLDS DID JUST THIS AND MY DEALER SAID THAT THE PRESSURE REGULATOR COULD CAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO RUPTURE. GM REFUSES TO HELP ME. MY VIN IS [XXX]. YOU FOLK SHOULD MAKE GM TAKE CARE OF THIS.*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. MY CAR WITH A 3800 SERIES 11 ENGINE RECENTLY BROKE DOWN DUE TO A CRACKED UPPER INTAKE PLENUM CAUSED BY THE EGR PIPE. THE SHOP PERFORMING THE REPAIRS SAID THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED OFTEN. I COULD UNDERSTAND OTHER MOVING/MECHANICAL PARTS THAT ENDURE WEAR AND TEAR FAILING, BUT THIS IS A PART THAT SIMPLY BURNED OUT. I LIKE GM TO STAND BEHIND THIS PART INSTEAD OFF STICKING CONSUMERS WITH A $600.00 REPAIR BILL CAUSED BY THEIR POOR DESIGN. *AK

THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS RECALLED AND THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF REGULATOR WHICH LEAD TO A LEAK AND ALLOWED THE FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH LEAD TO THE ANTIFREEZE GOING INTO THE OIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BACK FIRE AND EVENTUALLY RUINING THE ENGINE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

EXPERIENCED SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD. *BF THERE WAS A BACKFIRE THROUGH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH PRODUCED A LOUD BANG AND SEVERE DAMAGE TO OTHER ITEMS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM SHE EXPERIENCED WAS THE SAME AS THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMERS CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT WAS DENIED. *JB

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, BUT DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. *NM RECALL NUMBER (903V473000). ONE DAY PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED. THE SERVICE MANAGER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN A DEFECTIVE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. AFTER THE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED THE ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED AT HER OWN EXPENSE. *TC

THE VEHICLE'S FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILED. *NM THE VEHICLE IDLED FAST AND DIED. THE MECHANIC FOUND A FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR CRACKED AND LEAKING. THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SC *JB

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CRANK THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE BACK FIRED AND SMOKE BILLOWED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. *NM THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE IT BACK FIRED AND BLEW UP THE MANIFOLD, HOWEVER ON JULY 9, 2004 THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WHICH DESCRIBE IN DETAIL IN WHICH THE CONSUMER STATED SOUNDED JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WAS DENIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE PART ON HIS VEHICLE THAT WAS REPLACED WAS NOT THE PART THAT WAS RECALLED. *JB

I NOTICED A FEW CHIPS IN THE PAINT NEAR THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE CAR AND HOOD ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE, LAST YEAR, ABOUT DEC 2003. NOW THE LITTLE CHIPS OF PAINT ARE COMING OFF WITH A LITTLE RAIN/WATER/DRIVING. THE RIMER IS STILL THERE, JUST THE TOP COAT IS COMING OFF. SINCE THE CAR IS SIX YEARS OLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK