2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue Powertrain & Transmission Problems

EVER SINCE 2010, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A SERIOUS GM PASSLOCK ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ISSUE. IT BEGAN WITH MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING ONE DAY. IT HAD POWER; ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS WORKED, RADIO, ETC..., BUT IT WOULD NOT START. AT FIRST, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS SOMEHOW GET IT TO START AFTER A LOT OF PUNCHING OF THE DASHBOARD AND SHIFTING MY GEARS RAPIDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE PROBLEM SLOWLY STARTED OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY AND I BEGAN TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT AND FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS INDEED AN PASSLOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AFTER CONFIRMING THAT MY SECURITY LIGHT WOULD BLINK WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I COULD GET IT TO START AFTER WAITING 10 MINUTES WITH THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION, WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD STOP BLINKING AFTER THAT 10 MINS, I WOULD TURN IT BACK TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION AND IT WOULD START UP, RESETTING THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. EVENTUALLY, IN 2012, THE PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING USUALLY EVERY 3RD ATTEMPT AT STARTING UP, AND THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM RESET TRICK WOULD NOT WORK 9/10 TIMES, IT WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE HOURS FOR ME TO GET IT TO START. IN NOVEMBER OF 2012, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR SLOWLY STARTING SHUTTING DOWN, ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING, AND ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DIMMED DOWN TO NOTHING, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER UNHARMED (ALSO ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THIS, MY DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL RELAY SYSTEM COMPLETELY BLEW/FAILED). I FOUND OUT THAT MY ALTERNATOR WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED AND DEAD, SO I REPLACED IT. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS, AND THEN IT STARTED OCCURRING AGAIN EVERY NOW AND THEN AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE; THE PASSLOCK RESET IS CURRENTLY WORKING. CONSIDERING THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MALFUNCTION OF THE GM PASSLOCK SYSTEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS CAUSED HARM TO MY LIFE (EG. SCHOOL & JOB EFFECTED)

DT: THE OWNER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ITS JERKING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. CONSUMER WANTS THE MANUFACTURER TO FIX THE CAR BECAUSE THE CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES, AND IT IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. THE CAR HAS JUST STARTED JERKING IN THE PAST WEEK. THE CAR HAS NOT LEFT THE OWNER STRANDED ANYWHERE YET. OWNER HAD THE DEALERSHIP LOOK AT THE CAR ,AND THE DEALERSHIP GAVE THE OWNER A $1000.00 CHARGE. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS TA PRESSURE SOLENOID ERROR. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AS OF YET.*AK

I HAVE HAD ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR. BUT THIS DID IT FOR ME. I WAS DRIVING I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL STRAIGHT I WAS GOING SIDEWAYS & SEEN TO PARKED CARS I HIT THEM ICOULD NOT STRAIGHTIN MY WHEEL MY AT ALL MY TIRE WAS SIDE WAYS PARTS UNDER MY CAR EVERYWHERE I WAS INJURED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. THE "TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY" UNHOOKED DUE TO THIS. AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD EXISTED BECAUSE OF INABILITY TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 2-27-01. THERE MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW BUT GM WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT IT THEY WILL JUST REPAIR IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. A SECOND DEALER SAID THEY ARE GETTING 5-6 A WEEK WITH THIS PROBLEM ( THIS WAS DAVE CROSS MOTORS 816-524-2233 . I CANNOT DRIVE THIS CAR IN SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WITHOUT FEAR OF THE WIPERS STOPPING AND CAUSING A POTENTIALLY FATAL ACCIDENT BUT GM DOESNT FEEL IT IS A PROBLEM "JUST CLEAR THE SNOW AND ICE AWAY AND IT WONT HAPPEN". I WANT THEM TO DESIGN SOMETHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING NOT MERELY FIX IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. I ALSO WANTED THIS TO BE ON FILE FOR OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE THESE CARS TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING AN ACCIDENT . THANK YOU FOR INVESTIGATING THIS DESIGN FLAW. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE'S 2ND AND 3RD GEARS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND RAN INTO A CURB. THE RIGHT WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHICH STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH VARIOUS OTHER COMPONENTS. NLM