1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

THE CAR IS WAS 6 MONTHS OLD AND I HIT A STORM DRAIN.THE SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED,ALSO OTHER COMPONENTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RIGHT STRUT,THE LEFT AXLE, 3 TIRES.THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING AFTER THE 'REPAIR'. THE CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN TO REPAIR SHOPS NUMEROUS TIMES OVER PAST 6 MONTHS. LAST AUTO REPAIR SHOP CONFIRMS,IT IS NOT FROM THE WHEELS.

WHILE DRIVNG ABOUT 10-15 MPH, DRIVER HIT A POTHOLE AND VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON JULY 10TH, AFTER VEHICLE HIT A SMALL BUMP. VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKES FAILED, ABS, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND LOW TRAC LIGHT COME ON AT TIMES, CLANKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN PULLING AWAY, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FROZE UP AND FLOODED INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM BLOWING WARM AIR. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNCKING NOISE WHILE TRAVELING AND A LOUD WINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. DEALER CLAIMED STEERING MECHANISM NEEDED OT BE REPLACED.*AK

CAR EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL DIM AND THEN BRIGHTEN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. SEEMS TO ACT UP MORE IN COLDER TEMPERTURES BUT IS STILL ACTING UP IN WARMER WEATHER. FAN SPEED FOR AIR & HEATER WILL FLUCUATE. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE ALTENATOR BUT IT DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO HAVING PROBELMS WHEN STARTING UP THE CAR. ACTS LIKE IT IS "MISSING" BUT NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DEALERSHIP TRIED RUNNING A FUEL INJECTOR FLUID THROUGH IT BUT HASN'T CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CAR HAS A ROARING NOISE AS YOU ARE DRIVING. I HAVE REPLACED TWO FRONT TIRES AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE DEALER THEY GOT UPSET AND TOLD ME COME THAT I WAS WASTING MY TIME. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT TWO DEALERS HAVE TRIED TO FIX, THEN TELL ME THAT THE CONDITION IS NORMAL. THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED, IT TOOK THREE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WARRANTY WAS CHARGED TWICE ON BRAKE REPAIR WHEN ONLY ONE REPAIR WAS DONE. DEFROSTER FUNCTION ON CAR WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO WATER COLLECTING IN AC UNIT. AC HAS MOLDY SMELL THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH DEALERSHIPS THAT TRY TO REPAIR CAR. *AK

STEERING RACK MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN MAKING TIGHT TURNS AND/OR WHEN BREAKING ON BUMPY ROADS. UNRELATED, LEFT STRUT FAILED AT 13,500 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

POWER SURGES WHEN CONSUMER HEARS THE FAN MOTOR . THEN VEHICLE WOULD BE SLOWING DOWN. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER HAS HEADLIGHTS ON AT NIGHT, THEY GET BRIGHTER AND DIMMER WHEN HE APPLIES THE ACCELERATOR. *AK

AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE IT'S HARD TO FIND THE HORN. CONSUMER FEELS THAT ITS A DESIGN FLAW. IF SOMEONE STEPS OFF THE PAYMENT AND DRIVER CAN'T BLOW THE HORN, THAT'S UNSAFE. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, BUT NO RESPONSE. *AK *ML