2001 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR AT 35-40 MPH, AND NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

HEADLIGHT FAILURE, DIMMING AND FLICKERING OF ELECTRIC SYSTEM SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IN 2001. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE 2003. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ABOUT EVERY 3 MONTHS FOR BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SLIP AND THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO FLICKER. *AK

SLIDING DOOR ON OLDS SILHOULETTE OPENED AND SHUT BY ITSELF. CHILD WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE AND WAS ALMOST HIT . WE ARE USING THE DOOR AS A MANUAL OPERATION THIS IS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE AT SOMETIME IF NOT CORRECTED. BOTH OF OUR DOORS HAVE ACTED UP. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HEATING PAD MALFUNCTIONED BY BURNING ITS WIRE, WHICH IS A HEATING COMPONENT. OCCURRENCE CAUSED A FIRE INSIDE A SEAT THAT HAVE BURNED A PART OF HEATING PAD ITSELF (HEATING PAD APPEARS TO BE MADE OUT OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL) AND SOME OF THE SEAT FOAM STUFFING (AGAIN APPEARS TO BE FLAMMABLE AS WELL).LUCKILY THE FIRE STARVED ITSELF OUT OF OXYGEN. THE ISSUE WAS PREVIOUSLY CORRECTED TWICE UNDER THE WARRANTY BY THE DEALERSHIP. *JB

SINCE APRIL 2004 INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CABLE ACCELERATOR, COMPUTER MODULE AND THE SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER. *JB

RUBBING SOUND INSIDE STEERING COLUMN WHEN STEERRING WHEEL IS TURNED. DEALER CLAIMS TO HAVE LUBED THE COLUMN BUT NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. VEHICLE HAS 50000 MILES I AM CONCERNED OF PREMATURE STEERING FAILURE. *AK

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN. BRAKES PREMATURELY WORE OUT. THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED PREMATURELY AS WELL. THE DOOR SEALS ON THE CAR HAVE SEPARATED A FEW TIMES. THE TIE RODS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEXT CAME THE REAR HEAD GASKET THAT WAS PREMATURELY WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVER'S SEAT (HEATER) BROKE AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED. THE MOST CONCERNING PROBLEM IS THE HEAD GASKET. I DID NOT REALIZE WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKETS CAUSED TO FAIL EARLY FROM THE DEX COOL ANTIFREEZE FLUID. IF I HAD KNOWN THIS I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ENGINE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. I AM TRYING TO GET THE WARRANTY EXTENDED ON THE CAR BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL I WILL BE. PLEASE NOTE THIS VAN IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 37000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING, FORCING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HEADLIGHT WIRING MELTED. *AK

THE FUEL PUMP LOSES POWER DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION BLOCK LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE VAN IS SUBJECT TO EITHER FAIL TO START, OR GO DEAD AT ANY TIME. IT HAS GONE DEAD ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65+ MPH

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002, THE VAN WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD, THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. ON DECEMBER 5TH, THE VAN TOTALLY QUIT GOING FORWARD AND BACKWARD, IT WAS TOWED IN AND THE MECHANIC ASKED IF WE HAD TOWED ANYTHING WITH THE VAN OR DID WE USE IT AS A "HOTROD", THAT ALL THE GEARS WERE STRIPPED. ALSO, UPON TAKING THE VAN BACK FOR THE RECALL OF THE SLIDING DOOR, WE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TWICE AND THE DOOR STILL DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. THERE ARE TIMES THAT IT WON\\'T UNLOCK FROM THE INSIDE AND YOU CAN OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE SERVICE OF DEALER IN THE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT THE VAN WAS TAKEN IN TO GET CHECKED OUT, THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE NOT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHEN THE TRANSMISSION TORN UP.