1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

WHILE PULLING SUNVISOR DOWN CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE DUE TO SUNVISOR BREAKING FROM CASE INSIDE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

VEHCILE WAS MAKING LOUD NOISE. DEALER IDENTIFIED PROBLEM AS BEING THE CARBURETOR. DEALER WAS REBUILDING CARBURETOR, AND REPLACING A NON REVERSE DRUM. PART BEING USED WAS A NON HEAT TREATED PART, AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PROBLEM. PART IS CALLED THE NON REVERSE DRUM.*AK

ENGINE BOLTS HAVE FALLEN FROM ROCKER AND HAVE EMBEDED IN TOP OF GASKETS, RENDERING VEHICLE INOPERABLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING GAVE OUT, AND CONSUMER ENDED UP RUNNING INTO A FIELD. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP COULD NOT TURN. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO OVER 70 MPH. APPLIED BRAKED, AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED IN BUSHES AFTER GOING THROUGH A GROVE OF TREES FOR 100 FT. *AK

AFTER CAR SITTING, THEN STARTING PUT CAR IN GEAR THERE IS A POPPING/CLICKING IN FRONT. I HAVE HAD NEW FRONT RACK PUT ON, HAD THEM CHECK CV JOINTS, AND STRUTS. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR BACK TO THE DEALER MANY, MANY TIMES THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I TOOK A MECHANIC (NOT DEALER) AND HE SUGGESTED CHECKING THE CALIPER HARDWARE AND BRAKES. I AM AT MY WITS END. NOW MY ROTORS HAVE THE DEEP GROVES AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM!!! IS THIS CAR A LEMON?

I HAVE A CLUNKING, SCRATCHING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END BUT I NOTICED A GRINDING OR SQUEEZY SOUND WHEN BRAKING. I WAS TOLD BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC THAT THE ROTORS NEED REPLACED, THERE ARE DEEP GROVES IN ALL BUT THE WORST IS THE BACK. ALSO WAS TOLD THE THE CALIPER HARDWARE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOOK IT TO THIS MECHANIC BECAUSE I CAN GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM HIM FROM OUT OLDER VEHICLES I HAVE BEEN GETTING NO WHERE WITH THE DEALERSHIP(AS FAR AS THE CLUNKING CLICKING). WHEN THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD A CERTIFIED MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ROTORS. THEY HAD MY CAR UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AND I WAS TOLD THEN THEY COULD NOT SEE A PROBLEM. THIS SOUNDED FAMILIAR AS I HAD TO HAVE A NEW STEERING RACK (FINALLY PUT IN LAST YEAR AFTER MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALER). ALSO ON THIS REPAIR TRIP THEY ROTATED MY TIRES, THEY PUT THE RT FRONT ON THE RT BACK!!!! I WANT TO KNOW WHY GM HAS NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM? IT SEEMS THAT ENOUGH DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN DONE. I AM TAKING MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET AND GOING TO GET YET ANOTHER OPINION ON WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE DONE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CHILDREN AROUND WITH ALL THESE THINGS GOING WRONG. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE QUESTION, ISN'T ANYONE AT GM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE AND LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO SPENT GOOD MONEY ON THEIR CARS?*AK

4/11/2000, REPLACED INTERMITTANT STEERING SHAFT, REPLACED STEERING SHAFT, REPLACED STEERING RACK AND PINION AND ADJUSTED FRONT TOE. 5/25/00, REPLACED MASTER SWITCH ASSY. FOG LIGHT REPAIRED. DAMAGED SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT, INOPERABLE BULBS, LAMPS REPLACED. MIRROR LIGHT REPAIRED. 6/01/00, VEHICLE TOWED IN, NEW BATTERY REPLACEMENT,

BRAKE ROTORS WARP REPEATEDLY. BOTH DEALER & GM REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM ONCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK