1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE Electrical System Problems

CAR WILL NOT START, NOT TURN OVER OR ANYTHING. SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE DRIVING. NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CAR WILL START. HAVE BEEN TOWED TO MECHANIC 3 TIMES IN 72 HRS. HE HAS CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS AND ALL ARE GOOD. HE CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. WILL START A FEW TIMES THEN NOTHING. MECHANIC HAS PUT ON HIS CODE READER AND NOTHING COMES UP. CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF WHENEVER. HAVE READ MANY FORUMS AND TONS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM

SPEEDOMETER, TEMPATURE GAGE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. CAR STILL OVER HEATS AFTER EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. COOLING FANS STAYS ON WHILE OFF. POTENTIAL FIRE BECAUSE OF OIL COMPARTMENT FIRE. VISIBLE LEAK.

SIGNAL LIGHTS STARTED CAUSING PROBLEMS APPROX. 5 YEARS AGO. BLOWING BULBS, WORKING SOME TIME BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. BULB SOCKETS OVERHEATING AND MELTING. REPLACED FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY RIGHT AND LEFT. NOT THE PROBLEM. STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEM. THEY WILL STOP WORKING, ONE SIDE AT THE TIME AND FOR NO RATIONAL REASON WILL START AGAIN AS IF A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RUNNING LIGHTS WORK PART OF TIME. WE HAVE REPLACED A TON OF BULBS BUT TO NO AVAIL. CAN SOMEONE ON THIS EARTH PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THE SWITCHES ARE LOCATED IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SO THIS VEHICLE CAN BE REPAIRED. SO FAR, NO LUCK IN THIS EFFORT. MY CAR ONLY HAS 330,000 MILES PLUS AND SO FAR THIS IS ALL THAT IS WRONG.

1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE IGNITION KEY RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION MODULE AND CRANK SENSOR WERE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. A RECENT PROBLEM DEVELOPED, WHERE THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WERE OTHER TIMES, WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND THEN GO OUT. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET, IT WOULD DISENGAGE BY ITSELF AND AIR ONLY BLEW OUT OF THE RIGHT DOUBLE VENT AND THE LEFT DOUBLE VENT BLEW OUT HOT AIR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

I'D BEEN NOTICING THAT MY CAR WOULD QUIT AT RANDOM TIMES A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, AT FIRST ONCE EVERY MONTH OR THREE, THEN GRADUALLY WORKED UP TO MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. WHEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK MY KEY OFF MY KEY RING. I HAD NO FURTHER QUITTING INCIDENTS UNTIL I TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE DEALER OCTOBER 31ST. THEY DID THEIR THING WITH MY KEY, AND MY CAR QUIT TEN MINUTES LATER, ON THE WAY TO AN URGENT APPOINTMENT. I GOT IT STARTED AGAIN, THEN IT QUIT AGAIN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD. I FINALLY MADE IT TO MY APPOINTMENT, 5 MINUTES LATE. I PUT ASIDE THE "NEW" KEY, USED A SPARE FROM THEN ON, AND THE CAR SEEMED FINE OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT ON MONDAY MORNING I DROVE TO THE GYM TO WORK OUT, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT...

2009 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH ISSUE. LD THE CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE. *JB

3 MONTHS AGO MY ELECTRICAL STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. TURN SIGNALS, DASH, LIGHTS, WINDOWS. MOST OCCUR WHILE TURNING CAR ON. IT'S HIT AND MISS WHETHER IT STARTS. BATTERY DRAINS SOMETIMES NO RHYME OR REASON. IT STARTS WITHOUT INCIDENT ONE DAY AND THEN NEEDS RECHARGED THE NEXT. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE TELL ME AN ARAY OF DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES, ALTERNATOR, IGNITION SWITCH, BATTERY, WORN DOWN KEY, LEAVING SOMETHING ON ETC. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM OCCURS BECAUSE THE KEY CAN COME IN AND OUT WHILE IN ANY POSITION. BECAUSE OF THIS I BELIEVE THE BATTERY IS BEING DRAINED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE REMOVING THE KEY WHILE IT IS STILL IN THE ACC OR ON POSITION. THIS DOESNT EXPLAIN WHY VARIOUS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AREN'T WORKING AT FULL CAPACITY ALL THE TIME. I DID NOTICE THAT THE HIT AND MISS QUALITY WASN'T AS SEVERE ONCE I REMOVED ALL EXTRAS FROM THE KEY AFTER...

THIS CAR IS AN ELECTRICAL NIGHTMARE. THE INTRIGUE SEEMS TO HAVE SO MANY OF THE SAME ALERO PROBLEMS, BUT NO RESOLUTION FROM GM REGARDING THEM. VEHICLE CONTINUALLY WILL: NOT START, START AND THEN DIE, HAVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GO HAYWIRE (ALL GAUGES DROP TO THE BOTTOM, THEN JUMP BACK UP, LIGHTS COMING ON THEN GOING OFF - ABS, CHECK ENGINE, SERVICE ENGINE, ETC) ADDITIONALLY - SECURITY (PASSLOCK) LIGHT WILL COME ON SOMETIMES WHEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOES NUTS, AND THEN WILL STAY ON. THIS OFTEN LEADS TO A NO-START CONDITION. IF BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THIS WILL USUALLY RESOLVE THE ISSUE. SOMETIMES, WHEN THERE'S A NO-START (NO CRANKING) - TURNING THE CAR TO ACC, AND THEN MOVING THE SHIFTER THROUGH A COUPLE GEARS, WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WHEN THERE'S A NO-START (WITH CRANKING) - THIS CAN EVENTUALLY BE RESOLVED BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY FOR A LONG TIME....

