2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette

POWER SLIDING DOOR LATCH ACTUATOR FAILURE. LATCH IS STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, WILL NOT LATCH. EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN PREVIOUS RECALLS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V067000 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V264000. OLDSMOBILE STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ALREADY IN 2002. I PURCHASED USED WITH LOW MILES (AROUND 70K) IN 2009. VEHICLE HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND IS IN CLOSE TO SHOWROOM CONDITION AS YOU COULD FIND FOR A 2000. OLDSMOBILE STATES THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE REPAIR TO CONSIDER ANY ONGOING RECALLS. OLDSMOBILE INFORMS ME THAT WITH A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE OR CONDITION, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PARTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO FAIL. SOMEHOW, I DON'T CONSIDER MY DOOR FLYING OPEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD TO BE JUST A MINOR FAILURE OR INCONVENIENCE. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, ONE THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ENOUGH THAT THERE WAS AN INITIAL RECALL, THEN A SECOND RECALL TO FIX THE FIRST RECALL. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS A BAND AID REPAIR. I GOT MOST OF THE SERVICE RECORDS FROM THE FIRST TWO OWNERS. THIS VEHICLE WAS USED MOSTLY BY AN OLDER COUPLE AND THE SLIDING DOOR HAS MUCH LOWER THAN AVERAGE USE FOR A 100,000 MILE CAR. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY OF THESE GM MINVANS ON THE ROAD, AND AS A RESULT THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS MIGHT BE LOW. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT GM DID NOT PERFORM A SUFFICIENT REPAIR AND DID JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY. OLDSMOBILE TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIR AT THIS POINT IS UP TO THE CUSTOMER. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS RECALL TO BE REVIEWED? FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS IN MY CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WHEN OUR DOOR FLEW OPEN. WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED OR RUN OVER FOR THIS TO BE REVIEWED? *TR

I PULLED THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WHEN I DID IT OPENED AND AT THE LAST MIN MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LEANED UP AGAINST THE BACK OF THE VAN AS THE DOOR CONTINUED TO OPEN HER HEAD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OPEN DOOR AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE VAN WE PULLED AS HAD AS WE COULD TO GET THE DOOR TO SHUT TO DISLODGE HER FROM IN BETWEEN THE OPEN DOOR AND THE OUT SIDE OF THE VAN IT FINALLY SHUT . SHE HAD BRUISING ON HER HEAD. *TR

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN WINTER MONTHS. WHEN I DROVE IT OFF LOT RIGHT HEADLIGHT BLEW. I PHONED DEALER- SALESWOMAN TOLD ME TAKE IT TO THEIR MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. HE REPLACED IT SEVERAL TIMES, EACH TIME IT BLEW. HE SAID IT WAS WET WEATHER. I WONDERED, BUT TRUSTED THEM. 1 ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I HAVE SPENT $500 TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS REPAIRED REPEATEDLY. LAST JULY, I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND PAID $122 FOR REPAIRS. IT LASTED LESS THAN 1 MONTH. LIGHTS BEGAN BLOWING OUT, AND FAILED. BLINKERS OPERATED ERRATICALLY, SOMETIMES RIGHT ONES WORKED(FRONT & BACK), SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T. BACKUP LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN BRAKE WERE PRESSED. MESSAGES FROM COMPUTER MESSAGE CENTER SAID DOOR WAS AJAR ROLLING DOWN I95 AT 65 MPH OR THAT THE LIFTGATE WAS AJAR AT 65 MPH - ATS MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS TURNED OFF. THE REPAIRING DEALERSHIP SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. WIRES BURNED THROUGH FOR SOME REASON". MECHANIC SAID EVERYTHING WORKS OKAY. ONBOARD COMPUTER MESSED UP. I CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE WEBSITE, AND WAS TOLD EACH TIME IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY SINCE VAN WAS OLDER. *AK A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED TO THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER FOR DRIVING WITHOUT LIGHTS/DEFECTIVE LIGHTS. *SC *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2 CHILDREN (AGES 3 AND 5) AND MY BROTHER IN MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH. WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, MY VAN LOST ALL POWER. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO PUT ON MY HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS BUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK. I PUT MY VAN IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WE TRIED TO EXIT THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS AND THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR BUT ALL THREE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE UNLOCK POWER DOOR LOCKS SEVERAL TIMES. I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. I MANAGED TO CRAWL OVER MY 3 YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN A FULL SIZE CAR SEAT NEXT TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR. AFTER FEELING AROUND IN THE DARK, I FINALLY FOUND A DOOR HANDLE THAT WOULD OPEN. *AK

I OWN A 2000 SILHOUETTE VAN. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THIS PAST DECEMBER. HOWEVER THE MILEAGE IS WITHIN THE WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL OLDS DEALER THAT I HAD A WATER LEAK UNDERNEATH THE DASH. THE CARPET WAS DRENCHED, UNDERNEATH. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LEAK, DUE TO THE CARPET HAS A RUBBER BARRIER UNDERNEATH IT. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. THEY REMOVED THE WHOLE DASH. THEY LOCATED THREE SEPARATE LEAKS IN THE SEAMS ON THE FIRE WALL. THE LEAKS ARE WHERE THEY APPLY PUTTY OVER THE WELDED SEAMS. THEY CAN NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE PUTTY HAS FAILED. NO ONE WILL TELL ME WHY. HOWEVER ONE PERSON SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD BATCH OF PUTTY. WELL HOW MANY CARS HAVE THIS PUTTY ON THEM. ALL THEY SAY IS IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE A SECOND CONCERN. THIS COULD VERY WELL HAVE CAUSED HEALTH PROBLEMS(MILDEW,ETC.) FOR MY FAMILY IF THE LEAK WAS NOT NOTICED. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE TYPE OF VAN ( VENTURE, MONTANA AND SILHOUETTE )HAVE LEAKS AND ARE NOT AWARE OF IT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURED PROBLEM. IF THE BATTERY FAILED I UNDERSTAND, BUT NOT THE PUTTY IN THE FIREWALL. *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