NHTSA Complaint #746232 — 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

THIS IS ACTUALLY WIFE'S LEASED CAR (CAROL J. NARTKER). PRIOR BRAKE FAILURE, ON FILE. NO PROBLEM SOURCE EVER DETERMINED FOR THAT, NO INCIDENTS SINCE ABOUT 10,000MI.. THIS PROBLEM IS WITH WARPED FRONT ROTORS. WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SEVERE SHAKING DURING BRAKING AT APPROX. 8000MI., THEY TURNED THE ROTORS THEN. PROBLEM GRADUALLY REOCCURRED OVER TIME. WE HOPED TO HAVE THE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ROTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE TURN-IN FROM LEASE, BUT GM REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM, THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. MY WIFE IS A VERY GENTLE DRIVER, ALL HIGHWAY, CAR GARAGED, I ACTUALLY PULLED CALIPERS AND ROTORS, THEY ARE POROUS CASTINGS, TOO THIN TO TURN. THE ORIGINAL PADS HAVE VIRTUALLY NO WEAR ON THEM. AS BRAKES WARM ON HIGHWAY, THE SHAKING BECOMES MORE SEVERE.*AK