1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

IN A PARKING LOT WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPED PARKING CURB AND CONTINUED FORWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 FT. BEFORE STOPPING. FOOT WAS ON BRAKE SO HARD THAT YOU COULD SMELL BURNT BRAKES FOR ANOTHER 10 MINUTES. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS OR OTHER CARS NEARBY OR SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT OR COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. HAS THIS BEEN REPORTED BY ANYONE ELSE? INCIDENTLY, I AM NOT A TWO FOOTED DRIVER. MY RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THIS ALL HAPPENED FOR A MATTER OF SECONDS AND THE ACCELLERATION STOPPED AND THE CAR CAME TO A HALT.*AK

OUR SEATBELT HAS NOT WORKED SINCE WE DROVE OFF THE LOT WITH OUR "NEW" VEHICLE. THIS POSES A THREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, WHICH MEANS ONE CHILD WILL NOT BE STRAPPED IN DURING EACH RIDE. WE HAVE BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND EACH REPORT ON ALL 16 VISITS THAT THE SEATBELT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT WORKED SINCE DAY ONE. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED AS WELL AS THE DMV, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I NEED SATISFACTION! I FEEL LIKE THE DEALERSHIPS WON'T FIX THIS PROBLEM UNTIL MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS EXPIRED! HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FIX A SEATBELT????*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE FAILED. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT COOLANT LEAKED INTO OIL WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE.*AK

VEHICLES OIL PUMP FAILED. OIL DISCHARGED FROM THE ENGINE AROUND THE GASKET. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS THE RELIEF VALVE ON THE OIL PUMP WHICH CAUSED THE OIL TO DISCHARGE, HOWEVER CONSUMER IS NOT SURE IF THE OIL PUMP FAILRE WAS RELATED TO THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE.*JG

CONSUMER STATED THE INTAKE GASKET THAT FITS AROUND FUEL INJECTION IS FAILING DUE TO LEAKING. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED CAN'T GET PARTS AND GENERAL MOTORS HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE THIS PART.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE DOOR LOCKS AUTOMATICALLY, LOCK ACTIVATOR WAS REPLACED BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. DEALER IGNORES THE PROBLEM. *YD

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN.CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC STATED HEAD MANIFOLD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING COOLANT ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. NLM *YD

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 3/99. IN WHICH TIME I HAVE HAD TO BRING IT BACK FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS, BRAKES, NON WORKING CRUISE CONTROL WHICH LED TO THE DEALER REPLACING THE COMPRESSOR. FRONT END LEAKED ANTI FREEZE WHICH LED TO ANOTHER MAJOR JOB. I AM NOT A HAPPY MOTORIST HERE. THE STEERING COLUMN SQUEEKED. THEY GREASED IT. TURNED OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RACKINPINION. I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT CARS AND I KNOW THAT FOR THE AMOUNT I PAY FOR THIS VEHICLE, I SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS. BANDADE FIXES DON'T CUT IT WITH ME. NLM

THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED, DUE TO A RECALL ON THAT PART, BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE ACTUATOR MOTOR NOW NEEDED REPLACING, WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, AND WOULD COST ME $1,100 FOR THE PART ALONE. *AK