1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN I TURN LEFT! SOMETIMES IT WILL AND MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE TO BREAK A SWEAT. I HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM STILL IS THERE. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPLAINTS AND RECALLS OF GM VEHICLES THAT HAVE RACK AND PINION DEFICIENCIES. TO GET MY RACK AND PINION REPLACE IT WILL COST ME $600 FOR THE PART AND TEN HOURS OF LABOR. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE ENGINE JUST TO GET TO IT. NOW, I M A SERGEANT IN THE US ARMY AND I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY. THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE TO GM IS AN OPEL DEALER. I SPOKE TO OLDSMOBILE AND THEY SAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RACK AND PINION ON FILE. THIS IS BS. LOOK AT THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF THEM. OR JUST SEARCH FOR OLDS INTRIGUE STEERING PROBLEMS. I TAKE CARE OF MY CAR AND I KEEP UP THE SERVICES. I EVEN HAD IT SPONSORED BY AUDIOBAHN DOING CAR SHOWS. I JUST WANT THE RIGHT ANSWERS. IS THIS MY PROBLEM OR IS IT THE MANUFACTURES? *NLM

WHILE DRIVING UP HILL AT ANY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DECELERATE EVEN WHEN THE DRIVERS FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR. *NLM

THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP FLUSHED THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. THE NOISE BECAME WORSE AS THE VEHICLE MILEAGE INCREASED.*JB

THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHILE INITIATING A LEFT TURN IN MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE THE STEERING SUDDENLY LOCKED MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. THERE WERE NO PRIOR INDICATIONS THAT A PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE STEERING. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE STEERING GEAR (RACK AND PINION) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WITH ONLY 52,000 MILES OF MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING I LOGGED ONTO THE NHTSA WEB SITE TO SEE IF THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONG INTRIGUE OWNERS. IT APPEARS IT IS. IN CALLING TO SOLICIT REDUCED PRICES FOR THIS $1200+ BILL A NUMBER OF DEALERS ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH INTRIGUES AND THAT IT MOST OFTEN AFFECTED LEFT TURNS. A SAFE STEERING MECHANISM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD WEAR OUT WITH ONLY 52,000 MILES AND THE SUDDEN NATURE OF THE FAILURE, ALSO A COMMON COMPLAINT IN YOUR WEB SITE, IS VERY CONCERNING. *NLM

THE FOUR SIDE WINDOWS GOT STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND WILL NOT CLOSE. TWO WINDOWS HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE, AND THE OTHER TWO HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE. MOST OF THE TIME THE DRIVER WINDOW IS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. SCC PH

THE BEARINGS ON THE COUNTER BALANCE SHAFT WENT BAD, CAUSING A KNOCKING NOISE. TS *JG

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS, VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROZE MAKING VISIBILITY IMPOSSIBLE, IN RESULT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY, POWER STEERING SHORT, FAILED. HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT 19,584 MILES. 1995 THRU 1998'S WERE RECALLED

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING HE APPLY HIS BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SPEED OFF AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS