1991 Oldsmobile Silhouette problems

Filed Aug 1, 2005 · Body · 173,000 miles · MI

Dt: contact stated rear cradle bolts and retainers rusted and disconnected the steering while they were driving. Contact noticed this around june. Was at a stop sign and started to make a right hand turn and noticed there was no steering. Dealer said that cradle bolts rusted and fixed it. Gm stated consumer's vehicle was not included in recall 97v058000 due to VIN although it had the same failure as mentioned in the recall.

Filed Jul 28, 2005 · Electrical, Engine · 150,000 miles · PA

Dt: consumer states 1991 oldsmobile silhouette was having mechanical problems. It was a leased by the consumer. The vehicle needed the spark plugs for the engine, power steering line, shocks, brake work, and a tune up. The engine had to have the module replaced. This was supposed to be under a warranty that they purchased from the dealership. The dealer will not repair any of the parts. Dealer said that he did not want to deal with the problems or the van anymore. Dealer a could do the repairs, but he was not licensed to do the work. The van had been in the dealership for repairs 3 times. Consumer said the van needed to go back right now for more work, but it will cost $971.34 for the work. The owner called the dealer, and the dealer kept yelling and complaining that he did not want to do the work anymore. This had been a problem since the day consumer bought the vehicle. The dealer told the consumer yesterday to take the car somewhere else. The wiring harness also needs replacement.

Filed May 26, 2005 · Body, Steering · 173,306 miles · MI

Driving down the road came to a stop sign, made a right hand turn tried to straighten the wheels out. The steering wheel just kept spinning around and around. Was able to manuever the vehicle to the side of the road. Failure was: the rear cradle bolts through the retainers due to corrosion of the retainer and the rear cradle dropped down and caused the steering shaft to disconnect from the steering gear. Therefor the car would no longer steer. We ave a four year old and a six year and had we been going 50 MPH this could had been a serious catastrophe. I called gm and informed them of this problem and asked if there were any recalls on this, they said no but took the information and would keep it on record in case there are more occurances of this situation. I then went to the computer and checked the federal safety agency recall information, and found that there there was one on the 1990 pontiac grand prix and minivans. We have the oldesmobile equivalent of the pontiac transport. The recall date was 4/8/1997, the vehicle component affected is the structure and the federal safety agency recall number is 97v058000. I then called gm back with this information, because the pontiac transport that was recalled is the same vehicle as the oldesmobile silhouette that I am driving. They said that because its an olds and not a pontiac it would not be covered under the recall, even though they are identical vehicles. One additional concern, is that there may be many other simnilar oldsmobile silhouette and chevrolet lumina vans that could experience these same malfunctions. If this shold happen to someone at higher speeds and with the total loss of steering when this structure breaks loose could be disasterous for the person driving the vehicle and its passengers as well as any oncoming vehicles. I would like this investigated and feel strongly that these other gm models should also be recalled.

Filed May 11, 2004 · Seat belts · 150,000 miles · AR

Front passenger side seat belt failed to retract back into its holster. This resulted in the front passenger not being restrained in case of an accident. Dealership was contacted, but was unable to resolve the problem.

Filed Oct 20, 2003 · Seat belts · 133,279 miles · OH

Front seat belt will not retract.

Filed Jun 26, 2003 · Steering · MI

While traveling on the highway and make a left turn the steering column broke.

Filed Jun 20, 2003 · Steering · MI

While traveling about 45mph on the highway and without prior warning steering wheel locked, going around in circle.

Filed Sep 23, 2002 · Body, Seat belts · AR

Problem #1 - on the front passenger door the door shuts around a metal knob that is part of the door. The metal knob comes off of the vehicle making the door impossible to shut. This has happened twice. Problem #2 - the front passenger seatbelt will not retract into the holder and so it is loose and will not protect the passenger adequately. Nlm

Filed Jul 24, 2002 · Body · MN

I have not received recall #97v058/manufactuer's recall no 97016 notice concerning rear cradle bolts. I would like to now if you are ever going to tak e care of this problem in minnesota I would reall like to get this done . Thank you.

Filed Sep 25, 2000 · Tires · UT · crash

Tread separated off right rear kelly tire causing van to lose control and roll, killing all three passengers on board, on 7/16/99, where legal speed limit was 75 MPH. *ak( dot number: c2t9k far tire size: 20570r14 )