1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

ENGINE/TRANSMISSION WHINE REPORTED TO DEALER AT 31360 MILES (DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE). TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 40976 MILES (ENGINE REVS ROSE AND CAR SLOWED - ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH), TRANSAXLE REPLACED AND WHINE NO LONGER PRESENT. EVEN OUT OF WARRANTY, OLDSMOBILE PAID HAFL OF THE $2800.00 BILL, BUT FEEL THAT FAILURE AT THIS MILEAGE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. COMPLAINT TO OLDS AT THEIR WEB SITE GOT A RESPONSE THAT THEY ARE SORRY, ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. BEARING IN HVAC MOTOR FAILED AT 34909 MILES. CLUNK IN STEERING FIXED BY REPLACEMENT OF STEERING RACK AND INTERIM SHAFT. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR REAR SEAT BELT REPAIRS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH, AND EACH TIME THAT HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER SAID THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED, BUT STILL PROBLEM EXISTS. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 26,746 MILES -- ROTORS TURNED. ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AT 34,363 MILES -- REPLACED. ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AT 47,835. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT OLDSMOBILE HAD ISSUED A TSB STATING, IN EFFECT, THE "IF WHEELS HAD BEEN ROTATED/BALANCED BY 'OTHER THAN A GM DEALERSHIP', NO FURTHER WARRANTY SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED ON WARPED ROTORS." AT 47,835 MILES, I HAD ROTORS REPLACED WITH "AFTER MARKET" ROTORS AT A COST OF $368.00. AT 16,000+ MILES LATER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. SUPPOSEDLY, THESE "AFTER MARKET ROTORS" DID NOT CONTAIN ANY COMPOSIT MATERIALS AND, THEREFORE, WERE LESS LIKELY TO WARP. THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ROTORS WERE PART OF $230.00 AUTOBAHN PACKAGE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT OLDSMOBILE IS BEING FAIR/TRUTHFUL REGARDING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH THESE ROTORS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABS INDICATOR LIGHT STAYED ON THROUGH TRAVEL. TECHNICIIAN STATED ABS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . PROVIDE FURTHER INOFORMATION.*AK THE ABS TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON SLIPPERY SURFACE. *YH

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON, BRAKE PEDAL HARD TO PUSH. SLID ON SNOWY ROAD AS ABS NOT WORKING. DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM AT FIRST, THEN REPLACED ABS MOTOR PACK FOR $412.*AK

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ALL VENTILATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS AFTER ONE HOUR OF OPERATION RESULTING IN NO AIR FLOW IN THE PASSNGER COMPARTMENT, DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER WHICH RESULTS IN FOG THERE IS NO WAY TO CLEAR THE WINDOWS RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH STALLING INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVEN OCCASIONS WITHIN THIRTEEN MONTHS, AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK IN ADDITION TO STALL OUTS AND NON STARTING, ALL THE FUEL POURED ON THE GROUND THE CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *YH

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A BRAKE SHOP MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT ROTORS WERE SANDED BY MANUFACTURER TO THE WRONG SIZE. *AK MICROMETER READINGS TAKEN OVER THE UNWORN RIM OUTSIDE OF THE BRAKE PAD WEAR AREA SHOWED .035'' BELOW LOW MACHINE DIMENSION. BRAKES WERE NOT SERVICED PRIOR TO THIS. *YH

WHILE DRINVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY DIE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THE REAR SEAT BELT BECAME STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR AND WOULD NOT RELEASE, CONSUMER RECIEVED A RECALL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AFTER REPAIR WAS COMPLETED THE CONSUMER WAS BILLED FOR REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. NLM