2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

WHEN TURNING ON THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS INTERIOR SWITCHES ON THE DASHBOARD CONSOLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

I OWN A 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE POWER STEERING AND TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RACK & PINION GEAR SPOKE VALVE FOR A COST OF $758.69. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF VALVES PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID AND CLEARING THE ADAPT CELLS FOR A COST OF $758.55. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I ALSO PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF AN INOPERABLE CRANK SENSOR FOR THE COST OF $292.60. *JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS SITTING UP AND AWAY FROM THE DASH BOARD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SEE THE AIR BAG THROUGH THE GAP IN THE PANEL. THE DEALER WAS WILLING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE STALLED AND WAS HARD TO RESTART. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. RATHER EARLY FOR THIS SENSOR TO GO!

SHORTLY AFTER 36,000 MILES, VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, PCS, ABS, SES LIGHTS WOULD COME ONE & STAY ON. STALLING BECAME MORE AND FREQUENT UNTIL IT BEGAN OCCURRING EVERYTIME WITHIN 120 SECONDS OF COLD START (OVER COURSE OF 2,000 -4,000 MORE MILES. NEARLY GOT BROADSIDED BY CEMENT TRUCK WHEN VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY (AFTER ALREADY DOING ITS TRADITIONAL FIRST STALL AFTER COLD START). DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED CRANK SENSOR. GM WOULD ONLY PAY FOR PART AND I WAS LEFT WITH DIAGNOSIS AND LABOR BILL. DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH DEFECTIVE PART. CLAIMED IT BELONGED TO GM. ON ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BATTERY WOULD RUN DOWN AFTER CAR LEFT SITTING FOR 3-4 DAYS IN COLD WEATHER. WOULD RECHARGE BATTERY AND IT WOULD BE OK. COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, THEN FINALLY AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES, BATTERY WENT BAD & WOULD NOT RECHARGE. DEALER/GM REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME. HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEN ONE EVENING I NOTICED THAT THE VANITY LIGHTS ON THE SUNVISOR MIRROR WERE ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN SUNVISOR WAS COMPLETELY STOWED. TURNS OUT THE SWITCH BUTTON IS NOT DEPRESSING FULLY TO DISENGAGE POWER SWITCH TO VANITY LAMP(S). DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR --OUT OF WARRANTY.

COMPUTER, EMISSION AND FUEL THEY SAID IT WAS A EMISSION SENSOR AND IT DOES NOT WORK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AFTER 150 MILES, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER JUST WENT OUT, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT GENERAL MOTORS GOOD FAITH I ONLY PAID $625. SUSPENSION THEY REPLACE BOTH OUTER TIE RODS. HAD TO PAY FOR NEW ALIGNMENT. STEERING NUT WAS FIXED THE DAY I TEST DROVE THE CAR .

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FRONT END THE STEERING HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. I SAW ON THE NEWS TODAY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECALL IN OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUES UP TO 1999 BUT MY CAR IS A 2001 AND IT'S BEEN GIVING ME THE SAME PROBLEMS. *LA

THE HEADLIGHTS DIM AND THEN RETURN TO THE NORMAL BRIGHTNESS ON MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHETHER THE LIGHTS ARE ON DIM OR BRIGHT. OTHER LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR ARE NOT AFFECTED; THE PROBLEM IS ONLY WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO FLASH OFF FOR A SECOND, BUT IT'S MORE OF A DIMMING ACTION. IT'S FRUSTRATION THOUGH, BECAUSE ON-COMING TRAFFIC FLASHES THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON BRIGHT BECAUSE THEY THINK YOU ARE DOING THE SAME TO THEM. GM NEEDS TO PROVIDE A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THIS HEADLIGHT PROBLEM CAUSES SOMEONE TO BE THE VICTIM OF ROAD RAGE. *LA

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. GEAR TEETH IN TRANSMISSION PAN AT 42,000 MILES. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR: $1800-2400 AND 5 DAYS WITHOUT A VECHICLE.*AK

WHEN TURNING A CORNER WITH THE TURNS SIGNAL ACTIVATED, SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT COME ON. THE HAZARD LIGHTS ALSO MAY OR MAY NOT COME ON. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED SOMETIME THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD WORK FOR A WEEK AND NEVER FAIL. *CB *JB