Oldsmobile Intrigue fire or smoke problems

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Engine · 170,000 miles · IL · fire

My son was driving the car and it started making a noise and I pulled over and checked and didn't see anything and continued driving. I noticed smoke coming from under the hood and pulled into a gas station and noticed the car was on fire and ran into the gas station and asked for a fire extinguisher. The attendant had one and went and put the fire. I have contacted gm and was told this was due to a recall which caused oil to leak onto the manifold and thus far they have been unable or unwilling to help with this issue. *js - (recall related incident) ts

Filed Sep 16, 2016 · Engine · 148,000 miles · IN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that the engine caught fire independently. The contact extinguished the fire. There were no injuries and a fire report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v116000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage and VIN were unavailable. Updated 11/08/16

Filed May 23, 2016 · 160,000 miles · IL · fire

Car went to a meineke shop nov2015. In bolingbrook, il at 1330 w boughton rd. Not told the car was under recall at time of repair work-should I be compensated?!? Or at least the $$ returned for the original work done at the meineke shop nov2015? I have receipt. See below for details. Background: the 1998 oldsmobile intrigue the wheel did not turn, car seemed to be ready to die out-drove it to a parking lot at local park a few blocks away; called persons who knew something about cars; decided to drive it drive slowly-with flashers on to a local repair shop (meineke) in bolingbrook, il; they took a look; said a pulley broke/a new serpentine belt was needed. Never was there a mention up that this car was under recall! All they said was-"it is an older car. " I paid $350-$400 in repair work; drove the car 1-2 days. It kept dying out while driving. I went back to the same meineke shop; again no mention came up that the car was under recall! They just said"what can we say, iit is an older car. Unless you want to pay more $$$, we can't (or won't) do anything more for you" no more work was done by them; I decided to slowly drive the car back to the house, and leave it on the drive way, where it has been parked since that time. In late december/2015 I found out the car was in recall via a letter from gm; it is unsafe; do not drive it & parts would not be in until feb2016 -last week it was sold for parts & towed away should something more be done? Some sort of responsibly taken by the repair shop since it was under recall? Also, should gm have paid for any damage done by driving the car not knowing it was in recall? The car did start on fire a few months later-one last try at deciding what to do to have it before it was "junked" ; note: VIN # given here is actually the recall # on vehicle from gm

Filed Apr 10, 2016 · Engine · 98,000 miles · NY

Owner noticed car was going threw oil. At first no leak was found and owner thought the vehicle was burning it internally. Brought car in for a diagnosis for another issue that was occurring at the time and noticed that there was smoke coming from the rear manifold. Took a look and it turns out valve covers are leaking. Car was switched from conventional oil to synthetics which had made it more noticeable. Earlier oldsmobile intrigue models have a recall for the same issue but not with the 2002 models. The recall number is 09v116000. Vehicle has had no loss in performance.

Filed Jan 19, 2016 · Engine · 200,000 miles · IN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile intrigue. While the vehicle was parked, the engine caught fire without warning. The fire was extinguished by a bystander. A police and a fire report were not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v700000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Filed Jan 5, 2016 · Engine · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 1999 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire near the engine. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the remedy was not yet available. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Jan 4, 2016 · Engine · 115,000 miles · SC · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, smoke emitted from the engine compartment. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed flames emitting from the engine, which melted all the wires and valve covers. The fire department was not contacted. A fire extinguisher was used to extinguish the fire and no injuries were reported. Four months after the failure occurred, the contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v116000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000..........updated 04/01/16

Filed Dec 23, 2015 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MS · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 1998 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle began to smoke from the under the front hood of the vehicle. The contact stated that flames were coming from the hood of the vehicle. The contact pulled into a gas station and exited the vehicle. The vehicle became engulfed with flames. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact recently received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 04/14/16*lj; updated 05/14/18*jb

Filed Dec 18, 2015 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MI · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 1999 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, smoke started coming from under the hood of the vehicle. After the vehicle was parked, the contact stated that the front of the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire and a fire report was filed. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Dec 17, 2015 · Engine · KS · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 1998 oldsmobile intrigue. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, smoke began to fill the vehicle. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle failed to slow down. The contact was able to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road. The contact lifted the hood and noticed the engine was on fire. The fire department was contacted, but the vehicle blew up before the fire department arrived. A fire report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. No injuries were sustained as a result of the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling) after the engine caught fire. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.