1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

REL. CLAIMS: 731603, 848089, 870477, 871178, 890098 STEERING FAILS WHEN GOING THROUGH PUDDLE AT ANY SPEED, EVEN 20 MPH. I BARELY MISSED HITTING SOMEONE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY 20 YEARS OF DRIVING. IS THEIR PATCH OR FIX AVAILABLE SINCE THIS WAS FIRST FOUND OUT ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO? THIS PROBLEM CREATES A DANGEROUS LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL ON WET ROADWAYS. PLEASE ADVISE [email protected]. *AK

WHILE PASSING A TRUCK, IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE, THE ACCELLERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE VAN SPED OUT OF CONTROL OVER 80 MPH, I WAS UNABLE TO SLOW VAN USING BRAKES AND MANUAL GEARS. I TURNED THE KEY OFF TO STOP THE CAR.

THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR ON THE OVERHEAD PANEL GIVES INCORRECT READINGS, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE COST OF REPAIR AND BELIEVES THAT THIS COMPONENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NLM

WATER IS LEAKING DOWN INTO HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS. HEAD LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. LINING TO SEAL UNIT IS BEING DESTROYED. WATER DAMAGE IS CAUSING LIGHTS NOT TO REFLECT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT NO RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT, THE LIGHT MODULES ARE NOT SEALED AND MOISTURE GETS IN AND CAN NOT ESCAPE THROUGH SMALL DRAIN HOLES, RESULTING IN ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS FAILING AND THE REFLECTIVE MATERIAL IN THE MODULE FAILS, CONSUMER ALSO FEELS THE HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE AREA EXAGGERATES THE PROBLEM, OLDSMOBILE REFUSES TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. *SLC

DURING WET ROAD/WEATHER CONDITIONS POWER ASSISTED STEERING FAILED. DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A WATER DEFLECTOR PLATE TO PREVENT WATER FROM CONTACTING POWER STEERING BELT. HOWEVER, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH IN A RAIN STORM, POWER STEERING FAILED, AND BELT FOR ALTERNATOR SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED LIGHT FOR BATTERY ON THE DASH BOARD TO COME ON. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE WET CONDITIONS CAUSED A BELT TO SLIP FROM THE ALTERNATOR AND DISABLED THE ALTERNATOR. *YH

THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR ON THE OVERHEAD PANEL GIVES INCORRECT READINGS, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS COMPONENT SHOULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NLM

ACTUATOR WITHIN POWER SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLY HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING DOOR TO HAVE TO BE MANUALLY SHUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE CABLE REGULATING THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ERODED RESULTING IN THE POWER DOOR NOT CLOSING ALL THE WAY OR NOT CLOSING AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICE FOUR TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. REPAIR ESTIMATES WERE $1600 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MECHANISM; INSTEAD THE DOOR WAS CONVERTED TO MANUAL. IF THE DOOR CLOSED, IT WAS UNLATCHED AND THE BUZZER SOUNDED THE ENTIRE DRIVING TIME. OTHERWISE, THE DOOR WOULD ATTEMPT TO CLOSE, BUT THEN OPEN AGAIN. EITHER WAY, THE BUZZER WENT OFF CONTINUOUSLY. THE DEALER, CHARLES MAUND, FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ACTUATOR, ONLY THE CABLE. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE #01V067000; TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. REPAIRS DONE ON SLIDING DOOR. ORIGINALLY HAD PROBLEM, REPAIRED BEFORE RECALL. PROBLEM AFTER RECALL WAS LIKE BEFORE, NOT WORKING PROPERLY, BUT GETTING WORSE. RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE A WEEK AGO.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER WHEN ACCELERATING DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEM. THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVEING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *YH