NHTSA Complaint #728118 — 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

AT TIME, MY CAR WILL NOT START; THE DASH LIGHTS, AIR, RADIO, ETC. COME ON, BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND CONTINUALLY TURNING THE IGNITION ON, IT FINALLY WILL START. THIS HAPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME 4/13/00. AFTER IT STARTED, I WENT IMMEDIATLY TO THE OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP (MCGOUGH). THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 7/26/00. I TOOK MY CAR TO MCGOUGH THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND SAID THIS HAD BEEN THE PROBLEM. CAR WOULD NOT START 7/28/00. TOOK IT TO MCGOUGH THE FOLLOWING DAY. ON ADVICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (ENGINEER), THEY CHECKED AND TIGHTENED ALL CONNECTIONS AND TERMINAL ENDS. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN ON 8/11/00. TOOK CAR TO MCGOUGH THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. MCGOUGH TOLD ME THE SECOND TIME I HAD MY CAR IN FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER INTRIGUES IN THIS AREA WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO PINPOINT WHAT THE PROBLEM. MY CONERN IS THAT ONE OF THESE TIME, THE CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS VERY INCONVENIENT TO LEAVE MY CAR FOR AN ENTIRE DAY (FOUR TIMES SO FAR) AND HAVE NOTHING DONE TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PROBLEM