1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH LOCKS AND LATCHES, WHERE AS THE DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT OPEN THE CAR, PREVENTING A PASSENGER FROM EXITING THE VEHICLE IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. PRESENTLY BOTH OF MY BACK DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT OPEN THE DOORS IN THE BACK. I PLAN ON TAKING THE CAR TO A OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THE CAR IS A 1998 OLDSMOBIE INTRIQUE. AND I'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH VARIOUS LOCKS ON THE CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT.

YOU CAN REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITHOUT TURNING THE CAR OFF, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN PARK. THIS FAILURE IS ALL THE TIME.

I OWN A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE GL. TO DATE, I HAVE HAD THREE OF THE FOUR WINDOW REGULATORS BREAK. THERE IS A SMALL PLASTIC "KEEPER" IMBEDDED INTO THE OTHERWISE METAL REGULATOR TRACK, THAT SECURES BOTH ENDS OF THE CABLE THAT TRANSPORTS THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN ON ITS TRACK. IN ALL CASES, THIS PLASTIC KEEPER HAS BROKEN, THUS RELEASING ONE OR BOTH ENDS OF THE REGULATOR CABLE, CAUSING THE WINDOW MECHANISM TO FAIL, AND ALLOWING THE WINDOW TO FALL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR. I HAVE TEMPORARILY SECURED THE WINDOWS IN THE UP POSITION TO KEEP THE WEATHER OUT. ONLY THE DRIVER'S DOOR REGULATOR REMAINS OPERABLE; PASSENGERS CAN NOT ROLL DOWN THEIR WINDOWS. THOUGH IT IS NOT A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION UNDER NORMAL OPERATION, IT COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IF SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BY A MEANS OTHER THAN THE DOOR (SAY IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE-IMPACT COLLISION WHEN THE DOOR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE OPENED), AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW. I AM DISTURBED THAT THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM HAS OCCURED ON THREE OF THE FOUR WINDOWS. I'M WONDERING WHEN THE FOURTH ONE WILL FAIL, AND OF COURSE, FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT COULD LEAD TO A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IF LEFT UNREPAIRED. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO PROMOTE THESE PART FAILURES, AND PROPOSE THEY BE REPLACED. PLEASE HELP.

THE "ANTILOCK" AND "BRAKE" LIGHT CAME CON WHILE DRIVING. I NOTICED SOME CHANGE IN BRAKING AND IMMEDIXATELY WENT TO GE IT CHECKE OUT. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER COMPONENT THAT CONTROLLED THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM AND THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR THE INTRIGUE. I THEN WENT TO MY MECHANIC WHO MAINTAINS MY VEHICLE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HE RAN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR AND ALSO SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER AND THE MOTOR THAT OPERATES THE REAR BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR PROBLEM FOR CARS AND HAS ENDANGERED ME AND ALSOIS VERY COSTLY. BOTH MECHANICS ESTAMATE TO REPALCE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WOULD RUN ABOUT $1700 AND THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT. I AM CUURENTLY USING ONLY MY FRONT BRAKES AND IF I WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN TO GET THEM CHECKED SHORLY AFTER REPLACING BOTH MY FRONT ROTORS AND PADS THE PROBLEM WOULD STILL HAVE GONE UNDETECTED

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD, AND LATER LEARNED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE FAILURE IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HER VEHICLE AND THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT OLDSMOBLIE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THE PART. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT GUIDELINES WERE USED TO DETERMINE TO RECALL FOR SPECIFIC VIN NUMBERS. WHAT TYPE OF QUALITY CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON THE PARTS OUTSIDE OF THE VIN NUMBERS SELECTED. *BF *NM

WAS DRIVING BEHIND A SEMI AND CAR STARTED ROCKING VIOLENTLY. TURNED OFF AND WAS GOING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS AND HEARD A LOUD CLANK NOISE. WAS THEN UNABLE TO DRIVE CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SWAY BAR BROKE OFF OF ONE SIDE. WHEN ITEM WAS REPLACED ONE WHOLE SIDE WAS BROKE OFF AND THE OTHER SIDE WAS CRACKED. I RETAINED THE ORIGINAL PART. *NM

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED ONE COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO THIS ISSUE WITH GM CORP. I OWN A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, NOT ONE THAT WAS RECALLED, HOWEVER DUE TO THE UNSAFE, ERATIC, SPONTANIOUS STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT WHEN I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER ALL THE WAY, AT USUALLY A LOW SPEED, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE STEERING SYSTEM TO "TURN BACK", EXCEPT SOMETIMES, IT LASHES BACK AROUND CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHILE TURNED THE OTHER WAY, THE WHEEL JUST WILL NOT STAY AT THAT SPOT, IT COMES BACK AROUND...AND HARD! IF IT DOES NOT EXIBIT EITHER OF THESE TWO SIGNS, THEN IT MAKES A HORRIBLE SOUND AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN. AT NORMAL SPEEDS (ON ROADWAYS, ETC) IT IS OKAY, HOWEVER AT SLOW SPEEDS MOSTLY IN PARKING LOTS ETC. IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS OCCUR. I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT THE OTHER DAY, AFTER TURNING OUT, AND HAVING THE STEERING "WHIP" BACK AROUND AND THE VEHICLE GO THE OTHER WAY. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS AT A SLOW SPEED. BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN? MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE WAS NOT APART OF A NATION-WIDE RECALL OF THE CARS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. ABS LIGHT/CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON, WHICH THE OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES MAY NOT FUNCTION.*AK

OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 1998, PROBLEMS WITH STEERING . *BF THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION, HOWEVER IT DID NOT APPLY TO THE CONSUMER VEHICLE. *JB

THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN IN HIS 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE WHEN THE STEERING BECAME STUCK. *NM THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT A RECALL WAS INITIATED FOR THE STEERING RACK BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *NM