2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue complaints

HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS ON INTRIGUES ARE DUE TO WIRING THAT HAS BECOME DRIED UP AND IS CRACKING OFF THEREBY CREATING SHORTS INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT/TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY. REPAIR WILL REQUIRE NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WIRING HARNESS.

THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFTER USED TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF PARK BROKE OFF AND FELL ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PUT IT BACK TO OPERATE THE CAR. IT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EXCESSIVE USE. THE CAR ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 56,000 ON IT.

2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE EXHIBITS CLUNKING AND POPING SOUNDS WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. SEEMS TO COME FROM THE STEERING/SUPENSION SYSTEM. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 50,000 MI. ON ODOMETER.

I HAVE ALMOST HAD MY CAR A WHOLE 2 WEEKS . I HAVE NOTICED THE LIGHTS, DASH AND HEAD LIGHTS, FLICKERING. I CALLED DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM, AND ALL I GOT WAS A GUY THAT TOLD ME IT WAS IN THE INTRIGUES NATURE TO DO THAT . THE FLICKERING IS HAPPENING WHEN THE AIR PUMP IS CYCLING ON AND OFF HE SAID, AGAIN, ITS JUST IN THE INTRIGUES NATURE. IN ITS NATURE OR NOT ITS NOT SAFE ! I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD AND I CAN'T AVOID DRIVING AT NIGHT JUST BECAUSE A CAR HAS A DEFECT ! AND TO TOP IT OFF NO ONE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT !! *AK

THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS PROBLEMS CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO DEACTIVATE BY ITSELF WHILE ENGAGED, AND TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER OR THE HEATER WHEN OPERATING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS, AND PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

ENGINE CODE 410 AND APROX 3 NOT READY CODES, CAUSING AUTO TO FAIL INSPECTION. NO REPAIRS. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. *JB

HESTITANT TO SHIFT FROM LOW GEAR. KNOW DESIGN PROBLEM WITH MATERIAL (ALUMINUM) OF THE VALVE BODY WEARING OUT AND THEY USE SW TO CORRECT FOR WEAR AND TEAR THEN COME STO THE POINT WERE THE SW CANNOT COMPENSTATE FOR THE POIL BYPASSING THE VALVE ANY MORE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE INTERNAL FAILURES OF CLECUTHES AND CARRIAGE ASSEMBY WITH CRACKED AND BROKEN PARTS. THE MANUFACTURE ONLY WANTED TO REPALCE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUIT UNIT WITHTHE SAME COMPONENTS AS THE ORIGINAL SETTING UP ANOTHER FAILURE. LUCKY THE PROBLEM DID NOT CASUE AN ACCIDENT AS IF THE PARTS LET LOSE ANY MORE IT WOULD HAVE JAMMED UP WHILE DRIVING. I AM HAVING A INDEPENDAT REBUILDNGOF THE UNIT WITH UPGRADED PARTS.*AK

VIN [XXX]: TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME; INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE WILL FAIL TO WORK, THEN START WORKING AGAIN A SHORT TIME LATER, BE GOOD FOR A WEEK OR TWO, THEN FAIL AGAIN W/OUT WARNING. DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

VIN: [XXX] BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL/HUB BEARING ASSEMBLIES, VERY EXPENSIVE PARTS, FAILED AT 64K MILES AND 69K MILES RESPECTIVELY. PARTS REPLACED W/PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT BY GM... NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE AS A CONSUMER TO PREVENT THE FAILURE, SO GM SHOULD HAVE REIMBURSED ME FULLY FOR THE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW.*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

BLINKER/HAZARD LIGHTS NOT WORKING. THE HAZARD SWITCH BUZZES WHEN THE TURN INDICATOR LEVER IS ACTIVATED. TURN SIGNALS WORK APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE TIME. *NM

I HAVE NOTICED A "PULSATION" IN MY STEERING, ESPECIALLY AS I INITIATE A TURN. AM TOLD BY THE DEALER I NEED A NEW STEERING RACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE A STEERING RACK HAS FAILED AT 93000 MILES OF PREDOMINATELY HIGHWAY DRIVING.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SIX TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.*AK

WHEN TURNING ON THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS INTERIOR SWITCHES ON THE DASHBOARD CONSOLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

