Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE DRIVING IF YOU USE BLINKER THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF THE DUMMY LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF WHEN THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM AND NOW THE CAR WONT START
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND A FIRE HYDRANT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIVE INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 202,000.
WHILE TURNING LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO NOT WANT TO DRIVE FORWARD AND THEN WAS HIT BROAD SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FIRMLY AROUND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE AND FRONT FENDER AND HOOD, THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE STEERING DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO WORK AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE. *TR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 30MPH ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM
BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, WHEN PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WAS LIKE STEPPING ON A SPONGE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM BRAKES. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL, AND VEHICLE FLIPPED AND HIT AN TREE AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS HIT HEAD ON AND BOTH AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. *SLC
CONSUMER 'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAMMED INTO IT. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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