1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

THE MOLDING AROUND ALL FOUR DOOR WINDOWS BECAME VERY HARD LIKE PLASTIC, AND WAS CHIPPING . CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK

I BOUGHT MY OLDS INTRIGUE NEW IN JUNE 1998. IN JAN., 1999 I COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING NOISE AND THE DEALER (STOHLMAN, ALEXANDRIA VA) SAYS IT TIGHTENED A PLASTIC PART. IT CONTINUED, AND, FINALLY, IN JUNE 1999 THEY REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY. THAT DIDN'T CURE THE PROBLEM, AND WHEN I AGAIN BROUGHT IT IN MARCH 15, 2000, THEY CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LIVED WITH IT EVER SINCE, AND THE CAR HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED IT'S DANGEROUS. I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THE FORUM DISCUSSIONS ON THE EDMUNDS WEB SITE, AND I FIND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT GM DENIED FOR YEARS BUT NOW APPARENTLY ADMITS. IT MAY BE A FAULTY RACK IN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. THERE IS NO MORE OLDS. CAN YOU HELP? IS THIS A RECALL ITEM? *JB

WIPER BLADES MECHANISM FAILED; FIRST DRIVER'S SIDE THAN PASSENGER SIDE DURING THIS WINTER; INITIALLY ERRATIC BEHAVIOR UNDER LOAD (WIND LOAD AT HIGH SPEEDS) THAN MECHANICAL FAILURE UNDER SNOW LOAD. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V044000 CONCERNING REAR SEAT BELT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO INSISTED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED THROUGH THE RECALL. *AK.....RETRACTOR FAILED IN SPITE OF REPLACEMENT, BUT DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR IT AGAIN, WANTED $3000.00 TO REPLACE THE RETRACTOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AN D MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL/RUNNING LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THIS WAS DUE TO THE SAME DEFECT DESCRIBED IN RECALL 04V547000 FOR THE DRL TURN SIGNAL BULB REPLACEMENT, BUT THIS MAKE/ MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

HAVE HAD AINTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND RELEASE EVERY 5 SECONDS.IT UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT DO IT EVERYDAY, IN ORDER FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE THE PROBLEM, I HAD MY ROTORS REPLACED IN FRONT AND TURNED IN THE BACK, THIS STILL HAS NOT HELPED THE PROBLEM. TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKS, AND NOW THE FAN THAT BLOWS AIR OUT OF THE VENTS, WILL WORK ONCE AND AWHILE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE BEARINGS ARE GOING OUT IN IT, WHICH MEANS NO HEAT, AND NO AIR. IT WILL COST 264.00-300.00 TO FIX. I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 4 YEARS, AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC

SEAT BELT DOES NOT SECURELY HOLD A CHILD CAR SEAT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LATCH SYSTEM FOR CAR SEATS COULD NOT BE INSTALLED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MADE FOR THAT MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE. THEY SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT THE TETHER STRAP WAS NOT MADE FOR THIS MODEL CAR AND THAT THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD 20 MINUTES AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK