1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Steering Steering Wheelhandle Bar Problems

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN STEERING TO THE LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL GETS TIGHT CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. DEALER NOTIFIED SAID RACK AND PINION GONE BAD. TS

I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW. THEY SAID THE KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND REPLACE A JOINT IN THE STERING COLUMN. THE PROBLEM REAPEAR AT AROUND 20,000 MILE. I CHECK THE NTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND 71 COMPLAINS SIMILAR TO MY.*AK

RATTLE OR KNOCKING FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACE 3 YEARS AGO BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. HAVE ALSO JUST HAD STRUTS REPLACED AS PER TSB #010232002, THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. DEALER IS HESITANT TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM. CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT THREE TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. .*AK STEERING RACK HAS ALSO BEEN RELACED. AFTER BACKING OUT, TRANSMISSION WILL HESITATE OR SHUDDER. *SLC

WHENEVER DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SLACK WHEN TURNING. ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE, BUT CAN FEEL THE LOOSENESS WHEN TRYING TO CORRECT OR TURNING. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

4/11/2000, REPLACED INTERMITTANT STEERING SHAFT, REPLACED STEERING SHAFT, REPLACED STEERING RACK AND PINION AND ADJUSTED FRONT TOE. 5/25/00, REPLACED MASTER SWITCH ASSY. FOG LIGHT REPAIRED. DAMAGED SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT, INOPERABLE BULBS, LAMPS REPLACED. MIRROR LIGHT REPAIRED. 6/01/00, VEHICLE TOWED IN, NEW BATTERY REPLACEMENT,

I'VE READ 40 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT "CLUNKING" IN THE STEERING/GEAR BOX/SUSPENSION AND REPEATING FAILURES. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN DONE AFTER ALL THESE COMPLAINTS? MY DEALER HAS FAILED TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM AND IT CONTINUES AS IN MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS.

STEERING COLUMN RIGHT SIDE WAS KNOCKING AND FIXED 1YR.AGO, NOW LEFT SIDE IS KNOCKING, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *ET

WHILE DRIVING A STRANGE NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING SHAFT. STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED IN NOVEMBER, AND IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER LEFT. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE POWER STEERING SHAFT. *AK

INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT FAILED.YH

STEERING MAKES GRINDING/CLUNKING NOISE AND FEEL. BRAKES SOMETIMES CLUNK AT LOW SPEEDS.

STEERING SHAFT. TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

STEERING COLUMN KNOCKS AND GRINDS WHEN DRIVING, TURNING AND STOPPING.

VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION AT ALL SPEEDS, IN RIDE, BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL. STEERING COLUMN KNOCKS. DEALERSHIP DAMAGED DOOR INTERIOR PANEL AND EXT. BODY DAMAGE. FILED CAR UNDER NJ LEMON LAW, DEALERSHIP DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM ON FINAL REPAIR. SEEKING REFUND UNDER LEMON LAW

THIS CAR HAS HAD THIRTEEN GARAGE VISITS UNDER WARRANTY SO FAR TO EITHER DIAGNOSE PROBLEMS OR CORRECT PROBLEMS. TOMORROW, IT WILL HAVE THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME BY HOLMES OLDSMOBILE TO CORRECT A POPPING SENSATION IN THE STEERING. OTHER REPAIRS IN THIS REGARD HAVE BEEN REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROL ARMS AND THE STEERING RACK. THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FIRST WARPED LAST YEAR AND WERE TURNED ON 08/19/98; THEY WARPED AGAIN AND WERE REPLACED ON 12/10/98. ON 6/11/99, THIS SECOND SET FOR THE FRONTWERE TURNED AGAIN ALONG WITH BOTH REAR ROTORS DUE TO WARPAGE; THIS IS GROSSLY EXCESSIVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT OLDSMOBILE HAS DISCONTINUED THESE BRAKES AS AN OPTION (LABELLED "AUTOBAHN" ) BECAUSE OF QUALITY PROBLEMS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION FOR ME AS BOTH THE STEERING AND BRAKES EVIDENCE OF DURABILITY PROBLEMS DO NOT INSTILL CONFIDENCE.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING COLUMN KNOCKS AND GRINDS WHEN DRIVING, TURNING AND STOPPING.

STEERING SHAFT FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED THERE IS CLUNKING NOISE WHICH CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALSO WHEN BRAKING. THE GEAR KIT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY DEALERSHIP, AND NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THEIR IS A CLUNKING NOISE HEARD IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT A SLOW SPEED USUALLY WHEN COLD. THE NOISE ALSO OCCURS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A STANDSTILL. FIRST NOTICED NOISE WHILE TRAVELING OVER SMALL ROAD BUMPS WHEN CAR IS STILL COLD. THIS NOISE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY.

DEALER CANNOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM WITH STEERING NOISE AND SUSPENSION. THE DEALER IS TRYING HIT AND MISS FIXING. TRYTHIS IF DOESNT WORK THEY WILL TRY SOMETHING ELSE. IRONICALLY THE PARTS THEY ARE TRYING ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR A WHILE. DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBELM IS UST STARNING TO COME IN NORE. THE NOISE IS SO BAY MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE 22,000.00 CAR. SHE IS AFRAID THAT STEERING WILL GO OUT TOTALLY.

WHEN STEERING VEHICLE DISPLAYS LAG TIME AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE STEERING SHAFT. *AK