Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/16/2001 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle had been parked for awhile. had got in and inserted key in ignition and started it. suddenly, vehicle blew up and then caught on fire. engine compartment had blown. had no indication of cause of problem.*ak fire possibly caused by an electrical failure. *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| Possible electrical failures is causing the horn to sound while the vehicles is parked (off), the courtesy lights would illuminated and the trunk would pop up on it's own. nlm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 03/26/1999 | 1 | 09/14/1998 | |
| Alternator making noise. | |||
| 1 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| Alternator failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 09/01/2000 | 4 | ||
| At 27 mph vehicle stalls. took vehicle to dealer 4 times, cannot remedy problem. *aik | |||
| Spark plug wires burned out at the plug end, causing engine to misfire and buck. delaer has replaced the ignition wires. however, the problem has reoccurred.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| Spark plug wires burned out at the plug end, causing engine to misfire and buck. delaer has replaced the ignition wires. however, the problem has reoccurred.*ak | |||
| 07/17/1998 | |||
| While driving 45 mph vehicles engine died for no reason. dealer found a faulty code from vehicle computer. *ak | |||
| 5 | |||
| The engine stalls while the vehicle is in motion. has been to dealer 2 times and problem cannot be duplicated. *ak *slc dealer felt the problem was a combination of a computer problem and fuel injection problem, oldsmobile took vehicle back. *slc | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 07/14/1998 | 1 | 06/01/1997 | |
| Driver heard a pop in the radio, shortly ater the radio went dead and a fire erupted on the passegers door. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 02/16/2001 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle had been parked for awhile. had got in and inserted key in ignition and started it. suddenly, vehicle blew up and then caught on fire. engine compartment had blown. had no indication of cause of problem.*ak fire possibly caused by an electrical failure. *slc | |||