Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / INTRIGUE / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005009002 Incident Date: Feb, 14 2005
Consumer's City: ALEXANDRIA Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: INTRIGUE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3WS52K1WF Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 25 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 29 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I bought my olds intrigue new in june 1998. in jan., 1999 i complained about steering noise and the dealer (stohlman, alexandria va) says it tightened a plastic part. it continued, and, finally, in june 1999 they replaced the intermediate steering shaft assembly. that didn't cure the problem, and when i again brought it in march 15, 2000, they claimed they couldn't reproduce the problem. i have lived with it ever since, and the car has only 40,000 miles. i've always been concerned it's dangerous. i've recently discovered the forum discussions on the edmunds web site, and i find that this is a very common problem that gm denied for years but now apparently admits. it may be a faulty rack in the rack and pinion steering. there is no more olds. can you help? is this a recall item? *jb