1994 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL SUDDENLY NOT BE OPERATIONAL. NEITHER THE WIPER "MIST SWITCH" OR THE "WASHER SWITCH" OR THE REGUALR WIPER SWITCH WILL GET THE WIPERS TO WORK. THE PROBLEM WILL "HEAL" ITSELF BY THE NEXT DAY AND CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED. THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED ON MY 1993 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE. THE DEALER WAS ABOSLUTELY NO HELP. THIS LACK OF WIPER FUNCTION IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM. *AK

MRS. PARKER PULLED ON THE LATCH TO OPEN THE DOOR AND THE LATCH BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE ROD WHICH CONNECTS TO THE MECHANISM. IT APPEARS THAT THE WELD OR GLUE OR WHATEVER FAILED. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE AND I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE I AM 6'31/2" TALL AND WEIGH 235 LBS.. EXITING QUICKLY OUT THE RIGHT DOOR IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR FIRE. OUR VAN HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT. IS THIS CONSIDERED A NORMAL FAILURE DUE TO THE VEHICLE AGE? THANK YOU.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN A FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT HORN BLOWS BY ITSELF, DEALER STATES THE CAUSE IS SHRINKING PLASTIC IN COLD WEATHER, BECAUSE THIS IS HOOKED UP TO THE AIRBAG, THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS $600. *SLC

CONSUMER FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION FLUID WILL LEAK ONLY WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING.*AK

AFTER SHOPPING OPENED UP THE BACK TAILGATE TO GET GROCERIES OUT AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SPARE TIRE BROKE. CABLE RUSTED, CAUSING TIRE TO FALL OFF. CONSUMER STATED THAT IF TIRE WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF ON THE HIGHWAY IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. SPARE TIRE HAS NEVER BEEN USED OR DISMOUNTED. *AK *ML

SIDE WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF VAN FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAUSE UNKNOWN . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SINCE PURCHASING THE VAN IN LATE 1994 NEW WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A MULTITUDE OF INCIDENTS WHERE THE FRONT WIPERS FREEZE WHEN WORKING OR WONT TURN ON...THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPERIENCE IT WAS MY WIFE AT ABOUT 20000 MILES ...I DIDNT TAKE IT SERIOUS AT FIRST ...THE WIPERS WOULD EVENTUALLY COME BACK ON AFTER HITTING A BUMP OR AFTER A WHILE FOR NO APPARENT REASON...WHEN MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG...THIS HAPPENED TO HER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I EXPERIENCED IT ...WE DROVE RIGHT INTO THE DEALERS AND THEY REACHED UNDER HOOD AND HITTHE WIPER MOTOR WHICH KICKED IT ON ...THEY SHOWED US WHAT TO DO AND THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD CHECK WITH OLDSMOBILE ON ITABOUT CORRECTION ...NOW WE HAD A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE ..BUT THEY KEPT PUTTING US OFF ON REPAIRING IT... EVENTUALLY NEAR ABOUT 95000 MILES WE TOOK IT IN AND DEMANDED THAT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT...THEY REFUSED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL DOING IT .....WE SEEMED TO BE IN A MEXICAN STANDOFF ...BUT NEITHER MY WIFE OR I HAD TIME TO SET DOWN AND FIGHT WITH THEM ABOUT IT VIA SNAIL MAIL...WE HAVE NOW STARTED CARRYING A LONG HEAVY BRUSH IN THE VAN AND WHEN IT FREEZES UP WE PULL OVER ASAP, OPEN THE HOOD AND TAP THE ASSEMBLY SHARPLY ..USUALLYY IT STARTS TO GO ...SOME DAY , WE ARE GOING TO BE RIDING IN HEAVY RAINSTORM AND IT WILL SEIZE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A PASSING MANUEVER OR SOME SUCH THING. SINCE WE FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE EVEN THE BASIC 36000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY EXPIRED I HAVE REFUSED TO PAY FOR FIXING IT ..IT IS A DANGEROUS FUNCTIONAL DEFECT AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE FIXED IT EARLY ON....I DOUBT THEY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS EVEN NOW BUT I WOULD LIKE IT DOCUMENTED IN CASE AN ACCIDENT DOES OCCUR. WE DO HAVE COPIES THEIR PROBLEM WRITEUPS OF A FEW OF THE TIMES WE TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT WHEN THE WIPERS FAILED TO WORK. *AK

TAILGATE HANDLE FAILED TO OPEN IN 1998. DEALER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. EXTERIOR DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE FAILS TO OPEN SINCE JULY, 1998. DOOR MUST BE OPEN FROM INSIDE VEHICLE, OR THROUGH OPEN VEHICLE.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BREAKING. ON TWO OCCASIONS DOOR HANDLES WERE REPLACED, ONE ON EACH DRIVER'S SIDE AND /PASSENGENER'S SIDE. PRESENTLY, PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE NEEDS REPLACEMENT AGAIN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK