2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Complaints

2000 SILHOUETTE VAN CAN FAIL TO START AT ANY GIVEN TIMES, HAS LOST ALL POWER ONCE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS TRIED TO CORRECT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH NO SUCCESS. *JB ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****761989

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATING ON DASHBOARD. AFTER INSPECTION OF ENGINE AND OIL LEVER THERE SEEMED TO BE NO PROBLEM WITH EITHER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT PROPERLY SHUT AND IS VERY LOOSE. WHEN DRIVING, THERE IS MOVEMENT IN THE DOOR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *JG *AK

WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING SHAFT. DEALER HAS REPLACED STEERING SHAFT. *AK CONSUMER HAD NO STEERING, HOWEVER WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD SAFELY INTO A DITCH. *SLC

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE ON MARCH 2, 2001, WE HAVE HAD THREE BLOWOUTS WITH THESE FIRESTONE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED BEFORE THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN 2,000 MI. THIS TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED BY OWNER - DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE SECOND BLOW-OUT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MI. AND THAT TIRE WAS ABLE TO BE FIXED. HOWEVER, LAST EVENING WE HAD OUR THIRD BLOW-OUT AND THE TIRE IS COMPLETELY "SHOT" AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE TIRES; WE HAVE NEVER HAD BLOW-OUTS IN ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS VEHILCLES/TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: FR680 TIRESIZE: P21570R15)

WHILE DRIVNG, VEHICLE WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOSE POWER AND THEN CUT OFF, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DEALER DID STATE THAT THERE MIGHT BE TRASH IN THE GAS TANK BECAUSE TRASH WAS NOTED ON THE FUEL FILTER, VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.*JB

HAVE HAD VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR. HAS BEEN IN SHOP 4 OR MORE TIMES FOR DOOR ALONE. PROBLEMS HAVE INCLUDED DOOR NOT WANTING TO CLOSE ALL OF THE WAY, CLOSING AND REOPENING CONSTANTLY FOR MINUTES AT A TIME, AND DOOR CLOSING ON PEOPLE. IF ANYTHING OBSTRUCTS POWER SLIDING DOOR WHILE IT IS CLOSING IT IS SUPPOSE TO AUTOMATICALLY REVERSE TO OPEN POSITION. ON MANY OCCASIONS IT WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSE ON A GROWN ADULT. TRANSMISSION HAS MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. OUR TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED YET PROBLEMS STILL OCCURING. THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS ARE NOT CONSISTENT. SOMETIMES I CAN DRIVE THE VAN AND IT SEEMS FINE WHILE AT OTHER TIMES IT ACTS UP ALOT. SOMETIMES GOING BETWEEN REVERSE AND DRIVE IT HESITATES THEN SHIFTS HARD. SOMETIMES WHILE TAKING OFF FROM STOP IT IS SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS AND THEN SHIFTS HARD. AT TIMES IT WHINES AND ACTS SLUGGISH WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED. AFTER PUTTING VAN INTO PARK VAN WOULD ROLL AT TIMES ATLEAST A FOOT, EVEN ON FLAT, LEVEL SURFACES. THIS ALSO HAPPENS ON HILLS, I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS NORMAL FOR A HILL BUT I WAS SURE THAT IT COULD NOT BE FOR LEVEL GROUND. ON ONE PATICULAR OCCASION AFTER PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN THE VAN COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED, THE VAN WAS WHINNING AS IF IT COULD NOT CHANGE INTO THE NEXT GEAR. AFTER PULLING OVER AND STARTING AGAIN IT GAINED SPEED BUT SHIFITED HARD.*AK

THE CONSUMER PULLED THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR, THE CONSUMERS ARM WAS BETWEEN THE RIGHT ARMREST AND THE DOOR, THE CONSUMER DID NOT LET GO OF THE HANDLE, FORGETTING THAT THE DOOR IS AUTOMATIC, AND WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN, AS THE DOOR CAME BACK IT BEGAN TO PLACE EXTREME PRESSURE ON HIS THUMB AND HAND AND HE COULD NOT GET HIS HAND OUT, EVENTUALLY THE DOOR WAS REVERSED BUT THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED BRUISED THUMB, HAND AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER. NLM PE04064.PCO

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR LOCK AND FRONT DOOR LOCK FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER HAD A PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN REGARDING DEFECT ON PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR, ON FOUR OCCASIONS THE SLIDING DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE DRIVING. *YH AFTER REPAIR, DEALER STATED DOOR SENSOR NEEDED REPAIRED AGAIN. *SLC