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Sedans Oldsmobile Intrigue Oldsmobile Intrigue: Problems & Solutions 
1000 messages, Last post on Nov 03, 2006 at 2:43 PM
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Does anyone have any suggestions? My wife has a 2001 Intrigue with 104,000 miles that we've had since new. Our teenage daughter has been driving it all summer and is about to take it with her to college 500 miles from home. She has told us that the Trac, ABS and SES lights have been going on occasionally, the drivers side turn signals keep blowing out, the headlights blow out frequently, the gas gauge doesn't work, and most recently, it made a groaning sound and the steering either locked up or tightened while going into a curve, causing her to go into the oncoming lane. I took the car for a ride to see for myself and nothing happened. Since the turn signal problem needed to be fixed, we took the car to a local shop that was highly recommended. The trac, abs, ses lights came on again while we were parking the car at the shop. The lights didn't come back on when the car was re-started a few minutes later. So far the mechanic has had the car for two days and was able to fix the turn signals by replacing the part that the bulb attaches to, but can't find anything else wrong with the car other than the gas gauge. He said they're not reading a code, the speed sensors are fine, they don't hear a groaning sound and they are not able to see any of the problems for themselves, except for the gas gauge. What's wrong with this car and how do we fix it? I want to avoid taking it to the dealer since they told us the balance shaft was going almost a year ago and that we needed a new engine. This happened one day before the transmission had a meltdown 400 miles from home. (When I brought the car back to complain, they said that there was nothing wrong with the transmission while they had the car and we still need a new engine! That was 10 months ago.) Any ideas other than pushing it off a cliff?
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There is access to it from inside the trunk, take a look at the obvious location. You can change the bulbs, I don't know if you can clean the rear shelf from here though
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Replying to: subprman (Aug 22, 2006 8:51 pm) Regarding the steering, many of us have had vibration through the steering wheel or creaking and groaning but I have not heard of the steering tightening up so much that you can barely turn it. It sounds like maybe the car cutoff or there was a temporary loss of power steering. On another place on the internet, it was suggested it could be a problem with the power steering high pressure hose being restricted. You may also want the mechanic to look at the crankshat position sensor as well. It may not send a code. Some here on the forum have replaced it before it causes too much trouble. Trac, ABS and SES light: That seems to be a common problem with the Intrigue. On another forum, a poster suggested it could be the wheel sensors or a bad wheel bearing. Since your mechanic checked the wheel sensor already, I would have him look at the wheel bearings. subprman: I will tell you i am not a mechanic or automotively inclined. Most of this informtion I have gained from reading this forum religiously for the past 4 years as well as another one. Your problems are not uncommon. If anything I have posted above is incorrect or wrong, someone please correct me. I don't want to give you bad information but i also want you to get the car ready for your daughter. I can imagine how you must feel sending her off to college in a car you are not 100% sure about. Good luck. And check your Car Space e-mail. I sent you a message.
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Replying to: racer__x_9 (Aug 23, 2006 10:24 am) 
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Replying to: oscarz2 (Apr 20, 2001 6:22 am) Previously the dealer replaced the EGR valve and cleaned the fuel injectors. That seemed to resolve the problem but after a few thosand miles the same problem is reappearing. Can you tell me how you made out with this problem or can anyone else shed light on this? Thanks. |
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MOTOR NOISE!!! The top end of the motor under the valve cover on one side (3 of the 6 cyl.)is very noisy and also bone dry. THREE mechanics later still no fix... Looking for a motor diagram to see how the oil gets pumped up to the double overhead cam. Also, the motor runs great, no skip.... 2001 olds intrigue. 3.5 liter engine |
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