2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue Lighting Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SUNROOF DETACHED DAMAGING THE SUN ROOF FRAME AND VEHICLE. THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE LAMINATED MATERIAL HAD DETERIORATED CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY AND IN ORDER FOR THE LIGHTS TO RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION THE HAZARDS LIGHT HAD TO BE ILLUMINATED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290,000.

2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE - RANDOM BLINKER FAILURE USUALLY FOR A COUPLE OF MILES AFTER START. SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA02037 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER FOR THE OLDSMOBILE ALERO. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 OLDS INTRIGUE THAT IS SHOWING THE SAME SIGNS AS THE RECALL NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : 03V327000. CAN SOMEONE ADVISE ME AS TO WHETHER IT IS COVERED AS WELL? *TR

THE 2000 OLDS INTRIGUE HAS THE TURN SIGNALS GO OUT ON OCCASION. THE HAZARD SWITCH IS CAUSING THIS. *JB

HEADLIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. SIMILAIR TO SOMEONE TRYING TO BLOW OUT A CANDLE. TO THE POINT IT LOOKED LIKE THE LIGHT WERE ALMOST GOING OUT. HAPPENED ON I-83 JUST NORTH OF I-695.*AK

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER DURING COLD NIGHTS (BELOW 30 DEGREES). CARS THINK I AM FLASHING MY HIGH BEAMS ON OR OFF AND WANT TO PASS. THIS HAS CAUSED A NUMBER OF DRIVERS TO BECOME ANNOYED WITH ME. *AK I HAVE NOT NOTICED THIS HAPPENING LATELY SINCE THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN ABOVE FREEZING AT NIGHT.

TURN SIGNAL-HAZARD LIGHT FAILURE. *LA

I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE THAT HAS HEADLIGHTS THAT DIM AND FLICKER. IT IS MORE PREVALENT IN COLDER TEMPERATURES. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE NOTICED IT SINCE I PURCHASED IT.*AK

I OWN A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE AND THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LIGHTS WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT ON THE COMPUTER. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER REPORTS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED IN THE 2000-2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS TO WORK AGAIN IS BY PRESSING THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH TWICE. SOMETIMES THIS WILL MAKE THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES OR UP TO A FEW WEEKS. WHAT CAN I DO FROM HERE?*AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN THE SPRING FROM A GM DEALER. NOW, THAT IT'S IN THE WINTER, WHEN IT'S COLD, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER BADLY. IT'S DANGEROUS. IT'S TIED TO ENGINE RPM. AT IDLE, THE LIGHTS ARE FINE. AS YOU ACCELERATE THE ENGINE, THE LIGHTS FLICKER DOWN.....THEY GET DIM AND FLASH BACK TO NORMAL. I JUST REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. IT'S GOT TO BE IN THE ALTERNATOR/VOLTAGE REGUALTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. THE LIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK LIKE THE LIGHTS ON EVERY OTHER CAR.... IT'LL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DUPLCATE BECAUSE WHEN THE CAR GETS WARM, THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS DIM WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDTIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL VEHICLE LIGHTS WILL INTERMITTENLY FLICKER ON/OFF WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM IS "NORMAL" OPERATION WITHIN VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY. TS

I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE HEADKLIGHTS FLICKER. AND, WEHN I SAY FLICKER I MEAN THEY ALMOST GO TOTALLY OUT THEN COME BACK ON. I AHVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. HAVE RAN A COMPUTER SCAN ON IT, WHICH SHOWED NO ERROR CODES, THEY INSISTED THAT IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR KICKING ON. I ADMIT IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS HAPPENING. WHICH, IS CONSTANTLY. AS LONG AS THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS A FLICKER, I CHECKED THE BULBS, THERE IS NO COROSION AROUND THE CONNECTORS, ALL CONNECTIONS ARE TIGHT. I HAVE JOINED AN ONLINE FORUM FOR THE MODEL VEHICLE THAT I HAVE AND ALMOST ALL OF THE OTHER USERS IN THE GROUP HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHO TO CONTACT. I HAVE A WIFE AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN, SO, NATURALLY I WANT THE VEHICLE TO BE SAFE. THE DEALER (SIMMONS-ROCKWELL IN HORNELL, N.Y.) OR WWW.SIMMONS-ROCKWELL.COM. THEY INSIST THAT IT IS THE A/C. WELL, IT HAS BEEN BELOW 40 DEGREES PRETTY MUCH EVERYDAY SINCE HALLOWEEN OF THIS YEAR. AND I HAVEN'T EVER TURNED ON THE A/C IN THE CAR NOT ONCE. ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THIS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE LIKE ME THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON/OFF AND DIM, DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED AND THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

