1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS INVOVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THA T RAN A STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CAUSING FRONTAL AND SIDE IMPACT AT APROX 60-65 MPH. ALL AIR BAGS, INCLUDING SIDE BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CLOSED ON ITS OWN. ALSO, AUTOMATIC REVERSE MECHANISM DID NOT WORK. OWNER WAS PINNED IN DOOR AND INJURED WHEN PUTTING CHILD IN SAFETY SEAT. THE VAN IS BEING LOOKED OVER BY DEALERSHIP. *AK

VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACKWARDS WITHOUT STOPPING WHEN IN DRIVE ON A UPWARD INCLINE. THE TOURQUE CONVERTER DOES NOT STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING BACK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS. A VAN SHOULD NOT ROLL BACK 20 FEET WHILE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE. *AK

UPON DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3-LANE HIGHWAY, SPEED LIMIT 65, DRIVING SPEED 62-65MPH, NO VEHICLE IN FAR LEFT LANE TO DRIVER'S SIDE...THE FRONT LEFT DRIVERS WINDOW BURST IN ON DRIVER AND BROKE APART APPARENTLY FROM NOTHING OTHER THAN HIGH WINDS IN AREA DUE TO NO VEHICLE PASSING OR TRAVELING ON LEFT SIDE OR OBJECTS IN ROAD. NO OBJECT WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE AND NO SCRATCH OR DENT ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE IDENTIFIED REASON FOR BROKEN WINDOW. THE WINDOW WAS ALL THE WAY UP AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. SOME SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS SCRATCHED FACE AND LEFT HAND OF DRIVER AND SCRATCHED THROUGH THE LEATHER SEAT AND RIPPED PANTS DRIVER WAS WEARING BUT INJURIES WERE NOT SEVERE DUE TO TEMPERED GLASS. MANUFACTURER REPLACED WINDOW AND WE ARE IN PROCESS OF CONTACTING THEM CONCERNING THE RIPS IN THE LEATHER SEATING SINCE VEHICLE IS ONLY 6 DAYS OLD. NO OTHER CAUSE EXCEPT POSSIBLE WIND OR DEFECT TO ACCOUNT FOR BROKEN WINDOW. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WHICH GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE SHOULDER SEAT BELT COMES ACROSS CONSUMER WIFE'S NECK, CAUSING POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD. CONSUMER SHOWED THE DEALER AND THEY CONTACTED FACTORY, SAID THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK.ET.

PROBLEM #1. ELECTRICAL HARNESS FAILURE RESULTED IN REPEATED ENGINE SHUTDOWNS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. PROBLEM #2 RESULTED IN SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LAMPS AT NIGHT WHILE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30MPH. *AK