Oldsmobile Silhouette door locks problems

Filed Dec 22, 2017 · Body · 188,000 miles · MO

My 10 year old niece attempted to open the power sliding door on the right side of our 2004 oldsmobile silhouette outside the mall. The motor was already running, in park, as I had come to pick up my daughter and niece from the mall. The door appeared to be locked since it would not open, so I pushed 'unlock' a few times as she and my grown daughter tried to open the door. I just heard a clicking sound of the unlock mechanism as if it was locking and unlocking. The door would not open, so my niece entered through the manual side door on the left side of the van. We drove about 3 blocks from the mall to the stoplight of a major city street. About half a block or less after taking a left at the intersection stoplight, the power sliding door on the right side of the van just opened. My niece loudly exclaimed that the door opened and tried to reach across from her buckled position on the left bucket seat. My daughter and I both shrieked and said for her not to get near it. My daughter was seated up front on the passenger seat and reached back to the window ledge of the open sliding door and tried to pull it shut. It shut most of the way, but not fully. I pulled into a parking lot of a business and had my niece use the switch located near the power side door to open it fully and then again to close it fully. We made the next 20 miles without incident. We just bought the vehicle less than a week ago, and we have our 3 younger boys ride in the back, so this incident has been very scary.

Filed Dec 21, 2011 · Body, Locks · 100,000 miles · PA

Power sliding door latch actuator failure. Latch is stuck in open position, will not latch. Exact same problem as described in previous recalls the federal safety agency campaign id number: 01v067000 and the federal safety agency campaign id number: 01v264000. Oldsmobile states vehicle has been repaired under the recall already in 2002. I purchased used with low miles (around 70k) in 2009. Vehicle has been meticulously maintained and is in close to showroom condition as you could find for a 2000. Oldsmobile states there are not enough complaints about the repair to consider any ongoing recalls. Oldsmobile informs me that with a vehicle of this age, regardless of mileage or condition, mechanical and electrical parts should be expected to fail. Somehow, I don't consider my door flying open going down the road to be just a minor failure or inconvenience. It is a huge safety issue, one that has been documented enough that there was an initial recall, then a second recall to fix the first recall. Obviously, this was a band aid repair. I got most of the service records from the first two owners. This vehicle was used mostly by an older couple and the sliding door has much lower than average use for a 100,000 mile car. There are not that many of these gm minvans on the road, and as a result the absolute number of complaints might be low. It should be considered that gm did not perform a sufficient repair and did just enough to get by. Oldsmobile told me that the repair at this point is up to the customer. What will it take for this recall to be reviewed? Fortunately no one was in my captain's chair when our door flew open. Will someone have to be killed or run over for this to be reviewed?

Filed Apr 22, 2011 · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 oldsmobile silhouette. The contact stated that the door lock fob re was failing. The doors could be locked manually using the key but not using the key fob. The failure also caused the security system to fail. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing but the test produced no failure codes. The vehicle was not repaired. The consumer stated the remote key fob was barely functionally. Updated 11/28/11

Filed Mar 1, 2011 · Locks, Seat belts · 120,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile silhouette. The contact stated that once the vehicle was stopped and shifted into park, the vehicle would not shift into drive. In addition, the vehicle would only remain in park if the emergency brake was engaged. The vehicle was towed to a local repair facility where it was inspected by an independent mechanic. The mechanic advised that the shift linkage cable was fractured and would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 120,000. Updated 03/24/11*lj the door latch and seat belts were inoperative. Updated 05/05/11

Filed Feb 24, 2011 · Locks · 125,000 miles · WA

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 oldsmobile silhouette. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under recall 01v0670000 (latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch). After the repairs were made, the sliding door would not latch and the door would slide open while driving. The contact called the dealer who stated that the repairs were performed once already and would not be done again. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 125,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2009 · Locks · 128,382 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 oldsmobile silhouette. The right passenger door was repaired on january 7, 2002 per recall 01v067000 latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch. The recall repair did not correct the failure and the right sliding door will not lock or latch. The manuafacturer was notified and was advised that the time alloted for a second repair had expired due to the vehicles mileage. The failure mileage was 34,694 and the current mileage was 128,382.

Filed Jul 26, 2006 · Electrical, Engine · MO

Our 2001 oldsmobile silhouette has had numerous issues. The issues are placed in a close chronological order. All events have occurred after 50k miles with the exception of the power door locks. The dealer took care of all recalls. The power door locks intermittently lock and unlock. This problem has been to the dealer over 4 times. The first time the dealer replaced ignition switch wiring harness and the last time the dealer replaced a chafed wire under the passenger seat. The other times the dealer could not isolate. The problem still occurred. We got tired of bringing it to the dealer. The drivers side seat heater had failed. At 66k miles, the transmission went out. It was due to a faulty sun gear. I had to replace tie rods on the vehicle twice on each side. Once around 70k and once around 115k. The fuel ascending unit failed around 90k. On the passenger side I had to replace the wheel bearings and the cv axle. Lights in the heater controls have blown and the only way to replace them is to solder new bulbs onto the control module. The blower motor failed on 1st and 2nd speed. We experienced the same engine overheating issues as seen by other individuals at mycarstats.com. This relates to the cooling system. I had three separate issues stemming from this. The first failure was a blown head gasket. About 8 months later the upper manifold gasket blew. Six months later another cooling system failure blamed on the lower intake manifold. Many of the repairs where costly. The lower intake manifold failure was never fixed. We decided to pass this gm piece of junk on. It had 137k miles. Most of the miles driven where highway, very few city and stop-and-go.

Filed Mar 10, 2006 · Locks · 89,000 miles · IN

Dt*: the contact stated there was a recall for the automatic sliding door. The manufacturer recall number is 01013. The federal safety agency recall # is 01v264000, the repair was performed in march of 2003. The sliding door failed to stay latched after the recall work was performed by the dealership. The door would not open automatically or close completely. The dealer is willing to assist after the contact pays for the diagnostic fee.

Filed Aug 22, 2005 · Locks · MN

Dt: the consumer stated that there was a recall 04v597000 on the latches on a 2002 oldsmobile silhouette. However, this vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN. The consumer contacted gm ,and they could not tell him why this vehicle was not included in the recall. He had the same door handles and latches that were being replaced. The consumer was concerned for the safety of passengers . They were at risk for the same incidents that were occurring to others. The consumer has been in contact with gm twice, and they still could not answer the question.

Filed Aug 19, 2005 · Locks · 120,000 miles · IL · 1 injury

The sliding door sensor which made the door retract if there was an object in its passage way malfunctioned. The door slid shut, pining consumer's left hand in the door. Consumer hands sustained soft tissue damage, but didn't break. *ak in addition the warning chime did not activate to inform the consumer the door was closing. Dealer replaced door lock sensors.