1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

THE VEHICLE'S SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY REMOTE CONTROL OR BY THE BUTTONS ON THE DOOR, IT HAS TO BE OPENED MANUALLY, CONSUMER WANTS TO BE SURE THIS PROBLEM IS NOT RELATED TO RECALL 01V067. *YH

AIRBAG LIGHT IS BLINKING ON AND OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GOING TO AIRBAG. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK THE AIR BAG HAD BEEN REPAIRED EIGHT TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AIR BAG, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THROTTLE CABLE BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATING. TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE DRIVER COMPLETELY SHUT VEHICLE DOWN. *AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT THE ORIGINAL CABLE WAS ROUTED INCORRECTLY. PHOTOS ATTACHED. *TT

POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. RECALL 01V264000 REPAIRS DONE ON VEHICLE FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR. PROBLEM WAS NOT REMEDIED. SOMETIMES HAD TO CLOSE MANUALLY AND LOCK IT. DOOR HAS COME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. CONTACT DEALER AND HAS DONE ALL THEY CAN DO.*AK

01 V 067 00 & 01 V 264 000/POWER SLIDING DOOR: VEHICLE RECEIVED TWO RECALLS CONCERNING SAME COMPONENT. FIRST RECALL WAS DONE IN AUG OF 2001. DEALER; COURTESY OLDSMOBILE; IRWIN, PA; PHONE# 724/863-0600 WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE NO PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 2001. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. . DEALER REPLACED BOTH PASSENGER'S SIDE AND DRIVIERS SIDE SENSORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THERE WERE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT NONE WERE SITTING IN THE SEAT NEAREST THE DOOR THAT OPENED. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR 2 RECALLS REGARDING THIS DOOR AND 3 OTHER TIMES DUE OT FAILURE OF THIS DOOR (INCLUDING THIS CURRENT INCIDENT). *AK

PRIOR TO ANY KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DOOR OF THE VAN WAS STUCK HALFWAY OPEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST $1,414.14 TO FIX OR THEY COULD REMOVE THE MECHANISM FOR $189.00 AND THE DOOR WOULD OPERATE MANUALLY, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT STATING THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THIS RECALL AND DID NOT FIX THE VEHICLE ACCORDINGLY WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT NO CHARGE.*JB

THE ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL O1V060000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01013, AND HAS BEEN CONTACTING JACK SYKES DEALERSHIP SINCE APRIL. PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT OLDSMOBILE DIRECTLY TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP SPEED UP THE DELIVERY. *AK