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1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue steering problems

160 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue31% of all complaints for this model year.

160
Steering complaints
31%
share of all complaints
78,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Vehicle can no longer turn to the left or right. I don't think recall 03052 was ever done on it. Can no longer drive this car because it's unsafe for me as well as the public.

    filed Sep 27, 2017

  • My car would make noise and rattle also steering became difficult , had to replace rack and pinion. The 2 nd thing is that my car would shut off any where any time and I had to replace the ignition switch. Now I find out there were recalls on both these things which I never knew that there was a…

    filed Sep 24, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Steering problems in other Intrigue years

YearReportsShare
2002 Intrigue1016%
2001 Intrigue1211%
2000 Intrigue2814%
1999 Intrigue5823%
Intrigue steering problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.