1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

OUR 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS LOST THE POWER STEERING. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING. IT IS JUST FOR A MOMENT, THEN IT IS NORMAL AGAIN.

MY 1998 OLDS INTRIGUE FAILED TO START ONE TIME, THEN TWO TIMES AFTER THAT IT STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING, WITHIN 3 MILES OF MY HOUSE. IT WOULD THEN FAIL TO RESTART FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE, AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. AFTER TAKING TO BE REPAIRED TWICE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM. LOOKING OVER THE ENGINE, I NOTICED THE WIRE RUNNING FROM THE FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS OUT OF ONE OF ITS HOLDERS. I REPLACED THAT AND ALSO CLEANED BATTERY CONTACT. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN IN THE 2,000 MILES SINCE THEN.

RIMS ARE SEVERLY CORRODED, CAUSING BRAND NEW TIRE TO LEAK SERVERLY. I HAVE A FLAT ONCE A WEEK ON TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES.*AK

REAR SUSPENSION (3/4") BOLT FAILURE. BOLT HAD FRACTURED AT THE NECK UNDER THE HEAD. 80% OF THE AREA OF THE FRACTURE WAS COVERED IN RUST, WITH 20% SHOWING SIGNS OF A RECENT FAILURE. THE AREA OF FAILURE ON THE BOLT HEAD SHOWED INDICATIONS OF TORSIONAL STRESS. *AK

FRONT STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN WHILE IN ROUTINE USE. LIKELY CAUSE IS FATIGUE FAILURE INDICATING THAT BAR WAS UNDERSIZED OR THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *JB

CONSUMER HAD JUST PARKED VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WHEN IT CAUGHTON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *MR *TS *NLM

THE CONSUMERS DRIVER AND PASSENGER REAR SHOULDER HARNESSES WERE JAMMED IN THEIR RETRACTORS. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON, THE LIGHTS BECAME DIM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAD NOT FOUND A REMEDY. *JB

I HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HIT MY CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AS I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO. *NLM