1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

THIS VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING 15-20MPH. THIS HAPPENED TWICE, BOTH ON HOT SUMMER DAYS. EACH TIME I WAS CHANGING LANES, TURNING TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE CAR SHUT OFF. THIS LEAVES YOU WITH NO CONTROL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ONCE YOU GET THE CAR OUT OF THE WAY AND WAIT A 1-2 MINUTES THE CAR WILL START UP ON THE FIRST OR SECOND TRY. THIS CAR ALSO REFUSES TO START ABOUT 3-5 TIMES PER WEEK. YOU TURN THE KEY AND GET NOTHING. OR YOU TURN THE KEY AND GET RADIO AND AIR BUT NOTHING ELSE. SOMETIME IT CAN TAKE 10-15 TRIES BEFORE THE CAR WILL ACTUALLY START. DEALER HAS BEEN "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM" AND HAS SAID THAT THERE ARE "NO CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER".*AK

STEERING RACK CHANGED BY THE DEALER-STIFFNESS AND CLICKING WERE THE SYMPTOMS, TRANSMITION SELONOID CHANGE BY THE DEALER $600- BANGING INTO GEAR WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES WERE HOT; WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FLOOR- DEALER TRIED TO REPAIR TWICE PROBLEM ONGOING; WINDSHIELD TENDS TO FOG VERY RAPIDLY I HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY INTRIGUE'S THAT I SEE ON THE ROAD.

TWO UNRESOLVED REPAIR ATTEMPTS FOR STEERING PROBLEM--INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACED ON FIRST OCCASION, STEERING GEAR REPLACED ON SECOND ATTEMPT

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE THEN REVERSING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, BRAKES HAD GONE OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AIR CONDITIONER HAD BLOWNOUT HOT AIR INSTEAD OF COOL AIR. HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE. WENT TO USE FACTORY EQUIPPED JACK, BUT IT WOULD NOT HOLD UP VEHICLE ,IT JUST FOLDED UP AND COLLAPSED.*AK THE JACK SIMPLY COLLAPSED ON LEVEL GROUND UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR. *YH

HEAD REST WILL NOT STAY IN THE RAISED POSSITION. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT TALL DRIVERS WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO PREVENT WHIPLASH.

3 OF THE FOUR TIRES, BOTH FRONT AND ONE REAR, HAVE BUBBLING ON INSIDE EDGE WITH TREAD SEPERATION. IT SOUNDS SIMULAR TO THE FIRESTONE PROBLEMS. I FIND IT PERPLEXING THAT THESE TIRES LASTED LESS THEN 37000 MILES BEFORE THEY HAD TREAD SEPERATION. AS SOON AS I NOTICED, I REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO RISK A BLOWOUT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO NOTICE THIS PARTICULAR SEPERATION BECAUSE IT OCCURED ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE REAR TIRES. I NOTICED IT ONLY BECAUSE SOMETHING DID NOT SOUND RIGHT AND I LOCATED THE FAULTY AREAS BY FEEL. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, SOME MIGHT NOT NOTICE BEFORE THE SEPERATION BECOMES WORSE AND/OR A BLOW OUT OCCURS.( DOT NUMBER: M6XOBMWR24 TIRE SIZE: P22560R16 )

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED @ 25,000 MILES - FIXED @ 30,000 MILES. ROTORS WARPED AGAIN @40,000 MILES - NOT YET FIXED. CONCERENED THAT THE CONTINUED VARIATION OF BRAKE PRESSURE WHEN BRAKING CREATED BY THE PULSATING BRAKES FROM THE WARPED ROTOR HAVE A DETRIMENTAL AFFECT ON THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES OR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM OF THIS CAR. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. APPARENTLY, THIS HAS BECOME AN EPIDEMIC WITH THIS CAR THAT GM WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. THERE ARE BULLETIN BOARDS ON EDMUNDS.COM DEVOTED TO THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC CAR.

RECALL 00V044000; REAR SEAT SHOULDER BELTS BECOME JAMMED WITHIN THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME UNUSEABLE. THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

REAR PASSENGER'S SEATBELT GETS JAMMED AND TWISTED, JAMMING THE RETRACTOR WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK