Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →
HEADLIGHTS CUT OFF OR DIM DOWN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS STAY OUT FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 SECONDS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 9 TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *JG
HEADLIGHTS ARE INTERMITTENTLY GOING OFF. DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR TWICE, BUIT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE VIN/MILEAGE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS HAVE A CONSTANT FLICKER, RESULTING IN HEADLIGHTS DIMMING WHILE DRIVNG AT NIGHT. *AK
HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF, AND AT TIMES WILL DIM WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK*JG
THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER/DIM WITH NO APPARENT STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM BY OTHER SOURCES. OUR WARRANTY WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT BIDDULPH ARROWHEAD, PEORIA AZ 623-933-3900 AS IT IS CLOSER THAN THE SELLING DEALER. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR 3 TIMES WITH NO POSITIVE RESULTS. IT IS ANNOYING AND DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER & ONCOMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE CONTACT THEM!*AK
HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED OFF AND ON, WOULD NOT STAY ON AT NIGHT. HAD AT LEAST ONE FLASH (OFF THEN ON WITHIN ONE SECOND PERIOD) EVERY TIME I DROVE IN THE DARK. ONE TIME IT FLASHED CONTINUOUSLY. AFFECTED ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I NOTIFIED DEALER AND ALSO CALLED OLDSMOBILE. DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, SAID THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO LOW VOLTAGE WHEN AN AIR PUMP NEAR THE ALTERNATOR TURNED ON.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, CONSUMER STATES HEADLIGHTS DIM AND FLICKER, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS CAUSED BY THE AIR PUMP ENGAGING AND THAT IS A NORMAL CONDITION, AS OF AUGUST 1, 2001 PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*JB
HEADLIGHTS/INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM INTERMITTENTLY. SAME PROBLEM I HAD WITH 2000 INTRIGUE-GM REPLACED
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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