Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
BATTERY HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY. LEFT STRANDED 8/99, 4/01, 11/02. "NEW" BATTERY INSTALLED EACH TIME. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALER UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS VEHICLE KEEPS "EATING" BATTERIES. SAYS IT IS THE HEAT IN FLORIDA WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE. DT
WHILE DRIVING, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE READ FULL SCALE AND STUCK THERE, DEALER INSTALLED A NEW UNIT. CONSUMER IS ASKING REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPAIR COST. *YD
THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN SHIFTING OUT OF OVERDRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE DEALER FIRST DIAGNOSED IT AS A FILTER PROBLEM THEN REPLACED SENSORS AND REBUILT THE FUEL INJECTORS AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE, LASTLY THE CRACK SPARK PLUG WIRE WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *YH
PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER WHEN ACCELERATING DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEM. THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVEING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *YH
IGNITION WILL WORK ON ERRATIC BASIS. WHEN CONSUMER GOES OUT TO START VEHICLE, IGNITION WILL FAIL TO START VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED SERVICE, AND A CAUSE FOR THIS DEFECT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *AK THERE WAS THUMPING IN REAR PERIODICALLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HOOD POSSIBLY COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS RECALL 01V-067 ON SLIDING DOOR POSSIBLY OPENING WHILE DRIVEING. *YH
ON A RANDOM BASIS THERE IS A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED SERVICE. CAUSE OF DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK IGNITION LOCKS UP PERIODICALLY. THE HOOD HITS BUMPER AND POSSIBLY COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS RECALL 01V-067 ON SLIDING POWER DOOR. IT COULD POSSIBLY OPEN WHILE DRIVEING. *YH
DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING SERVICE TO REPAIR RECALL 01V067000 NOTICE THAT SHE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE IGNITION LOCKS UP PERIODICALLY. THERE IS A THUMPING IN REAR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HOOD HITS BUMPER, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE HOOD COULD FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *SLC
WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS OF EACH REPAIR, THE COMPRESSOR JUST STOPS WORKING. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH THEY ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE AND REPAIR PROPERLY. AFTER THREE TO FIVE HOURS OF WAITING EACH TIME, ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS TO REPLACE THE BLOWN FUSE WHICH PROMPTLY BLOWS AGAIN WITHIN A FEW DAYS.
BATTERY FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY OF RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DLR 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION MODULE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONTINUOUS OVERHEATING OF THE CONTROLS FOR THE RADIO/AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER/CD PLAYER. *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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