Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S GRANDSON WAS DRIVING 15 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE ROD FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL THAT CONNECTED FROM THE POWER BOOSTER TO THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 47,000. UPDATED 12/13/07 *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT IT CONTINUED TO MOVE. HE HAD TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE TIRES, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON START UP, THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STALLED. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED, THE CHECK OIL LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, PRIOR TO THE ENGINE POWER FAILING. THE BRAKES SQUEAKED BADLY AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SALES/SERVICE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. ON THE FIRST VISIT, THE THERMOSTAT AND THERMOSTAT HOUSING WERE REPLACED. THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ASSEMBLY WAS SERVICED AND THE OIL AND FILTER WERE REPLACED. THE STALLING CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE SALES/SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE RIGHT PORTIONING VALVE WAS REPLACED AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE BLED. THE OIL AND FILTER WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THE POWER FAILED AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE THE SALES MANAGER INFORMED THE CONTACT, THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, REAR STRUTS AND STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 12/3/2006 - *NM
BRAKES HAVE BEEN PULSING A LOT TO THE POINT THAT THE CAR DOES NOT BREAK WELL. TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND BEARINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. COST ME OVER $1000 FOR THIS REPAIR. *NM
UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR BRAKE REPAIRS MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER TIE ROD CORRODED. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE ISSUE HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF YET. *AK
THE ENGINE WILL DIE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT ANY SPEED, WHICH IS A SAFTY HAZARD. WHEN ENGINE DIES... IT IS VERY HARD TOO STEER AND LOOSES BRAKING POWER. THE ENGINE THEN MAY NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MIN. TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPPS TO GET GOING AGAIN. IF A PERSON HAD TO GET TO A HOSPITAL ON TIME IT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH. WE FEEL THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY GM...FREE...AND SOON!!! THANKS JOHN & DAWN
CONSUMER STATES HAS HAD SEVERAL STEERING MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AND A "KNOCKING" NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY VIBRATE ALSO. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT INTERMITTENLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SKID W/O WARNING AND EXPERIENCE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DLR WHO REPLACED STEERING SHAFT ON 11/27/01. THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. NLM
WHILE IN FUNERAL LINE AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO CROSS INTERSECTION, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. A POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THIS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, BRAKES FAILED REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONNECTING ROD FROM BRAKE PEDAL THAT GOES TO THE POWER BOOSTER TO THE MASTER CYLINDER CAME LOOSE. *TT
CONSUMER STATES IT IS HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB
ABS WORKED AS BRAKES APPLIED TO KEEP FROM HITTING A CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING AT TIME.. BRAKES THEN FAILED NEXT TIME APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER WHO IMFORMED ME ENTIRE VALVE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. NO BRAKES AT THIS TIME. TOTAL COST ENDED UP BEING $1820.75. DEALER INSISTED NO RECALL OR TECH. BULLINTIN OUT CONCERNING PROBLEM BUT REDUCED BILL TO $798.35. MY CONCERN IS HAS THIS HAPPENED ON OTHER INTRIGUES.*AK
VEHICLE HAS HAD STRUTS REPLACED. *SLC
EVERY 15OOO MILES ROTORS HAVE TO BE CHANGED. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT BRAKE PADS ARE TOO CLOSE TO ROTORS. WHEN WATER OR MOISTURE GETS BETWEEN THEM IT CAUSES ROTORS TO WARP EXCESSIVELY. *AK
GRINDUNG NOISES COMES FROM BRAKES, AND PEDAL WILL FROM TIME TO TIME KICK BACK WHEN EVER STEPPING ON BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK
WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT ONTO STREET WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, HAD NO BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, AND VEHICLE PROCEEDED DIRECTLY INTO STREET. FINALLY, DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK BRAKES. COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH BRAKES OR PEDAL. *AK
AFTER STARTING VEHICLE THEN REVERSING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, BRAKES HAD GONE OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AIR CONDITIONER HAD BLOWNOUT HOT AIR INSTEAD OF COOL AIR. HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED @ 25,000 MILES - FIXED @ 30,000 MILES. ROTORS WARPED AGAIN @40,000 MILES - NOT YET FIXED. CONCERENED THAT THE CONTINUED VARIATION OF BRAKE PRESSURE WHEN BRAKING CREATED BY THE PULSATING BRAKES FROM THE WARPED ROTOR HAVE A DETRIMENTAL AFFECT ON THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES OR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM OF THIS CAR. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. APPARENTLY, THIS HAS BECOME AN EPIDEMIC WITH THIS CAR THAT GM WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. THERE ARE BULLETIN BOARDS ON EDMUNDS.COM DEVOTED TO THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC CAR.
