1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HOME VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP NUMEROUS TIMES. *JB

BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 15K MILES. ROTORS TURNED AND PADS REPLACED TWICE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. ROTORS AND PADS WILL NEED REPLACEMENT NEXT SERVICE.*AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. DEALER HAS PUT 6 SETS OF PADS AND ROTORS ON VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WET CONDITIONS THE ROTORS WARPED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CAR TO VIOLENTLY SHUDDER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE SHUDDER CONTINUES UNTIL THE ROTORS ARE RESURFACED OR REPLACED. NLM

REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SEAT BELT KEEPS GETTING STUCK, WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF RETRACTOR, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES BEFORE THE CAR HAD 47000 MILES. AN UPGRADE OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED WITH "LARGER BRAKE ROTORS" FROM FACTORY WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF ROTOR WARPAGE (10000-15000 MILES) IS "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". THE LATEST DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND ARE TOO THIN TO TURN. THESE ROTORS WERE JUST REPLACED AT 29543 MILES. THE MAIN DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE DRIVES MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING, SO THE DRIVER'S HABITS SHOULD NOT CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO FIX PROBLEM AND REPLACE ROTORS, STATING THAT THIS IS A GENERAL MAINTENANCE ITEM (SIMILAR TO REPLACING BRAKE PADS). THE "SHUDDERING" THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS IS VERY DISTRACTING. AS THIS IS AN ITEM CONNECTED WITH BRAKING, IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN TO THE MANUFACTURER AS WELL.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT IS WAS CONSUMER'S FAULT THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK. CONSUMER HAS HAD WINDSHIELD WIPERS REPLACED ALREADY TWICE. *AK

ROTORS GROUNDED AND PADS SANDED AT OUR EXPENSE. BRAKES HAD TO BE HAMMERED ON TO STOP. VEHICLE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU JUST TOUCHED THE BRAKES THAT ABS WAS GOING TO KICK IN. AFTER WORK WAS DONE BRAKES FEEL BETTER THAN THEY EVER HAVE. SINCE THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE. *AK

I THINK THE RACK AND PINIONS FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTOR FLAW SO FAR THE THIRD ONE ON CAR IS HOLDING UP. *AK

HAVE SEEN MANY POSTINGS ABOUT ROTORS WARPING EVERY 10 TO15,000 WITH BOTH AUTOBAHN AND STANDARD (MINE) ON 1998 INTRIGUES. SEEMS EVERYONE GETS SAVE SONG AND DANCE FROM THE DEALER - " NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - MUST BE YOUR DRIVING STYLE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. " DEALER REFUSED TO WRITE UP TICKET WITHOUT FIRST HAVING MECHANICS LOOK AT THEM- FOR $75 DOLLARS AN HOUR OF COURSE. WENT TO BRAKE SHOP TO HAVE ROTORS TURNED DOWN, SHOP SAID THREE OUT OF FOUR ROTORS WERE ALREADY UNDERSPEC AND COULDN'T BE TURNED DOWN. BOUGHT CAR WITH LESS THAN 13,000 MILES ON IT; IF IT ALREADY NEEDED THE BRAKE ROTORS TURNED DURING THAT TIME THEN THAT SUGGESTS A DESIGN FLAW TO ME. ROTORS WARPING EVERY 10 TO 15,000 MILES? THATS RIDICULOUS! ALSO BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS RATHER SOFT, TOO MUCH TRAVEL FOR A CAR WITH 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES, BUT THEN THE REAR ROTORS ARE ALSO VERY WARPED AND ARE RUSTING BECAUSE PADS NOT MAKING MUCH CONTACT WITH ROTOR. OLDS REALLY NEEDS TO FESS UP AND ADMIT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS MADE FROM INFERIOR GRADE MATERIALS. THESE ISSUES ARE UNHEARD OF ON FOREIGN MEDSIZE SEDANS. NO WONDER OLDS IS GOING UNDER.