NHTSA Complaint #10114512 — 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED ONE COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO THIS ISSUE WITH GM CORP. I OWN A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, NOT ONE THAT WAS RECALLED, HOWEVER DUE TO THE UNSAFE, ERATIC, SPONTANIOUS STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT WHEN I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER ALL THE WAY, AT USUALLY A LOW SPEED, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE STEERING SYSTEM TO "TURN BACK", EXCEPT SOMETIMES, IT LASHES BACK AROUND CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHILE TURNED THE OTHER WAY, THE WHEEL JUST WILL NOT STAY AT THAT SPOT, IT COMES BACK AROUND...AND HARD! IF IT DOES NOT EXIBIT EITHER OF THESE TWO SIGNS, THEN IT MAKES A HORRIBLE SOUND AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN. AT NORMAL SPEEDS (ON ROADWAYS, ETC) IT IS OKAY, HOWEVER AT SLOW SPEEDS MOSTLY IN PARKING LOTS ETC. IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS OCCUR. I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT THE OTHER DAY, AFTER TURNING OUT, AND HAVING THE STEERING "WHIP" BACK AROUND AND THE VEHICLE GO THE OTHER WAY. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS AT A SLOW SPEED. BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN? MY 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE WAS NOT APART OF A NATION-WIDE RECALL OF THE CARS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!. *AK