2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette Lighting Problems

FOG LAMP ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN LOWER FRONT BUMPER ARE DEFECTIVE. I FEEL THEY ARE POORLY CONSTRUCTED AS WELL. THE SOLID GLASS LENS SEPARATES FROM THE HOUSING. DRIVER SIDE FELL OFF MY VAN GOING DOWN MY STREET. UPON INSPECTION, PASSENGER SIDE FELL APART IN MY HANDS. IF THIS GLASS HOUSING WERE TO FALL OFF VEHICLE AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, IT COULD POSSIBLY INJURE SOMEONE. *TR

MOISTURE WAS GETTING INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT LENS AND CAUSED DISCOLORATION AND POOR VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING MY 2 CHILDREN (AGES 3 AND 5) AND MY BROTHER IN MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH. WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, MY VAN LOST ALL POWER. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO PUT ON MY HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS BUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK. I PUT MY VAN IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WE TRIED TO EXIT THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS AND THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR BUT ALL THREE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE UNLOCK POWER DOOR LOCKS SEVERAL TIMES. I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. I MANAGED TO CRAWL OVER MY 3 YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN A FULL SIZE CAR SEAT NEXT TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR. AFTER FEELING AROUND IN THE DARK, I FINALLY FOUND A DOOR HANDLE THAT WOULD OPEN. *AK

WHEN IT RAINS THE TWO LIGHTS MOUNTED ON THE ROOF ABOVE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FILL UP AND SPILL OUT RAIN WATER.*AK

DIM OR FLICKERING HEADLIGHTS - I SAW THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING DIM OR FLICKERING HEADLIGHTS ON OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE SEDANS 1999-2001. I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT IS MOST NOTIBLY APPARENT WHEN YOU ARE IDLE IN DRIVE AT A STOP LIGHT. AS YOU REACH HIGHER RPMS THE PROBLEM IS LESS APPARENT. IF YOU TRAVEL FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET WORSE AND SHOWS UP MORE REGARDLESS OF RPM.

HEADLIGHTS UNSAFE FOR NIGHTTIME DRIVING. EXCESSIVE MOISTURE BUILDUP IN THE HEADLIGHT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW HAS LED TO EXCESSIVE CLOUDING OF THE HEADLIGHT LENS. ALSO, THE PLASTIC LENS HAS BEGUN TO DISINTEGRATE AND FEELS "ROUGH" TO THE TOUCH (I.E. NO LONGER SMOOTH WHEN TOUCHING THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE LENS). NIGHTTIME LIGHTING CAPABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT 60% DUE TO FAULTY HEADLIGHT LENS. VEHICLE UNSAFE FOR NIGHTTIME DRIVING. *JB

WATER WAS LEAKING INSIDE/ INTERIOR AROUND UPPER MOUNTED STOP LAMP. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SWITCHES EXTERIOR LIGHTS, ALL LIGHTS IN OR OUT SIDE OF VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO FLICKER, RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING UNABLE TO DRIVE.*AK