KNOWN TSB DOES NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. SAFETY ISSUE AS HEADLIGHTS DIM SUBSTANTIALLY. *AK

AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS DIM/FLICKER TO THE POINT THAT ONCOMING TURNING DRIVERS THINK I AM GIVING THEM THE HIGH BEAMS TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IN MY PATH. I NEARLY HAD ONE HIGH SPEED HEAD ON COLLISION DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE DEFECT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO STREET LAMPS AND AMBIENT LIGHTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN HEADLIGHT ASSEMEBLY WHICH CAUSED HEADLIGHTS TO COMPLETELY TURN OFF, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR TWICE DUE TO A SERVICE BULLETIN, DEALER ALSO FOUND ON ONE OCCASION THAT THE BOLT FOR THE BATTERY GROUND CABLE HAD BOTTOMED OUT IN THE BLOCK NOT ALLOWING CABLE TO GROUND CONSISTENTLY, DEALER ALSO FOUND THAT WHEN THE AIR PUMP ENGAGES THE LIGHTS DIM, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE LIGHTS FLICKERING IS NORMAL, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATES THE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AS THEY PLEASE. NOISE HEARD FROM THE REAR, DEALER FOUND RIGHT REAR TIRE CUPPED BADLY, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY SPECIFIC TIRE INFORAMTION. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL DIM DOWN AND COME BACK UP. ALSO, THIS HAPPENS WITH AIR CONDITIONING, IT WILL SLOW DOWN AND SPEED UP. DIMMING OF THE HEADLIGHTS MAY SEND WRONG SIGNALS TO ANOTHER DRIVER. *AK *SLC

HEADLIGHTS AND LIGHTS INSIDE VEHICLE WILL DIM TO A VERY LOW LIGHT WHEN WEATHER GETS COLD. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK

I OWN A 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO DIM TO THE POINT OF ALMOST BEING OFF. NOT ONLY IS THIS DANGEROUS TO ME AND MY FAMILY OF 4 IT IS DANGEROUS TO OTHERS DRIVING TOWARDS ME. I HAVE TAKEN THIS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAVE BOUGHT IT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS AFTER 2 ALTERNATORS AND A COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. THEY DID HOWEVER FIND THAT THE PROBLEM IS A SENSOR FOR THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, IT IS SOME SORT OF SENSOR THAT DETECTS WHEN A WHEEL ISNT TURNING FAST ENOUGH AND IT KICKS A MOTOR IN THAT MAKES IT CATCH UP CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER TO THE LIGHTS, THUS CAUSING THEM TO DIM. THEY SAID IT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE BRAVADA, S10, GMC ENVOY, JIMMY AND SONOMA. THEY SAID IT IS SERVICE BULLETIN CQB00-18. IT STATES THAT THE EBCM LOSES A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL AND IT WILL ACTIVATE THE ABS MOTOR MONENTARILY, SINCE THE MOTOR MAY DRAW UP TO 100 AMPS THE LIGHTS WILL DIM OR FLICKER DURING THE CYCLE. THE BRAKES DO NOT HAVE TO BE APPLIED FOR THIS CONDITION TO HAPPEN. THE LOSS OF SIGNAL COULD BE CAUSED BY FAULTY WIRING, A BAD WHEEL SPEED SENSOR OR SENSOR RING OR AIR GAP (WORN BRAKES). NONE OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPAIRED ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY STATED THAT THIS DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE AND THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT EVEN THOUGH THAT THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST IN OVER 200,000 INTRIGUES OF THE SAME YEAR. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND MAKING THE DEALERSHIPS REAPIR THIS PROBLEM BY ISSUING A SERVICE BULLETIN. *AK