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

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS SITTING UP AND AWAY FROM THE DASH BOARD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SEE THE AIR BAG THROUGH THE GAP IN THE PANEL. THE DEALER WAS WILLING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

COMPUTER, EMISSION AND FUEL THEY SAID IT WAS A EMISSION SENSOR AND IT DOES NOT WORK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AFTER 150 MILES, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER JUST WENT OUT, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT GENERAL MOTORS GOOD FAITH I ONLY PAID $625. SUSPENSION THEY REPLACE BOTH OUTER TIE RODS. HAD TO PAY FOR NEW ALIGNMENT. STEERING NUT WAS FIXED THE DAY I TEST DROVE THE CAR .

SHORTLY AFTER 36,000 MILES, VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, PCS, ABS, SES LIGHTS WOULD COME ONE & STAY ON. STALLING BECAME MORE AND FREQUENT UNTIL IT BEGAN OCCURRING EVERYTIME WITHIN 120 SECONDS OF COLD START (OVER COURSE OF 2,000 -4,000 MORE MILES. NEARLY GOT BROADSIDED BY CEMENT TRUCK WHEN VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY (AFTER ALREADY DOING ITS TRADITIONAL FIRST STALL AFTER COLD START). DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED CRANK SENSOR. GM WOULD ONLY PAY FOR PART AND I WAS LEFT WITH DIAGNOSIS AND LABOR BILL. DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH DEFECTIVE PART. CLAIMED IT BELONGED TO GM. ON ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BATTERY WOULD RUN DOWN AFTER CAR LEFT SITTING FOR 3-4 DAYS IN COLD WEATHER. WOULD RECHARGE BATTERY AND IT WOULD BE OK. COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, THEN FINALLY AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES, BATTERY WENT BAD & WOULD NOT RECHARGE. DEALER/GM REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME. HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEN ONE EVENING I NOTICED THAT THE VANITY LIGHTS ON THE SUNVISOR MIRROR WERE ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN SUNVISOR WAS COMPLETELY STOWED. TURNS OUT THE SWITCH BUTTON IS NOT DEPRESSING FULLY TO DISENGAGE POWER SWITCH TO VANITY LAMP(S). DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR --OUT OF WARRANTY.

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE STALLED AND WAS HARD TO RESTART. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. RATHER EARLY FOR THIS SENSOR TO GO!

THE HEADLIGHTS DIM AND THEN RETURN TO THE NORMAL BRIGHTNESS ON MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHETHER THE LIGHTS ARE ON DIM OR BRIGHT. OTHER LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR ARE NOT AFFECTED; THE PROBLEM IS ONLY WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO FLASH OFF FOR A SECOND, BUT IT'S MORE OF A DIMMING ACTION. IT'S FRUSTRATION THOUGH, BECAUSE ON-COMING TRAFFIC FLASHES THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON BRIGHT BECAUSE THEY THINK YOU ARE DOING THE SAME TO THEM. GM NEEDS TO PROVIDE A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THIS HEADLIGHT PROBLEM CAUSES SOMEONE TO BE THE VICTIM OF ROAD RAGE. *LA

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FRONT END THE STEERING HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. I SAW ON THE NEWS TODAY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECALL IN OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUES UP TO 1999 BUT MY CAR IS A 2001 AND IT'S BEEN GIVING ME THE SAME PROBLEMS. *LA

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. GEAR TEETH IN TRANSMISSION PAN AT 42,000 MILES. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR: $1800-2400 AND 5 DAYS WITHOUT A VECHICLE.*AK

WHEN TURNING A CORNER WITH THE TURNS SIGNAL ACTIVATED, SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT COME ON. THE HAZARD LIGHTS ALSO MAY OR MAY NOT COME ON. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED SOMETIME THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD WORK FOR A WEEK AND NEVER FAIL. *CB *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

THE HAZARD SWITCH ON MY 2001 OLDS INTRIGUE WILL NOT WORK ALL THE TIME, AND THE TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THESE PROBLEMS SOMETIME OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY AND MAKE EVERYDAY DRIVING UNSAFE. *LA

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE FLICKER ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATES, " THERE IS NO FIX". PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH

ONGOING INTERMITTENT FLICKERING/LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS. LOUD VIBRATING SOUND OF BRAKES AT EVERY STARTUP. *JB

THE HAZARD SWITCH ON MY 2001 OLDS INTRIGUE WILL NOT WORK ALL THE TIME,AND THE TURN SIGNALS WORK ON A OFF AND ON BASIS,JUST LIKE THE RECENT RECALL OF THE 2001ALEROS,GRAND AMS,AND OTHERS.

