2002 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

SEAT BELT LATCH PULLED UP APPROX 8 TO 10 INCHES. FOUND BOLT ON FLOOR OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY SITUATION WHERE BELT WAS PUT UNDER STRESS. *NM

2002 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR. INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS WEEKLY. SOMETIMES A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM RECOGNIZING THE KEY. I HAVE TO WORK WITH THE KEY FOR 10-15 MINUTES UNTIL IT FINALLY RECOGNIZES THE KEY AND STARTS. *NM

DT: THE WHEELS BEEN LEAKING AIR DUE TO CORROSION. REPLACED 10 TIRES AND STEMS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED ALL 4 YESTERDAY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO REPLACED 1. THERE CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM WHEELS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE THAT HAVE THE CORROSION BUILD UP. DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OTHERS THAT WERE WORSE.*AK THE VALVE STEMS WERE LEAKING. *JB

FAIL TO START AND IT WAS AT THE DEALER 3 TIMES, WE DIDN'T GET RECEIPTS, AND THEY SAY 2 TIMES. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND WE WENT WEEKS AND MONTHS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. IT STARTED AGAIN THIS FEB AND "EVERY" TIME WE TRIED TO DRIVE IT, WE HAD TO JUMP IT. THE DEALER TOOK IT IN THIS PAST MONTH AND SAID HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, OF COURSE, IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY WITH ONLY TODAY WE ARE PAYING TO HAVE A PRIVATE REPAIR MAN FIND AND FIX THE PROBLEM, WHICH WE THINK IS A STARTER. WE DO NOT HAVE RECORDS OF WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED, ONLY THE YEAR, SO THEREFORE I'M PUTTING IN JAN 1 FOR ASTERIK.

THE CONSUMER STATES THE CAM SHAFT IS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH OIL PRESSURE. THE DEALER STATES IT CAN RESULT IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

CONSUMER STATED PASSENGER'S LOCK KEY MALFUNCTIONED. AS RESULT, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. *AK...PASSENGER'S LOCK KEY INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START, RESULTING IN A 10 SECOND DELAY UNTIL COMPUTER RESETS ITSELF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN OR MOVE THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING PUMP/HOUSING SHAFT, AND BOLT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT STEERING PUMP/HOUSING SHAFT, AND BOLT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING PUMP/ HOUSING SHAFT AND BOLT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED......ALSO, ENGINE PULLEY WAS OFF DUE TO ABROKENBOLT AT ALTERNATOR BRACKET. REPLACED ACCESSORY DRIV EBELT. *AK

POWER STEERING FAILURE. WHEN PULLING OUT OF A TIGHT PARKING PLACE THE POWER STEERING STARTED MAKING NOISES. AFTER EXITING THE PARKING PLACE THE POWER STEERING IS SLUGGISH, BUT NOT ALL OF THE TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS SOME TIME YOU CAN TURN WITH NO PROBLEM, OTHER TIME IT TAKES ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO MOVE THE STEERING. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT!! I SUPPOSE IT COULD TOTALLY FAIL AT ANY TIME ALSO!! THE OLDSMOBILE GARAGE (BURKE) HAS ORDERED A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP AND WILL INSTALL IT NEXT WEEK AT A COST OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NINTH FOUR DOLLARS TO ME. THEY SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM. OLD PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN REMOVED NEXT WEEK .*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR STOPPING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *NM

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:I HAVE TAKEN MY 2002 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 3.5 BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES COMPLAINING OF EXHAUST FUMES GETTING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND OLDSMOBILE SERVICE KEEPS SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT SEE OR SMELL ANYTHING WRONG. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THE OBD 11 ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS WOULD TURN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I HAVE USED A DIGITAL HOME CARBON MONOXIDE TESTER IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND IT HAS REGISTERED FROM 7 PPM TO 27 PPM. I DRIVE TO WORK MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FOR ONE HALF HOUR, SEVENTEEN MILES EACH WAY. WHEN I ARRIVE MY ARMS HAVE A PURPLE COLOR. MY VOICE HAS BECOME WEAK. I AM SLURRING MY WORDS. I OPEN THE CAR WINDOWS NO MATTER HOW COLD IN AN EFFORT TO GET FRESH AIR. MY BEHAVIOR HAS BECOME ERRATIC. ON THE WEEKEND I STAY AT HOME TO TIRED TO GET UP AND GO OUT. ON SUNDAY NIGHT I START TO FEEL MY ENERGY RETURN TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL LIKE EXERCISING. MONDAY MORNING I GET UP DREADING THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO DRIVE TO WORK BECAUSE THE CYCLE WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN. I HAVE GONE AWAY ON VACATION AND USED A RENTAL CAR AND MY ENERGY STARTS TO RETURN. MY OPINION IS THAT MY GM CAR IS CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS. THERE IS A PERSON ON THE WEB WHO IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM. HTTP://WWW.COHEADQUARTERS.COM/COMOTOVEH/COMOTOVEH1.HTM ONE COLD AND RAINY DAY I HAD TO DRIVE ONE HALF HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH THE WINDOWS UP. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION I WAS IN A DIZZY STATE OF MIND AND BACKED INTO A LIGHT POLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC BUMPER. IS THERE A WAY TO TEST THE AIR QUALITY IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF MY CAR TO SEE IF IT IS THE CAUSE OF MY HEALTH PROBLEMS? TOM.*AK