2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEED. WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE, VEHICLE EXPLODED WITH FLAMES COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE. ALSO, CONSUMER STATED MUFFLER BURNT HOLE IN GAS TANK. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER BOUGHT VEHICLE BACK. *AK CONSUMER STATED SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ALSO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER, MECHANICS FOUND A HOLE IN THE MUFFLER HAD BURNED A HOLE IN THE PLASTIC GAS TANK. *SLC

BROKEN FIBERS WERE OBSERVED ON THE SEATBELT FOR THE RIGHT SECOND ROW CAPTAINS CHAIR. FIBERS WERE BROKEN WITHIN 0.25 INCHES OF THE REAR EDGE AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 10.5 INCHES FROM THE LOWER ATTACH POINT, A LOCATION CORRESPONDING TO CONTACT WITH THE METAL SEAT HINGE WHEN THE BELT WAS POSITIONED OVER THE SEAT. WHEN USING THE EVENFLO ON MY WAY INFANT SEAT WITH SEAT BASE, THE SEAT BELT WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE SEAT BACK, AND WHEN TIGHTENED FOR A PROPER FIT, THE SEAT BELT EASILY CONTACTED THE METAL HINGE, WHICH LED TO WEAR FAILURE OF THE FIBERS.*AK

AFTER CONSUMER HAD RECALL 01V067000 WORK FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR PERFORMED SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN COMPLETELY BY ONLY OPENING APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY MOVING BACK INTO CLOSED POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM OPERATES ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT ROTORS ARE HEATING UP EXCESSIVELY WHEN ONLY TRAVELING ROUGHLY 17 MILES. *AK LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING BECAE NOISY, DEALER REPLACED HUB AND BEARINGS BUT NOT BRAKE BLOCK, ON THE WAY HOME A NOSIE WAS NOTICED WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE, RETURNED TO DEALER AND MECHANIC HAD TO DROP THE WHEEL NUTS WHEN REMOVIG WHEELBROKE FRONT BRAKES WERE HOT, ROTOR WAS BLUE MECHANIC STATED THAT REAR BRAKES NEEDE TO BE ADJUSTED AS GM HAD INSTALLED TOO BIG A STAR ON THE AUTOMOBILE ADJUSTERS AND THEY DO NOT ADJUST UNLESS YOU MAKE A PANIC STOP IN REVERSE.*JB

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 01V067000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01013 CONCERNING POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILURE. DEALER REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO TURN STEERING WHEEL IT WILL BIND UP, MAKING IT HARD TO TURN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP.*AK

01 V 067 000/POWER SLIDING DOOR: DEALER , GURLEY LEEP OLDSMOBILE, MISHAWAKA, IN; PHONE# 219/272-0700) NOT AWARE OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN INFORMATION WOULD BE SENT OUT TO DEALER. ASKING NHTSA TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK *SLC

AS CONSUMER WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE TO START ENGINE, IT FIRED UP AND IMMEDIATELY CEASED, ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS IN THE VEHICLE WORKED, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO START VEHICLE, HOWEVER NO LUCK, THERE WAS FULL BATTERY POWER BUT NO START, VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THE GROUND WIRE FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW VEHICLE TO START, THE WIRE IS LOCATED IN THE REAR NEAR THE GAS TANK, FUEL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. *JB

WHEN CLOSING AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR, IF AN OBJECT OR A PERSON IS IN DOORWAY SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO REVERSE BACKWARDS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH HAD PIN HEADED AN OCCUPANT IN DOOR'S WAY CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER TO FIND OUT CAUSE OF IT. *AK *SLC

AT ANY STOP WHERE THE ROAD IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VAN WILL BEGIN TO ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED. ACCORDINGLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME TO AVOID A ROLLBACK AT A STOP LIGHT. ACCORDINGLY, AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR IF THE CAR ROLLS BACK OR TOO MUCH GAS IS GIVEN WHILE THE BREAK IS BEING DEPRESSED. GM DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS MODEL. MY FORD WINSTAR DOES NOT DO THIS ON THE SAME HILLS.*AK