LIGHTS FLICKER OFF AND OR DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY GM. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER GASKETS SEALS ON THE COOLING SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO ADD MORE COOLANT THAN NORMAL. *AK *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HILL AT 40-45 MPH BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO THREES AND A POLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS FLICKER A FEW TIMES, RESULTING IN HEADLIGHTS DIMMING WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER HAS REPLACED ALTERNATOR, WHICH TEMPORARILY FIXED PROBLEM BUT PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED WITH SAME REGULARITY AS BEFORE. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WAS NOT RESPONDING WHEN I WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE, AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. AFTER A FEW TIMES OF THIS THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I FIRST REPLACED THE FILTER AND FLUID AND NOTICED LARGE CHUNKS OF STEEL IN THE FILTER TRAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT JUST NEED TO BE CLEANED. IT CONTINUED, SO I THEN TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND FOUND THE PINION GEAR HAD BROKE AND THEREFORE CAUSED MY GEARS TO BE STRIPED. COST TO ME WAS 2100.00 AND I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE TRANSMISSION WORK FOR MY CAR DEALER AND THIS WAS ONE OF SEVERAL OLDS. WITH LOW MILEAGE THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO. *JB

THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED. THEY CONTINUED TO GO DIM AND THEN ILLUMINATED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE 7 TIMES BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN STOPPING - WAS TOLD ROTORS WERE WARPED.*JB

THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB *TS

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER RANDOMLY AT NIGHT. TYPICALL NUMBER OF FLICKERS PER MINUTE IS 3. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX PROBLEM.

HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER AND SOMETIMES GO OUT FOR 1 SEC OR MORE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF SERVICE BULLETIN 01-06-03-001A THAT WAS ISSUED BY GM FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO BE KILLED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOUD BE CORRECTED BY GM. DT

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENLY DIM THEMSELVES RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY WHEN NEEDED. MR

WHEN CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE FELL OFF. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT OVER 40 MPH AND PUTTING DOWN REAR WINDOWS THERE IS A WIND TUNNEL THAT IS CREATED, MAKES A LOT OF NOISE, AND PUTS PRESSURE ON CONSUMER WHEN REAR WINDOWS ARE DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING CONSUMER WILL TRY TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, EVEN WHEN FOOT IS ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN I PRESSED THE AND ACCELLERATOR, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DID NOT RESPOND. THEN IT LURCHED AS IF THE GEAR FINALLY CAUGHT. WITHIN 2 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST SIGN OF THIS, I STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. AGAIN, IT LURCHED AFTER A SECOND OR TWO. ALSO, WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT MADE A CRUNCHING SOUND AND NOW THE ENGINE RATTLES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL JERK,MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHEN VEHICLE IS CHANGING GEARS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

DASHLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS DIM AS ALTERNATOR ENGAGUES. IT IS MORE FREQUENT WITH INCREASED ELECTRICAL LOAD. IT IS LIKE A HOME WHICH HAS NOT BEEN WIRED PROPERLY AND WHEN A HEAVY USER OF ELECTRICY COMES ON LINE THE LIGHTS DIM. AM CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHTS GOING OUT OR POSSIBLE FIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS CLICKRD OFF AND ON. *AK

HORN ONLY OPERATES IF STEERING WHEEL IS POINTED BETWEEN ABOUT 10:00 AND 2:00. HORN DOES NOT OPERATE IN OTHER STEERING WHEEL POSITIONS.

WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, ONLY THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE REMAINED, THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY A PRO RATED PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE AND FEELS HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR THE TIRE SINCE IT FAILED, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A FULL REFUND, GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA, P225/60R16. NLM

HEADLIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GET SEVERELY DIM AND CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM FREQUENTLY, NO DEALER FIX TO THE PROBLEM AS OF NOW. THIS CREATES A SAFETY PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *AK

DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR TWICE, PROBLEM IS LESS BUT STILL PRESENT. *AK