1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

ABS SYSTEM ACTIVISION ON DRY PAVMENT SURFICE SOMEWHAT ROUGH, I TRAVEL THIS ROUTE OFTEN AND THE STREET SURFICE HAS NOT CHANGE . IT IS MY OPIONION THAT ABS ACTIVATION IS DUE TO POOR STRUT PERFORMANCE HOWEVER BASED ON THE "JUMP OR PUSH DOWN ON A CORNER OF THE VEHICAL AND SEE IF IT STOP IN LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF BOUNCES THE UNIT SILL WORKS. IT IS MY OPIONION THAT ABS IS SENSITIVE TO SHOCK WARE MUCH EARLYER THEN NON ABS CARS. THIS PROBLEM CAN CREATE LONGER BRAKING, RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGE. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST NOT TO THE NHTSA ABOUT THIS CONCERN BUT ON MY 1992 ROADMASTER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM , EVEN IF THE SHOP SAID THE SHOCK WERE WITHIN SAFITY LIMITS WITH THE BOUNCE TEST THE SHOCK CHANGE FIXED THE ABS CYCLES IN ALL CONDITIONS THAT WERE NORMAL (NON ICE) THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION INTO THIS MATTER OF SAFETY BOB URMETZ

BRAKES WERE REPAIRED AT 10K 18K 22K 32K AND 54K OLDS WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *AK

HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE DOOR PANELS REPLACED DUE TO BUBBLING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, BESIDES THE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS NOTED IN THE SURVEY, I AM NOW REPLACING THE CABLES ON THE TWO LEFT SIDE WINDOWS DUE TO KINKING LEAVING THE WINDOWS INOPERABLE.

BOTH REAR BRAKE ROTORS HAD HARD SPOTS ON THE INSIDE WEAR SURFACES, LEADING TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE PADS AND POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE. ROTORS WERE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND THE DEALER DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS. OLDSMOBILE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED MY CLAIM THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. BOTH REAR ROTORS HAD THE SAME FAILURE AND APPEARANCE, WHICH INDICATES TO ME THE CASTINGS HAD HARD SPOTS IN THEM WHEN THEY WERE NEW.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT ROTORS FOUR TIMES AND REAR ROTORS TWO TIMES, VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES, THE CONSUMER IS ALSO REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. FOG LIGHT BULB SHORTED OUT. *SLC

FYI. IT IS FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THE BELTS "LOCK" SOMETIMES IN THE COMPLETELY RETRACTED POSITION. OFTEN REQUIRES HAVING TO BELT ONE OF THE CHILDREN WITH THE MIDDLE SEAT LAP-ONLY BELT. DEALER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM WHEN QUESTIONED A YEAR AGO. BLAMED THE USERS (US) EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY UNUSUAL OPERATION ON OUR PART.

RACK AND PINION STEERING WENT OUT AT 50,000 MILES. ALSO, CONSUME R FEELS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND THAT OLDSMOBILE SHOULD PAY FOR IT SINCE VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING: GEAR: SHAFT PINION FAILED. *AK RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED, GM OFFERED TO SPLIT THE COST, HOWEVER CONSUMER DID NOT FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE. *SLC

WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE ON A 20% DECLINE BRAKES IN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ENGAGE TEMPORARILY. THEN, WILL SUDDENLY ENGAGE TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 TIMES DAILY. *AK VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE, CONSUMER STATES THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING FORWARD, CONSUMER STATES POSSIBLE LEAK IN VACUUM UNIT. *SLC

THIS IS ACTUALLY WIFE'S LEASED CAR (CAROL J. NARTKER). PRIOR BRAKE FAILURE, ON FILE. NO PROBLEM SOURCE EVER DETERMINED FOR THAT, NO INCIDENTS SINCE ABOUT 10,000MI.. THIS PROBLEM IS WITH WARPED FRONT ROTORS. WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SEVERE SHAKING DURING BRAKING AT APPROX. 8000MI., THEY TURNED THE ROTORS THEN. PROBLEM GRADUALLY REOCCURRED OVER TIME. WE HOPED TO HAVE THE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ROTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE TURN-IN FROM LEASE, BUT GM REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM, THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. MY WIFE IS A VERY GENTLE DRIVER, ALL HIGHWAY, CAR GARAGED, I ACTUALLY PULLED CALIPERS AND ROTORS, THEY ARE POROUS CASTINGS, TOO THIN TO TURN. THE ORIGINAL PADS HAVE VIRTUALLY NO WEAR ON THEM. AS BRAKES WARM ON HIGHWAY, THE SHAKING BECOMES MORE SEVERE.*AK