1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

IN 1998-99 I PURCHASED A NEW INTRIGUE. IN THE 2 YEARS IT WAS OWNED I HAD 6-8 EPISODES OF THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING INCLUDING HIGH SPEED DRIVING. THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY STOP WITH OUT WARNING AND COME TO AN EVENTUAL STOP. REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER FAILED TO FIND A CAUSE. THEY SUSPECTED A FUEL LINE ISSUE BUT COULD NOT ID THE CAUSE. I SOLD THE VEHICLE AFTER 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, LONG BEFORE I INTENDED TO DO SO. *TR

A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS BACKING UP AND MY STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO TURN TO THE LEFT. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A SERVICE STATION AND THEY TOLD ME THE RIVETS THAT HOLD THE ARM INSIDE THE RACK & PINION BROKE LOOSE AND THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE HARD STEERING. REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW RACK AND PINION WHICH WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR AT THE TIME. SINCE THEN THE STEERING HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I DID SOME INVESTIGATION ON GM'S RECALLS AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING RACK & PINION 1. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V527000 (STEERING) 2. GM'S RECALL ID #64476 :STEERING: RACK AND PINION PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS RECALL IS VALID FOR MY CAR AND IF THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WILL HONOR THIS RECALL [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

KNEE JOSTLED KEY WHILE DRIVING WHICH TURNED IGNITION INTO OFF AND CAUSED ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TO TURN OFF. WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY STOP CAR AND MANEUVER SAFELY. RESTARTED CAR ONCE STOPPED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK WHILE SMOKE WAS EMITTED FROM THE REAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHERE THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND A FIRE IGNITED FROM THE ENGINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND RULED AS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE STEERING RACK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V527000 (STEERING:RACK AND PINION) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,873.

I AM WRITING THIS FOR MY HUSBAND. MY DAUGHTER'S CAR (WHICH IS IN MY NAME) WAS PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY FOR 3 WEEKS WHILE SHE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THIS MORNING APPROX. 10:30AM., TUE. 17TH. 2012, HER DAD WANTED TO GET IT CLEANED UP FOR HER BEFORE SHE CAME HOME TONIGHT. HER DAD PUT THE KEY IN BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HE FIGURED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD (THE BATTERY WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD). HE PULLED HIS VEHICLE NEXT TO THE 1998 OLDS INTRIGUE AND HOOKED UP THE BATTERY CABLES. WHEN HE WENT TO START THE INTRIGUE, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BOOM (HE DESCRIBED IT LIKE AN M-80 GOING OFF) AND HE THEN SAW FLAMES!!! UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. HE RAN AND GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. AS THE SMOKE CLEARED, HE SAW PIECES OF BROKEN PLASTIC/METAL ON THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD BLOWN 10 TO 15 FEET INTO THE GARAGE!!! IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN STANDING NEAR THE FRONT OF THE CAR, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. MY HUSBAND TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HE KNOWS (ONE IS A MECHANIC), AFTER THE EXPLOSION, AND THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING TO A VEHICLE! I JUST THANK GOD NO ONE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! *JS

RECALL ID 75918- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING GMC OWNER CENTER, I OWN A 1998 OLDSMOBILE AND HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW REGULATORS FAILING, SIGNAL LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL, COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLANT WARNING LIGHT SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE IN 2000. ENGINE AND GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, WATER TEMP HAS BLOWN AND AFTER COSTLY REPAIRS, THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT STILL GOES OFF AND ON. DEALERSHIP ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE LIGHT ON TO DETECT ISSUES AND STILL NEVER DETECT ANYTHING. MY COOLANT AND LEVELS ARE ALWAYS CHECKED AND FILLED AND THE LIGHT STILL TRIGGERS ON AND OFF FOR AWHILE THEN RETURN ON AGAIN THROUGHOUT CAR HISTORY. IN 2008 MY COOLANT LIGHT WAS ACTING UP AND I HAD VEHICLE CHECKED OUT AND FLUIDS AT APPROPRIATE LEVEL. VEHICLE ENDED UP OVERHEATING ON INTERSTATE AND I HAD TO REPLACE WATER PUMP AND SOMETHING ELSE. LIGHT WENT OUT FOR AWHILE AND VEHICLE CHECKED OUT. IN 2009 LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE CHECKED AND ALL FLUID LEVELS CORRECT. LIGHT STILL COMES ON AND BLINKS AND GOES OFF FOR AWHILE. SMELLS LIKE OIL OR SOMETHING BURNING IN CAR. I WAS ON CONSUMER RECALL SITE AND SAW THIS ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING RECALL FROM 2009 REGARDING THE SPARK PLUG WIRE RETENTION. I DON'T RECALL RECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION. I BELIEVE THE LAST RECALL LETTER I RECEIVED WAS IN 2008 REGARDING THE STEERING. MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOP FOR THAT AND CHECKED OUT AT THAT TIME. CAN I STILL HAVE MY SPARK PLUG WIRE RETAINERS REPLACED FOR THIS RECALL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OIL WAS DRIPPING ONTO THE MANIFOLD ABNORMALLY, CAUSING SMOKE TO BE RELEASED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHEN THE ENGINE ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPEARED ON THE SCENE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER VENT RELEASED SMOKE WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND FLAMES IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.