THE IGNITION SWITCH -- WHICH WAS REPLACED IN 2012 WITH A NEW GM DEALER PART -- TURNS BY ITSELF TO THE ACC SETTING WHILE DRIVING (ENGINE CUTS OUT AND POWER STEERING LOSES POWER). I SUSPECT THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE GM IGNITION SWITCH RECALL PROBLEM, BUT SINCE THIS MODEL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, I AM ENCOUNTERING A CHALLENGE TO GET IT REPAIRED. PLEASE PHONE ONLY -- NOT AN E-MAIL USER. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH I HIT A VERY LARGE POT HOLE IN THE STREET. IT JARRED THE VEHICLE AND SWITCHED THE IGNITION IN MY VEHICLE OFF. I LOST POWER IN THE VEHICLE AND MY ABILITY TO PROPERLY STEER THE VEHICLE. I WAS THANKFULLY IN A LANE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT ISSUE (POWER STEERING WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE WHEEL WAS ALMOST LOCKED AND IT REQUIRED A LOT OF PULLING TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER) AND RESTART THE CAR. I DID HAVE A LARGE/HEAVY KEY RING ON MY KEYS AT THAT TIME. *TR

PASS LOCK SYSTEM STARTED TO NOT WORK SPORADICALLY. FROM THEN ON IT JUST GOT WORSE IT WOULD QUIT AT TIMES LEAVING YOU STRANDED FOR PERIODS. *TR

ENGINE AND EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL STOPS INSTANTLY. EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF. DURING RESTART THE VEHICLE CRANKS LONGER (5-6 SECONDS) BEFORE STARTING AND MISSES FOR 3-4 SECONDS. THEN RUNS STRONG AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. SOME TIMES TURN SIGNALS WILL STOP WORKING AFTER A RESTART AND OTHER TIMES THE TURN SIGNALS WILL STOP WORKING WHETHER THE VEHICLE STALLED OR NOT. AT HIGHER SPEEDS (45MPH +) THE VEHICLE WILL FREQUENTLY SHUT OFF BUT INSTANTLY COME BACK ON. *TR

ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THE CAR ON INTERMITTENT BASIS, WILL NOT START. ALL SYSTEMS CHECK, GOOD BATTERY-STARTER-FUEL PUMP PRIMES UP,BUT DOES NOT TURN OVER. GIVE IT 5-10 MINS, THEN STARTS RIGHT UP. HAPPENS AT LEAST 3 TIMES PER WEEK. THIS PROBLEM BEEN ON AND OFF FOR LAST TWO YEARS. HAD CAR AT DEALER, SAID IT WAS THE STARTER-CHANGED STARTER, STILL PROBLEM EXISTED. ALSO SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATES AS WELL. *TR

TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHERS.ON OCCASION WILL NOT WORK PERIOD, OR TURN ON WITH NO BLINKING. WIGGLING THE HAZARD SWITCH CAN BRING BACK THE FLASHING/FLICKERING. REPLACED PART ONCE FOR THE SAME REASON, WAS GOOD FOR THREE MONTHS,BUT IT CAME BACK AGAIN. THE IRONY, THE CAR HAS AN NO START/SECURITY LIGHT PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I INSTALLED THE NEW HAZARD FLASHER, I DID NOT HAVE THE NO START PROBLEM UNTIL THE HAZARD SWITCH FAILED AGAIN. NOW IT MAKES ONE WONDER IF THE HAZARD SWITCH PLAYS A ROLL IN THE SECURITY/PASSKEY NO START SCENARIO. SECONDLY, I SEE THE RECALL FOR THE IMPALA/MALIBU/ MONTE CARLOGRAND AM/ GRAND PRIX/ALERO. THE SECURITY LIGHT AND PASSLOCK ISSUE, IF TRIPPED WILL CUT FUEL SUPPLY, I STILL HEAR THE FUEL PUMP PRIMING, AS PASSKEY IS NOT A STARTER KILL, IT IS RATHER A FUEL KILL. I ALSO REPLACED THE STARTER/AND IGNITION SWITCH, AND STILL THIS PROBLEM EXISTS. THEREFORE, I HAVE TWO...

