1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

98 OLDS INTRIGUE, COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL, TRIED TO AVOID A CAR COMING OFF THE ONRAMP. HAD CAR ON CRUISE HIT THE GAS ALITTLE AND THE CAR TOOK OFF. TRIED TO STOP, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE CAR FINALLY STOP, ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER I GOT OUT THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 132,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER A RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHICH THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

WE PURCHASED A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE IN OCTOBER OF 2009. WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS, WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY WITH THE PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM. OUR KEYS WERE NOT BEING RECOGNIZED. THIS RESULTED IN PERIODIC STALLING, SOMETIMES WHILE TRYING TO GET THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO START THE CAR AT ALL. MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE GM PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. HE STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS OIL LEAKING.HE ALSO NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.THERE WERE FLAMES THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE AND THE WHOLE FRONT END TO BURN. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND SOMEONE TO DIAGNOSE IT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V116000 COMPONENT: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 215000. UPDATED 5/20/2010 *CN UPDATED 06/17/10*JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE ON A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, COOLANT LEAKED INTO OIL CAUSING A HYDROLOCK. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO EXPLODE IF I HAD BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE. SUPPOSEDLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. THIS LEAK CAN ALSO CAUSE A FIRE. I HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS CONDUCTED TO THE TUNE OF MORE THAN 2K. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHE COULD NOT MAKE LEFT TURNS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL# 03V527000, (STEERING:RACK AND PINION). SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDINGLY. THE REAR SEAT BELTS WERE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AS WELL. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE SEAT BELTS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE REPAIR WORK AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CLIPS THAT WERE APPLIED MAY BE PREVENTING THE SEAT BELTS FROM RELEASING FROM THE RETRACTOR. THE DEALER ADDED A COVER PIECE TO THE RETRACTOR, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE REAR SEAT BELT CANNOT BE USED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

THE BLINKER SWITCH ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND I REPLACED THE BULB FOUR TIMES AND NOW WHEN I TRY TO REPLACE IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. I HAVE NOTICED ALL INTRIGUES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I HAVE ASKED THEM IF THAT WAS THE CASE. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON MAY 29TH AT ABOUT 10:00PM. EXCEPT THAT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WE HAD A RECALL DONE ON THE VEHICLE THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD CORRECT THE BURNING ODOR BUT IT HOWEVER DIDN'T FIX THAT. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS 09047. WE HAD A SMALL ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE IN MAY OF 2007 BUT THERE WASN'T ANY DAMAGE. HOWEVER, WITH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE OR THERMAL EVENT AS GM CALLS IT THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TOTALING THE VEHICLE AS WHEN THE OIL DRIPS DOWN ON TO THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD THERE WAS NO WHERE FOR THE OIL TO DRIP DOWN TO THE GROUND SO THEREFORE IT RESULTED IN A FIRE. THE RECALL #09047 DID NOTHING TO SOLVE THE BURNING ODOR SMELL OR AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. THE VEHICLE DID HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS OF SMOKE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN IT WAS DRIVEN STARTING 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FINAL ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON JUNE 29, 2009. THEN AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE WAS WHEN WE STARTED NOTICING THE BURNING ODOR OR SMELL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. *TR