BRAKES FAILED, ABS, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND LOW TRAC LIGHT COME ON AT TIMES, CLANKING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN PULLING AWAY, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FROZE UP AND FLOODED INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM BLOWING WARM AIR. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT TWO DEALERS HAVE TRIED TO FIX, THEN TELL ME THAT THE CONDITION IS NORMAL. THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED, IT TOOK THREE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WARRANTY WAS CHARGED TWICE ON BRAKE REPAIR WHEN ONLY ONE REPAIR WAS DONE. DEFROSTER FUNCTION ON CAR WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO WATER COLLECTING IN AC UNIT. AC HAS MOLDY SMELL THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH DEALERSHIPS THAT TRY TO REPAIR CAR. *AK
DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE CAR A TOTAL OF 25 DAYS SINCE I PURCHASED IT 1/31/00, TODAY IS 3/22/00. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
WHEN MAKING SHARP RIGHT HAND TURNS INTO PARKING LOT THAT'S NOT LEVEL THE CONSUMER HEARS STEERING RACK NOISE. NLM
CAR BATTERY WENT DEAD IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS. CAR STRANDED ME SEVERAL TIMES..PURCHASED CAR ON NOV 20, 1998,RECEIVED LETTER FROM OLDMOBILE DEC 9,1998 ADVISING OF RECALL..CALLED DEALERSHIP TO ADVISE AND I WAS ADVISED TO HAVE CAR SERVICED LOCALLY AS I DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING CAR BACK TO WINSTON SALEM FOR RECALL...TOOK CAR LOCALLY TO BE REPAIRED...CAR WAS KEPT FOR APPROXIMATELY 9 DAYS, I WAS NEVER OFFERED A RENTAL CAR WHILE MY CAR WAS BEING SERVICED AND I HAD WARRANTIY COVERAGE WHICH NO ONE SEEM TO RECOGNIZE... I TOOK MY MOM TO THE BANK IN THE CAR AND THE CAR WENT DEAD.. I HAD TO CALL SERVICEMAN OUT TO GET MY VEHICLE STARTED.. I CALLED FLOW MOTORS AND ADVISED.. I WAS ADVISED BY SERVICE MGR AT THE TIME, JIM BENNING TO RUN THE CAR TO BUILD BATTERY BACK UP... THE NEXT OCCASSION MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK CAR OUT, STOPPED AT LOCAL RUN IN, CAR WENT DEAD AGAIN... AGAIN WE HAD TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING CAR CRANKED... AT THIS POINT I CARRIED CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP,,SERVICE LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND FOUND BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVEAND BATTERY WAS REPLACED... AT PRESENT I NOTICED A SNAP CRACKLE POP UNDER THE HOOD ON LEFT SIDE EACH TIME I TURNED MY CAR TO THE LEFT, MY ANT LOCK, BRAKES AND TRAC LIGHT WERE COMING ON AT WILL WHILE DRIVING ON OPEN ROAD.. MY WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE WOULD STICK AT WILL AND ETC...I HAVE NOT HAD A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE WITH THE PURCHASE OF MY NEW CAR WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. *AK
I CUT MY FINGER ON THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, WHILE PLACING A PIECE OF LUGGAGE IN THE TRUNK. LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS RAZOR SHARP ALL ALONG EDGE. VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE MODIFIED.
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