2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue

WE HAVE AND OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 2001 WAS PURCHASED IN 2002. IT WAS ONLY USED AS DEALER CAR. SINCE BUYING IT WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH DIMMING HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENT, TURN SIGNALS WORK WHEN THEY WANT, BRAKES THAT GRIND AND PULSATE, VIBRATION FROM RIGHT FRONT SIDE. WE HAVE HAD ROTORS REPLACED, TIE RODS, BRAKE PADS, STILL NOTHING WORKS THE DEALER TELLS ME THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THESE ITEMS. WE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP WE REPLACED IT NOT A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. WE HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS WITH THIS CARS PROBLEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY STALLS AND HESITATES. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS WOULD ILLUMINATE AT RANDOM. THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION AND THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED, WHICH HELPED WITH THE STALLING AND HESITATION; HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. DAYS AFTER THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. HOWEVER, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS FLASHED ON AND OFF. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE, HE HAD IT JUMPSTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN ABLE TO START. WHILE DRIVING HOME, ALL OF THE LIGHTING FLASHED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND POWER STEERING ABILITY. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PARK THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD IT TOWED THE FOLLOWING DAY TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SHOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED IN CANADA AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY HAD BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE AIR CONDITIONER, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. WHEN THE CONTACT STOPPED AT A SIGN OR SLOWED DOWN FROM 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED 90% OF THE TIME. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, BATTERY, AND ALTERNATOR; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,000.

P0410 CODE: HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS VEHICLE INSPECTED IN 2 YEARS. REPLACED A.I.R. PUMP AND ALTERNATOR TO NO AVAIL. CLEARED CODE BUT ALWAYS COMES BACK AFTER 50 MILES OF DRIVING. SEEMS TO BE A FALSE P0410 CODE SINCE PUMP IS ACTUALLY FUNCTIONING AND GOING THROUGH STARTUP TESTS WHEN VEHICLE FIRST STARTED. SKEPTICAL ABOUT TAKING VEHICLE TO GM DEALERSHIPS. THERE'S ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ANOTHER "FAILURE" AFTER YOU DRIVE FROM DEALERSHIPS. *JB

TURN SIGNAL FAILURE ON A DAILY BASIS. I DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY 80 MILES A DAY. THE TURN SIGNALS MAY BLINK RAPIDLY, NORMALLY, OR NOT WORK AT ALL. THIS CAN ALL OCCUR WITHIN A FEW MILES. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK THEM TO A REPAIR SHOP, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR PUMP THAT PUMPS AIR INTO THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM TWICE, AND IT IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CAR RUNS FINE, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. I ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE DIMMING LIGHTS WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE AIR PUMP SWITCHING ON AND OFF. *NM

I OWN A 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE POWER STEERING AND TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RACK & PINION GEAR SPOKE VALVE FOR A COST OF $758.69. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF VALVES PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID AND CLEARING THE ADAPT CELLS FOR A COST OF $758.55. ON MARCH 15, 2004, I ALSO PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF AN INOPERABLE CRANK SENSOR FOR THE COST OF $292.60. *JB