1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

HARD STEERING TO LEFT ONLY. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE RACK AND PINON STEERING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SEE APPROXIMATELY 18 REPORTS ON NHTSA SITE OF SAME PROBLEM. SOME OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE FORCE GM TO DEAL WITH THIS IN BUYING THE CARS BACK BEFORE MY DAUGHTER IS HURT OR WORSE. DT

WHILE DRIVING IN THE COLD WEATHER THE HEAD LIGHTS DIMS CAUSING LOW VISABILITY ON THE ROAD. MR

WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER, THE HEAD LIGHTS WOULD DIM, WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VISABILITY ON THE ROAD. MR *JG *JB

MY 1999 INTRIGUE HAS HAD THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED TWO TIMES AND LUBED TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPLACED THE DEALER PUT ON THE PAPERWORK THAT IT WAS REPLACED "DUE TO POOR DESIGN". NOW THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN AND THEY JUST LUBED IT. THEY SAID THAT GM IS SAYING THAT IT IS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND I WILL HAVE TO START PAYING FOR IT ($110.00 PLUS TAX). I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND NEVER HAVE I OWNED ONE THAT HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING SHAFT LUBED, MUCH LESS LUBED ON A "REGULAR BASIS". ANYBODY WITH HALF A BRAIN KNOWS THIS IS NOT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM, THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. I ALSO KNOW THE PROBLEM IS IN SOME OF THE OTHER GM MODELS. I WAS READING SOME OF THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB SIGHT AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THESE STEERING SHAFTS HAVE ACTUALLY BROKEN AND THE CAR COULD NOT BE STEERED. THIS CONCERNS ME ALOT. JUST HOW SAVE IS THIS CAR? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AND PLEASE HAVE THESE CARS RECALLED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS. EVERYONE ISN'T GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE YOU GUYS AND COMPLAINT, SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST TRADE THEM IN. ON YOUR WEB PAGE ALONE THERE WERE AT LEAST 83 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE 1998 MODELS AND 24 ON THE 1999 MODES. I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO LET ME KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN CHECKED OUT AND IF MY CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK IT IS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, [XXX] DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATES PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER RESEALED THE SEAL AROUND THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS VERY LOOSE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT, PROBLEM REOCCURRED AND IT WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE PART WAS POORLY DESIGNED. *MR * SCC *NLM

CONSUMER STATES HAS HAD SEVERAL STEERING MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AND A "KNOCKING" NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY VIBRATE ALSO. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT INTERMITTENLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SKID W/O WARNING AND EXPERIENCE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DLR WHO REPLACED STEERING SHAFT ON 11/27/01. THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. NLM

WHILE IN FUNERAL LINE AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO CROSS INTERSECTION, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. A POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THIS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, BRAKES FAILED REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONNECTING ROD FROM BRAKE PEDAL THAT GOES TO THE POWER BOOSTER TO THE MASTER CYLINDER CAME LOOSE. *TT

VEHICLE WILL TAKE LONG TO ACCELERATE ,AND IT WILL VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IS THAT WHEN THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILED INSTEAD OF SLOWING OR STOPPING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SPEED UP, THE BEST DISCRIPTION I CAN GIVE IS THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON JULY 30 I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR ACCELERATED TO 70MPH AND I HAD TO APPLY THE BREAKES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED THE VEHICLE WOULD SPEED BACKUP WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDDLE, I CONTACTED THE FACTORY AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THAY RECORDED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM AND GAVE ME A SERVICE NUMBER WHICH IS 1-21538376 THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER THAT REPAIRED THE CAR AND CALLED ME BACK, I ASKED IF ANYONE WOULD CONTACT ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND LET ME KNOW IF THE CAR WAS SAFE OR IF THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT THE NEW SENSOR COULD FAIL AND CAUSE MYSELF OR MY FAMILY TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THAY SAID I WOULD NOT CONTACTED AND IF GM LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM THAY WOULD NOT GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT UNLESS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SENSOR. IF GM LOOKS INTO THIS PROBLEM WHICH IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT WILL TAKE A FEW PEOPLE GETTING KILLED BEFORE THAY WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OR LET INTRIGUE OWNERS KNOW THAT THEIR CARS COULD HAVE A PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE THEM TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AND POSSIBLE HAVE A ACCIDENT. THIS RESPONSE TO THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FROM GM IN MY OPINION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE WHEN MY WIFE AND CHILD HAVE TO USE THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY. WILL IT TAKE MY FAMILY BEING IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY GM? WHILE NHTSA IS LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER I WILL BE SEARCHING FOR A DIFFERENT VEHICLE THAT WILL NOT BE A GM PRODUCT.*AK