I HAVE A 1999 INTRIGUE THAT PERIODICALLY DOES NOT WANT TO START, I HAVE READ SO MANY FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE GM SHOULD RECALL THE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE: WHEN DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER (BELOW 40 DEGREES F), ALL LIGHTS DIM AND THEN BRIGHTEN RANDOMLY, INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS. SOMETIMES HEADLIGHTS MOMENTARILY DIM SO MUCH AS TO MAKE DRIVING TEMPORARILY UNSAFE. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED EVERY WINTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. GM DEALER CLAIMS TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT SOME WEB SITES SAY A REPLACEMENT BOSCH ALTERNATOR (APPROX. $450 PLUS INSTALLATION) CAN CURE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A REPEATED ANNOYANCE THAT COULD CAUSE A FATAL CRASH. *TR

ALL ELECTRIC WILL NOT REMAIN STABLE.IE. LIGHTS FLICKER,RADIO VOLUME UP/DOWN,HEAT & A/C FAN VARIES BY ITSELF. REPORTED IT THE FIRST WEEK I BOUGHT THE CAR APRIL 29,1999 ( <10 MILES ON ODEOMETER).DEALER COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. IT STILL HAS SAME PROBLEM.CONTINUOUS.. *TR

TURN SIGNALS ARE INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT FLASH WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS ACTIVATED. THIS APPLIES TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY ON DIFFERENT DAYS, NOT JUST THE SINGLE DATE I WAS FORCED TO ENTER. *NM

BLINKERS HAVE FAILED. AT FIRST, ONLY THE LEFT SIDE WOULD WORK. NOW, BOTH SIDES HAVE FAILED. THE FRONT AND REAR BULBS AS WELL AS THE SOCKETS ARE FUNCTIONAL. THE FLASHER MODULE WAS REPLACED, BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION. THE HAZARD FLASHERS WORK NORMALLY, HOWEVER. RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NO WAY OF ALERTING OTHER DRIVERS OF MY INTENTIONS. THE ONLY WAY I CAN SIGNAL IS BY STICKING MY ARM OUT THE WONDOW.

POWER STEERING ASSIST (RACK/PINION-LONG SHAFT) UNIT SECOND FAILURE. *BF THE RIGHT REAR WEATHER STRIP WAS DEFORMED, ENGINE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER STARTING, PULSATING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, TIRE NOISE, RIGHT REAR WINDOW INOPERATIVE, CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING, THE BATTERY LIGHT HAD COME ON FOR 20 MINUTES BUT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS ACTUALLY COOLANT LIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NO START, THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN ROUGH AND DIES, FAILED IGNITION SWITCH, FAILED CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, REMOTE WAS NOT WORKING, LOST POWER STEERING ON A LEFT TURN AND STILL HAD POWER ON RIGHT TURNS, THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, AND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE LEFT FRONT HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY. *SC

WHILE DRIVING ON ICY OR SLIPPERY ROADS, THE LOW TRACKING INDICATOR CAME ON SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK TO RESTART IT. *AK *SC *JB

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER BRIGHT TO DIM. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE AT NIGHT. SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN COLD WEATHER. *JB

1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE GLS.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE FREEWAY, HE HEARD A MECHANICAL NOISE WHICH RESULTED IN POWER STEERING LOST FOR LEFT TURNING ONLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS ENGINE STALLING SHORTLY AFTER STARTING, THE WEATHER STRIP WAS DEFORMED, A PULSATING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, HOWEVER A ROAD TEST ONLY FOUND TIRE NOISE, THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE, THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE FUEL FILTER, BATTERY AND REMOTE WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK. *JB

SO MUCH FOR INVESTING IN AMERICAN-MADE VEHICLES. I, LIKE OVER A DOZEN OTHERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO FILE A COMPLAINT, AM EXPERIENCING THE FLICKER AND DIM OF ALL LIGHTING DURING THE EVENING HOURS - ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER'S COLDER. IT IS UNNERVING TO ME, AND I'M SURE TO THOSE DRIVERS AROUND ME, TO DRIVE WITH QUESTIONABLE EXTERIOR LIGHTING. AND, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, GM DOES NOT VIEW THIS AS A "SAFETY ISSUE". WHAT SAY THEY HAVE THEIR SPOUSE, OR THEIR CHILD, DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH THIS SAME "NOT A SAFETY ISSUE" AND SEE IF THEIR VIEW DOESN'T CHANGE? I WORK, AND WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, THIS MEANS I AM TRAVELLING HOME IN THE DARK -- WITH MY ONE-YEAR-OLD AND NINE-YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR WITH ME. NONE OF THIS MATTERS TO THE FOLKS AT GM. BECAUSE THEY CAN POINT TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE TO GET THEM...

THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIMMED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. ONCE THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP BECAUSE THE LIGHTS HAD BECOME SO DIM THAT SHE COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD. *AK THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED A FLICKERING EFFECT. THIS TYPICALLY OCCURRED UP TO FIVE MINUTES, THEN STOP AND OCCURS AGAIN. *SC *JB

WHILE BRAKING THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING IN COLD WEATHER, THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS KEPT DIMMING AND RETURNING TO NORMAL. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, DASH LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND RUNNING LAMPS FLICKER OFF AND ON, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS, FAN AND TAIL LIGHTS) ALL FLICKER ON & OFF OFTEN MAKING IT HAZARDOUS DRIVING. *AK