2003 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATED THE JACK THAT CAME WITH VEHICLE BROKE APART AFTER CHANGING A TIRE. THE DEALER OFFERED A GIFT CERTIFICATE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NOTHING. *AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - *NM

MY SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER USED THE HANDLE OF PASSANGER SIDE REAR SLIDING POWER DOOR TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE DOOR BEGAN OPENING AND JAMMED HER ELBOW INTO THE MIDDLE SEAT, PINNING HER HAND AND ARM BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE SEAT. THE POWER DOOR CONTINUED TO PUSH UNTIL IT BROKE HER WRIST. PE04064.*PO

INSUFFICIENT HEADLIGHTS, DIFFICULT TO SEE AHEAD, ESPECIALLY ON RAINY NIGHTS. *BF *SC *JB

WHILE HOLDING A CHILD THE ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR CLOSED ON THE CHILD'S ARM, BREAKING IT. THE KEY REMOTE HAD TO BE USED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR . THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER CLOSE CASE WITH AN OLDER CHILD. *AK *SC

THERE IS A VERY FOUL ODOR THAT EMITS FROM THE A/C UNIT ON MY 2003 OLDS SILHOUETTE VAN. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY BE SOME SORT OF BACTERIAL/FUNGUS GROWTH THAT MAY BE MAINIFESTING ITSELF IN THE A/C UNIT. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GETTING SERIOUSLY ILL BEFORE SOME SORT OF CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN. WHAT IS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION THAT I NEED TO TAKE? THE DEALERSHIP (EARL OLDSMOBILE, CLEVELAND, OH) IS NOT TAKING THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY. PLEASE ADVISE, THANK YOU.*AK

DEFECTIVE AUTO JACK.*MR THE CONSUMER USED THE JACK AS INSTRUCTED IN THE MANUAL. AS THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO REMOVE THE WHEEL THE JACK BROKE AND THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WITHOUT BEING HURT. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE JACK IS MADE OF FLIMSY METAL. THE CONSUMER RETURNED THE JACK TO THE DEALER WHO DIDN'T SEEM THE LEAST BIT SURPRISED OR CONCERNED ABOUT THE COLLAPSE OF THE JACK. THE DEALER ORDERED A REPLACEMENT JACK. *NM

THE RIGHT REAR AUTOMATIC DOOR WILL REOPEN AFTER IT WAS CLOSED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVEN TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DOOR OPENED 100 TIMES SINCE LAST AUGUST. *AK

VEHICLE COVER FOR THE THIRD ROW SEAT BELT POPS OFF, EXPOSING THE MECHANISM INSIDE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT CHILDREN WILL BE INJURED. *AK

NO CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT CONSOLE TO WARN THE DRIVER THAT CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED. I CHECKED THE OWNERS MANUAL AND THERE IS NO MENTION OF A LIGHT ON THE CONSOLE. I ASKED THE DEALER AND HE SAID THAT GM MUST HAVE DELETED THE LIGHT. THE CHEVROLET VERSION OF THIS MODEL HAS A CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *LA

THE TRACTION CONTROL LIKE DISENGAGES AND THE ABS LIGHT STICKS ON WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SNOW . THE MESSAGE CENTER TELLS YOU TO SERVICE TRANCTION CONTROL SYSTEM. AND THE VEHICAL DOSEN'T WANT TO STOP.