2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHENEVER HE STARTED HIS VEHICLE AND BEGAN DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. DUE TO THE FAILURE OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WOULD COST HIM A $100. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND CLAIM #71847623579 WAS FILED WHEN THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A.I.R. PUMP *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND WAS BLOWING OUT HOT AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND COLD AIR ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE. THE WHEELS WERE NO GOOD. THE PLATING ON THE INSIDE WOULD COME OFF AND CREATE PROBLEMS FOR THE TIRES SEALING PROPERLY, THEREFORE AN UNEVEN WEAR OCCURRED. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED HE BEGAN TO HAVE STEERING PROBLEMS, THERE WERE SEVERAL LIGHTS COMING ON THE DASH AND GOING OFF, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED THE PART THAT WAS CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WAS THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE MODULATOR WHICH COST $1,000. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD AT TIMES AND SOMETIMES WHINE WHILE DRIVING. THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT ALWAYS WORK OR THEY WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE BLINKING. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, AND THE TURN SIGNAL OR HEAD LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD DEACTIVATE BY ITSELF. THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND THE SWAY BAR WAS CRACKED. ALSO, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK AT TIMES. THE HEATED SEATS WERE TOO COOL ON LOW AND TOO HOT ON HIGH. *JB

RUN-AWAY IDLE SPEED. PRIOR TO INCIDENT VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 15 HIGHWAY MILES BEFORE STOPPING AT A STORE - FULLY WARM. UPON RESTART 5 MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE HAD ABNORMALLY HIGH IDLE, 1500 TO 2500 RPM. IDLE DID NOT DROP DURING 6-MILE. *AK DRIVE HOME. HAD TO PUT TRANSMISSION IN "3" OR "2" VERSUS "D", JUST TO TRY AND KEEP VEHICLE SPEED UNDER THE 35 MPH LIMIT ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. ONCE HOME IN DRIVEWAY, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK - IDLE CLIMBED TO 2600 RPM. SCARY ! AMBIENT WEATHER WAS ABOUT 70 F, WITH CLEAR SKIES. OPENED HOOD NEXT MORNING. THE ACCELERATOR / FOOT-FEED SEEMS TO WORK SMOOTHLY, AND I AND SAW NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE LINKAGE. THE OIL CHANGE "COUNTER" HAD BEEN RE-SET 2 DAYS EARLIER, VIA THE FOOT-FEED. STICKY CABLE?? VEHICLE: 2000 OLD INTRIGUE GX VIN: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR