1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I RECEIVED A LETTER IN MAY STATING THAT GM WAS RECALLING MY CAR FOR POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRES (RECALL 09047). I CALLED THE NUMBER PROVIDED AND WAS ROUTED TO ONE OF THE LOCAL DEALERS, WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL LATE JULY OR AUGUST AND TO CALL BACK FOR AN APPOINTMENT THEN. YESTERDAY, 7/20/09, MY CAR BURNED TO A CRISP. ACCORDING TO THE FIREMEN, IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT STARTED UNDER THE HOOD SOMEWHERE AND IT BURNED SO HOT AND SO FAST THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO SALVAGE IT. THE FIRE ENGINES ARE KEPT LITERALLY A BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED. THEY RESPONDED WITHIN MINUTES AND STILL THE ENTIRE ENGINE CONTENTS FRIED RIGHT UP. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. TODAY I HAVE SPENT JUST OVER TWO HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, I HAVE HAD TO ESCALATE THE CALLS TWICE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE OCCURRED IN AUGUST OF 2008. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR A CAR I OWNED(98 OLDS INTRIGUE). I BOUGHT THE CAR O6..OR 05...I REALLY LIKED THIS CAR .BUT ALL AT ONCE IT STARTED CHUGGING ON MY WAY HOME ONE NIGHT.. I GOT HOME AND JUST LEFT THE CAR SIT. NEXT MORNING I TRIED TO START IT BUT IT WOULD START... I WAS TOLD TO GET A NEW BATTERY...I DID.. THAT WASN'T IT.... I WAS TOLD TO BUY A NEW STARTER... STILL DIDN'T WORK... FINALLY HAD IT TOWED TO LOCAL SHOP.... WHEN HE TRIED TO START IT AND BACKFIRE VERY LOUD AND STARTED ON FIRE... I WAS TOLD.. THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD... I ENDED UP SELLING THE CAR FOR 600...THAT HURT.... BEING I HAD TO FIND RIDES TO WORK FOR ABOUT A MONTH... I HAD TO BORROW MONEY TO GET A MUCH CHEAPER CAR THAT IM NOT REAL HAPPY WITH BUT...

I WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS AND RETURNED HOME IN ATL GA. I WAS IN THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT 10-15MINS. AND I HEARD LIKE A SMALL BOOM SOUND I PROCEED TO THE DOOR WHERE I NOTICE WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM MY CAR. I RAN OUTSIDE AND PROCEED TO OPEN THE HOOD WHERE WHEN I DID THE MOTOR WAS FULLY ON FIRE AND RAN AND GRAB THE WATER HOSE AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. I THEN WENT BACK INSIDE AND CALLED OLDS. DEALERSHIP. WHERE THE CHECKED FOR RECALLS AND I THEN EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPEN. THEY INFORMED ME TOO CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. WHO CAME OUT AND MADE SURE FIRE WAS FULLY EXTINGUISHED. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN THEY NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEY OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.. THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A 2 LITER BOTTLE OF SODA NEARBY AND MANAGED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HOWEVER NOT BEFORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC WHO FIXED IT, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE OIL CAUGHT ON FIRE POSSIBLY BY ARCING OF SPARK PLUGS?? I HAD OVER $300.00 IN DAMAGES. I JUST HEARD TODAY THAT THESE WERE RECALLED.. 04/14/09.. REPAIRED PARTS WERE SPARK PLUG WIRES, OIL DIPSTICK, OIL COVER.. THE ENGINE COVER IS STILL MELTED AND SMOKE DAMAGE IS STILL APPARENT UNDER THE HOOD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SAME FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED AND THAT GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 106,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,363.

WHILE CHANGING OIL I NOTICED A COOLANT LEAK, I LOOKED INTO THE LEAK FURTHER AND NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE UPPER INTAKE AND THROTTLE BODY AREA. I WAS INFORMED BY A GM TECH THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE PLASTIC UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLDS ON THE GM 3800 SERIES II ENGINES AND GM CAME OUT WITH A BETTER QUALITY AND REINFORCED EGR PORT ON THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLDS. I HAD TO GET ANOTHER UPPER INTAKE REPLACED ON MY 1998 PARK AVE AT 50,000 MILES. NOW MY 1998 OLDS INTRIGUE WITH 21,000 MILES NEEDS REPLACED. BESIDES THE TWO THAT I OWN, THE GM TECH THAT INFORMED ME OF THIS PROBLEM, ALSO SAID HE HAD TO CHANGE THE UPPER INTAKES ON HIS OWN VEHICLES (2) OF THEM. THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM DEFECT HERE AND I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AN D MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF OIL PUMP WITHOUT WARNING (I.E., OIL PRESSURE LAMP DID NOT REMAIN ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START) RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE ENGINE DAMAGE THAT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *MR *TS *NLM

THE ENGINE CRACKED, WHICH RENDERED THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE.*JB

DEALER INDICATES VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE OIL LEAKS, WHICH ARE PREMATURE FOR VEHICLE MILEAGE, AND ARE RESULT OF "FAILED GASKETS." DEALER REPLACED VALVE COVER GASKETS AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, RESOLVING PROBLEM.

ALL THREE PROBLEMS (ABS FAILURE/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ OIL LEAK) DESCRIBED BY DEALER AS "VERY COMMON" FOR 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUES. MR

WHILE DRIVING HEARD SOMETHING FALLING OFF, SUDDENLY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. MECHANIC STATED THAT DRIVE BELT IDLER PULLEY FELL OFF. *AK *YH

ENGINE BOLTS HAVE FALLEN FROM ROCKER AND HAVE EMBEDED IN TOP OF GASKETS, RENDERING VEHICLE INOPERABLE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A VERY SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER, THE WATER SPLASHED UP INTO THE HOOD, WETTING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE, INCLUDING THE ALTERNATOR. OWNER NOTICED THE MUD AFTER OPENING THE HOOD ON DECEMBER 12TH TO CHECK THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK *ML

DEALER STATES MAY 19, 1998 AFTER HARVING CAR FOR 1 WEEK THAT THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE, HOWEVER IT HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON AND STEREO BECOME VERY HOT.