1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

THE VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WAS ON. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *SC

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUIDS FROM THE COOLING SYSTEM, CAUSING WATER TO GET INTO THE OIL AND THE WATER PUMP. ALSO, THE INTAKE VALVE DISCHARGED WATER INTO THE CRANK CASE. VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 50,000 MILES. *AK *JB

PE02005 IS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR DESIGN. THE DEALER WILL REPLACE WITH A NEWER DESIGN FREE OF CHARGE. THIS IS BY EXPERIENCE. *NM

BRAKES HAVE BEEN PULSING A LOT TO THE POINT THAT THE CAR DOES NOT BREAK WELL. TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND BEARINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. COST ME OVER $1000 FOR THIS REPAIR. *NM

LIGHTS DIMMING TO ALMOST DARK AND COMING BACK ON. HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE CAR. HAVE HEARD THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY COMMON. THIS COST ME OVER $700 TO FIX. *NM

AT APPROXIMATELY 66000 MILES MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIQUE EXPERIENCED STEERING PROBLEMS. IT WOU EXPERIENCE VERY HARD STEERING TO THE LEFT. IT PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT THE STEERING RACK HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $691. THEY LUBED TO INTERMITTENT STEERING SHAFT AS WELL. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS THAT WAS SUPPOST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY OLDMOBILE.*AK

1.ENGINE OVERHEATED, 2.HEAD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AND PISTON WERE WARPED, . REPLACEMENT OF GASKETS AND PISTON. *AK

UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR BRAKE REPAIRS MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER TIE ROD CORRODED. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE ISSUE HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF YET. *AK

HAVING DIFFICULTY TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS, ALMOST FEELS LIKE STEEREING WILL LOCK UP. TAKING TO MECHANIC TO FIND OUT WHAT TROUBLE IS. SOUNDS LIKE SAME TROUBLE FROM RECALLED 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ON ICY OR SLIPPERY ROADS, THE LOW TRACKING INDICATOR CAME ON SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK TO RESTART IT. *AK *SC *JB