2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette complaints

2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE OCCASIONALLY DIES WHILE DRIVING. DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT IS AT 20 MPH OR 70 MPH. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 15 TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS FOR THE SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE REPLACED COMPONENTS FROM THIS CAR TO TRY TO CORRECT. HAS NOT CORRECTED THE SITUATION. *LA

THROTTLE STICKS? ENGINE WILL REV HIGHER THAN NORMAL (1500 - 3500 RPMS). THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHEN FIRST STARTING (COLD) OR WHEN DRIVING (HOT). SOME TIMES I CAN GET IT TO STOP BE SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS. VAN HAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES ON IT AND IS DRIVEN 400 - 500 MILES A WEEK.*AK

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS GOES ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST WEEK DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WHEN IT RAN DIAGNOSIS. TESTED TWICE, I WAS CHARGED AND THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. *LA

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT UPON STARTING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOUR TIMES, AND TECHNICIAN REPLACED FUEL PUMP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE WOULD STALL, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. *AK

2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE DRIVER SIDE REAR AIR SHOCK LEAKS AND NEEDS REPLACE, ONLY AFTER 29,642 MILES, AND 38 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP SINCE NEW. GM WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THIS IS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ITEM.*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING THE CAR ONLY HAS 44000 MILE ON IT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THER IS ON RECALL ON MINE BECAUSE IT IS A 3.4 IF IT WAS THE 3.8 THEY WOULD FIX IT. BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT IT WILL COST ME $916 TO FIX.*AK

I HAD A "STROBE" EFFECT IN MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILOUHETTE. TURNS OUT IT WAS A $4.00 SCREW THAT GOES INTO THE ALTERNATOR. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE LOST BRAKE AVAILABILITY. CONSUMER SAID THAT THE BRAKES WENT SPONGY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE. HE SAID THAT THE TUBING WENT BAD. HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM WITH A NEW VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW. *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

LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT 50,000 MILES. *NLM

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING INTERNALLY. *JB

2000 SILHOUETTE WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK DUE TO DEXCOOL. SHORTED OUT PLUG WIRES ETC. *NLM

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*JB *TS

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS BROKEN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAD A ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. PH *TT

DRIVING ON I-95 SOUTH IN MODERATE TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC SLOWED AHEAD OF ME. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES, NOTHING HAPPENED. I APPLIED BRAKES WITH 2 FEET TO THE FLOOR AND NO RESPONSE. THE CRASH INVOLVED THE THREE CARS IN FRONT OF ME WITH NO SERIOUS INJURIES BUT IT WAS FRIGHTENING. I HAVE READ A FEW SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE FOR 2000 AND 1999 SILHOUETTES.

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE. ALSO HAD AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH TURNED AIR BAG LIGHT ON. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. TS. ...*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE IS RUBBING AGAINST THE SHOCK ABSORBER CAUSING THE SHOCK TO WEAR. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING MOLD ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

LOOKS LIKE ODI #563553. CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN IN TRAFFIC - BOTH INSTANCES. ABLE TO RESTART ONCE FOR 20-30 SECONDS, THEN STARTER WON'T CRANK. ALL INSTRUMENTS FLASH AT TIME OF FAILURE THEN TURN OFF, INCLUDING GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR, BUT HAZARD FLASHERS WORK. AFTER TOWING TO DEALER EVERYTHING IS FINE, AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DEALER WON'T FIX WHAT THEY CAN'T OBSERVE. WE BELIEVE SUDDENLY LOSING POWER IN TRAFFIC (WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS SHOWING) IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION, I.E. FREEWAY AND MOUNTAIN DRIVING. I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A MALFUNCTION IN THE PROGRAMMABLE PK3 KEY SYSTEM - SHUTS DOWN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION? NLM

THE 2 OUTER TIE RODS, REPORTED OF A LOT OF NOISE IN THE FRONT END FROM 5K TO 23K+ MILES. CONSUMER/MECHANIC THOUGHT THAT THIS NOISE COULD BE FROM A LOOSE BUMPER, THEREFORE CLIPS WERE ADDED, BUT THE RATTLE NOISE IS STILL THERE. *SCC

AIR CONDITIONER HAS MOLD BUILDING UP INSIDE IT, AND IS CAUSING BAD FUMES TO COME OUT, CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *JB

THERE ARE MOLD SPORES COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING UNIT,MAKING PASSENGERS IN VEHICLE VERY SICK. ALSO CAUSING A VERY BAD ODOR.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF AND WILL LOSE ALL POWER UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TOWED TO A SHOP. CONTACTED DEALER SEVEN TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *SCC

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED A FOUL ODOR INSIDE VEHICLE. DURING RECENT SERVICE, THE DEALER CLEANED AIR CONDITIONER VENT SYSTEM AND FOUND MOLD. *AK *YH

WATER WAS LEAKING INSIDE/ INTERIOR AROUND UPPER MOUNTED STOP LAMP. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MANUAL SLIDING DOOR WOULD JUMP THE TRACK INTERMITTENTLEY WHEN OPENING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DOOR AJAR LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVER SIDE MANUAL DOOR WOULD OVERLAP DRIVER DOOR WHEN USED. DRIVER UNABLE TO GET IN OR OUT WHEN SLIDING DOOR IS USED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FUEL LEAK, ENGINE STALLED, DOES NOT RUN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SWITCHES EXTERIOR LIGHTS, ALL LIGHTS IN OR OUT SIDE OF VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO FLICKER, RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING UNABLE TO DRIVE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPENED UNEXPECTEDLY DURING INITIAL PUUOUT OF DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS NOT USED FOR ENTRY AND HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IN A YEAR THAT THIS PART HAS FAILED!*AK

