2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Complaints

HEADLIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. SIMILAIR TO SOMEONE TRYING TO BLOW OUT A CANDLE. TO THE POINT IT LOOKED LIKE THE LIGHT WERE ALMOST GOING OUT. HAPPENED ON I-83 JUST NORTH OF I-695.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS PULSATE AT NIGHT. ALSO, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BECOME DIM, THEN BECOME BRIGHT. THE DEALER FINDS NO DEFECTS.*AK

THERE WAS A SLIGHT CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY FAILED AND WAS DIAGNOSED ON 12/01/2004. A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AT ZERO MPH OR LOW SPEED WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND CLUNKS INTO SUCCESSIVE GEARS RATHER THAN SHIFTING SMOOOTHLY. *TC

ODI ID NUMBER 10051520 STATED PROBLEMS THAT I HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE AT 54500 MILES. NOW I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 69,000 MILES. THE STEERING IN THIS CAR HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND GM REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS GIVEN A VERBAL QUOTE OF CLOSE TO $3000 TO FIX. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT POWER DOOR WILL ENGAGE BY ITSELF AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE OR EXIT/ENTER THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS CONDITION OCCURRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

MY 2000 OLDS INTIRGUE'S POWER STEERING FAILS ONLY WHEN I TURN TO THE LEFT. I WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR AS I THINK IT IS DANGEROUS. IN READING ONLINE, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT GM RECALLED THIS PROBLEM ON 98 AND OLDER CARS, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING FOR THE NEWER CARS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. $1300 IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX FOR A CAR THAT IS NOT VERY OLD AND I REFUSE TO PAY IT. *JB

I LOVE MY INTRIGUE EXCEPT FOR THE BUGS THAT SEEM TO KEEP POPPING UP. MY CAR STARTING CUTTING OFF JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT WOULD START BACK UP BY ITSELF. I TOOK IT TO A OLDS DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, SO THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER AND THEN IT SHOWED THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER SHOWED THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS BAD. THEY REPLACED IT AND EVERYTHING IS NOW GOOD. IT EVEN STOPPED THE DIMMING OF THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT, WHICH SEEMED TO BE PROBLEMS ON ALL INTRIGUES I HAVE READ ABOUT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ANY SPEED THE COMPUTER SHUTS DOWN AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY, WHEN HITTING A BUMP ON THE ROAD. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM *NM

THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

4 CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM WHEELS ON MY OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE HAVE CORRODED AND ARE LEAKING AIR THROUGH THE HOLE SUPPLIED FOR THE VALVE STEM. THEY STILL LEAK AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE VALVE STEM BECAUSE OF A POOR CORRODED SURFACE. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT WHEELS NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THERE IS A BLOW OUT OF THE VALVE STEM.