1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS, ESPECIALLY ONE BEHIND PASSENGER. SEAT BELT WILL ADJUST AND TIGH UP ON PASSENGER. PASSENGER HAS TO REALEASE SEAT BELT DUE TO PRESSURE ON BODY.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES, WHO STATED UNLESS LIGHT WAS ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER'S THEY COULD DO NOTHING. *AK

POWER DOORS WOULD UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING; 2.) INSIDE COURTESY LIGHTS WOULD COME ON MOMENTARILY AND INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, AND 3.) DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WAS MADE. *AK

LOSE BRAKES WHEN BACKING DOWN HILL ABLE TO REAPPLY BRAKES TO WORK, LAST TIME TOOK TWICE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANMISSION WOULD EXPERIENCE A SHIFTING PROBLEM IN THE FIRST TWO LOW GEARS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK AND A NOISE WOULD APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT A WARNING WHILE TRYING TO PARK. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO OVER A CURB AND RUN INTO BUSHES. *AK

I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 WITH MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THIS MINIVAN. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE 1ST ROW BACK SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH HER SEAT BELT FASTENED. AS I ENTERED THE RAMP TO MY EXIT, THE GLASS IN THE RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED SHOWERING MY DAUGHTER WITH BROKEN GLASS. MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A CUT ON HER RIGHT LOWER LEG.

ONE OF THE TWO GAS STRUT FAILED, NO LONGER HOLDS TAILGATE DOOR UP. WAITING FOR PARTS. NONE AVAILABLE YET FROM DEALER.NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE FROM ANY GM DEALER. THE DOOR IS HEAVY AND DANGEROUS , COULD FALL ON SOMEMONE.

1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE GL 4 DOOR CAME WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. AT 27,000 MILES THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE WALLS. I HAD THEM CHANGED ON 3-10-2000. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/70R15 )

FRONT TIRES COULD BE LOSING AIR PRESSURE AND THEN GO FLAT. THERE WAS NO WARNING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. FIRESTONE P215/70 R15 SR680. *AK