2000 SILHOUETTE VAN CAN FAIL TO START AT ANY GIVEN TIMES, HAS LOST ALL POWER ONCE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS TRIED TO CORRECT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH NO SUCCESS. *JB ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****761989

WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *TT

PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT PROPERLY SHUT AND IS VERY LOOSE. WHEN DRIVING, THERE IS MOVEMENT IN THE DOOR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *JG *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATING ON DASHBOARD. AFTER INSPECTION OF ENGINE AND OIL LEVER THERE SEEMED TO BE NO PROBLEM WITH EITHER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING SHAFT. DEALER HAS REPLACED STEERING SHAFT. *AK CONSUMER HAD NO STEERING, HOWEVER WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD SAFELY INTO A DITCH. *SLC

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE ON MARCH 2, 2001, WE HAVE HAD THREE BLOWOUTS WITH THESE FIRESTONE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED BEFORE THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN 2,000 MI. THIS TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED BY OWNER - DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE SECOND BLOW-OUT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MI. AND THAT TIRE WAS ABLE TO BE FIXED. HOWEVER, LAST EVENING WE HAD OUR THIRD BLOW-OUT AND THE TIRE IS COMPLETELY "SHOT" AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE TIRES; WE HAVE NEVER HAD BLOW-OUTS IN ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS VEHILCLES/TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: FR680 TIRESIZE: P21570R15)

WHILE DRIVNG, VEHICLE WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOSE POWER AND THEN CUT OFF, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DEALER DID STATE THAT THERE MIGHT BE TRASH IN THE GAS TANK BECAUSE TRASH WAS NOTED ON THE FUEL FILTER, VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.*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

THE CONSUMER PULLED THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR, THE CONSUMERS ARM WAS BETWEEN THE RIGHT ARMREST AND THE DOOR, THE CONSUMER DID NOT LET GO OF THE HANDLE, FORGETTING THAT THE DOOR IS AUTOMATIC, AND WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN, AS THE DOOR CAME BACK IT BEGAN TO PLACE EXTREME PRESSURE ON HIS THUMB AND HAND AND HE COULD NOT GET HIS HAND OUT, EVENTUALLY THE DOOR WAS REVERSED BUT THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED BRUISED THUMB, HAND AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER. NLM PE04064.PCO

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR LOCK AND FRONT DOOR LOCK FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER HAD A PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN REGARDING DEFECT ON PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR, ON FOUR OCCASIONS THE SLIDING DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE DRIVING. *YH AFTER REPAIR, DEALER STATED DOOR SENSOR NEEDED REPAIRED AGAIN. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEED. WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE, VEHICLE EXPLODED WITH FLAMES COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE. ALSO, CONSUMER STATED MUFFLER BURNT HOLE IN GAS TANK. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER BOUGHT VEHICLE BACK. *AK CONSUMER STATED SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ALSO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER, MECHANICS FOUND A HOLE IN THE MUFFLER HAD BURNED A HOLE IN THE PLASTIC GAS TANK. *SLC

BROKEN FIBERS WERE OBSERVED ON THE SEATBELT FOR THE RIGHT SECOND ROW CAPTAINS CHAIR. FIBERS WERE BROKEN WITHIN 0.25 INCHES OF THE REAR EDGE AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 10.5 INCHES FROM THE LOWER ATTACH POINT, A LOCATION CORRESPONDING TO CONTACT WITH THE METAL SEAT HINGE WHEN THE BELT WAS POSITIONED OVER THE SEAT. WHEN USING THE EVENFLO ON MY WAY INFANT SEAT WITH SEAT BASE, THE SEAT BELT WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE SEAT BACK, AND WHEN TIGHTENED FOR A PROPER FIT, THE SEAT BELT EASILY CONTACTED THE METAL HINGE, WHICH LED TO WEAR FAILURE OF THE FIBERS.*AK

AFTER CONSUMER HAD RECALL 01V067000 WORK FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR PERFORMED SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN COMPLETELY BY ONLY OPENING APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY MOVING BACK INTO CLOSED POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM OPERATES ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT ROTORS ARE HEATING UP EXCESSIVELY WHEN ONLY TRAVELING ROUGHLY 17 MILES. *AK LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING BECAE NOISY, DEALER REPLACED HUB AND BEARINGS BUT NOT BRAKE BLOCK, ON THE WAY HOME A NOSIE WAS NOTICED WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE, RETURNED TO DEALER AND MECHANIC HAD TO DROP THE WHEEL NUTS WHEN REMOVIG WHEELBROKE FRONT BRAKES WERE HOT, ROTOR WAS BLUE MECHANIC STATED THAT REAR BRAKES NEEDE TO BE ADJUSTED AS GM HAD INSTALLED TOO BIG A STAR ON THE AUTOMOBILE ADJUSTERS AND THEY DO NOT ADJUST UNLESS YOU MAKE A PANIC STOP IN REVERSE.*JB

WHEN TRYING TO TURN STEERING WHEEL IT WILL BIND UP, MAKING IT HARD TO TURN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP.*AK