1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VAN FROM A AND B AUTO SALES IN BELLAIRE OHIO. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SEATBELT LIGHT , TURNED OUT TO BE THE AIR BAG LIGHT.THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SENSE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE VAN AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VAN NEVER SHOULD OF LEFT THE LOT WITH THAT LIGHT ON, IT IS CONSIDERED A UNSAFE VECHILE AND IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP KNEW THIS AND SOLD IT TO ME ANYWAY. *AK

DURING THE SUMMER, THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE G.M. DEALER. THE COOLANT WAS LOW AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A PRESSURE CHECK BE DONE FOR THE RADIATOR COOLANT. THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVER HEAT. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS............................. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT ONCE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS INSTALLED SEAT BELT RETRACTED, ALLOWING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT TO BE REMOVED. WHEN TRYING TO REINSTALL THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT THE SEAT BELT REMAINED LOCKED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REINSTALL THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT ONCE IT HAD BEEN REMOVED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MOVED TO SIDE OF ROAD. CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD ,AND NOTICED COOLANT WAS LEAKING ONTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT LEAKAGE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOOR BEGUN TO CHIME AND OPEN. THE DEALER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE DOOR, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A REMEDY. *AK *SCC *NLM

THE CONSUMER GRABBED THE GRAB BAR AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE GRAB BAR SNAPPED, AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

THE SEAT BELT FOR THE RIGHT SIDE 2ND ROW PASSENGER SEAT KEP TIGHTENING UP ON THE PASSENGER LEADING TO RELEASING IT FOR COMFORT. EVENTUALLY THE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP. HAD IT REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM KEP RECURRING AFTER A FEW DAYS OF USE. THE DEALER NOW REFUSES TO HONOR THE WARRANTY TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT. *AK

NOTICED LEAKS THAT HAVE APPEARED UNDER THE CAR. LEAKS HAD A CONSISTENCY OF ANTIFREEZE AND OIL MIXED. CONSTANTLY TOPPING OFF ANTIFREEZE AND OIL. INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY MECHANIC TO HAVE LEAK RESULTING IN A $600.00 DOLLAR BILL. *NLM

TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN UP A SMALL HILL AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION FELL OUT. WAS UNABLE TO GO MORE THAN 20 MPH TO DRIVE TO SAFETY. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR 1 WEEK. TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLY OVERHAULED. AT THE TIME, A MECHANIC AT THE DEALER MENTIONED THAT GM WAS AWARE THAT THIS MODEL AND YEAR SILHOUETTE HAD A HISTORY OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. THAT REPAIR WAS OVER $1,000. CAR AGAIN HAD THE PROBLEM AT 75,000 MILES - CONVENIENTLY WHEN THE WARRANTY RAN OUT BUT DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WILL RUN FINE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES AND THEN TRANSMISSION WILL BEGIN TO WHINE AND WILL JERK WHEN SHIFTING UP THROUGH THE GEARS. WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED THE PROBLEM WILL THEN NOT RETURN UNTIL THE CAR IS DRIVEN AGAIN FOR SOME TIME. *JB

AN ENGINE DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THERE WAS NO OIL PRESSURE, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *TS *JB