2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue: engine overheating

7 of the 200 complaints about the 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 55 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

2001
1
2000
7
1999
3
1998
6

What owners say

Filed Oct 25, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · TN

Overheated and shut off and now won't start.

Filed Feb 24, 2009 · Engine · 51,550 miles · AZ · 1 injury

Overheated engine after mechanic opened and topped off hot surge recovery bottle with colder gm dex cool coolant & created a sudden and accidental loss of coolant. Vehicle overheated when an air pocket formed due to lack of coolant in the engine cooling system damaged both engine head gaskets. Fire possible.

Filed Mar 1, 2004 · Engine · 50,000 miles · MI

2001 olds intrigue overheats at temperatures less than 30 degrees. Olds did a redesign on this faulty thermostat but no recalls on vehicle. Vehicle could easily heat to the point of engine fire or strand the vehicle in cold climates. New replacement is number 12570248. This is also a problem with aurora vehicles.

Filed Nov 28, 2003 · Engine · 70,071 miles · MO

My car's engine is overheating. I took car to dealership, but they don't want to fix the car. They claim that it is not under warrenty. I took the car to another olds dealership and they are going to replace the thermostat and thermostat housing, but this is going to cost me. This car is still under it's extended warranty.

Filed Aug 22, 2003 · Engine · 113,360 miles · VA

My 2000 oldsmobile intrigue with the 3.5l motor overheated. I had the vehicle towed to my dealer and after a week was advised the motor had to be removed and the heads pulled. Apparently due to the reaction between the steel head bolts and the aluminum motor, the threads corroded and gave way allowing the head gaskets to leak. Since the car had 113,000 miles on it, it was past warranty though I feel gm should have put some type of coating on the bolts to keep this corrosion from occuring. Cost in this case approached $4,000.

Filed Mar 5, 2002 · Engine · KY

While driving the vehicle began to overheat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they replaced the thermostat and thermostat housing. *mr

Filed Feb 26, 2000 · Engine · MA

The car has overheated on 3 different occasions. The 1st incident was on rte 95 at night which makes for a dangerous situation. The dealer checked the car and claimed nothing was wrong. From this point on we watched and realized that the temperature gauge went from the middle point up to the top of the gauge frequently. We brought the car back to the dealer again and were told that gm said that the operating temperature was anywhere in the white zone. This past weekend we drove about 40 miles from home and twice the car overheated. The 3rd trip back to the dealer happened on a day that gm field techs were in the dealer service area. According to the service manager, these techs were aware of the problem. The temporary solution was to "shim" the thermostat. The service manager says that gm is working on the problem. My complaint is that the car can fail anywhere and gm is not telling their service people about the situation. I would not like to hear about someone getting hurt or killed because of a breakdown. Thank you for anything you can do about this situation.