1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• REAR AXLE TRAILING ARM FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA03005 · opened Apr 23, 2003 · closed Jan 12, 2004

  On november 18, 2002, odi opened a preliminary evaluation (pe02-086) to evaluate allegations of rear axle trailing arm failures in the subject vehicles (u-van) which included two reporting crashes.on april 9, 2003, odi upgraded pe02-086 to an engineering analysis (ea03-005) to continue its examination of the issue. The…

• SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA02032 · opened Nov 18, 2002 · closed Nov 21, 2003

  Odi identified 59 reports with the alleged defect.odi was able to contact 44 of the 59 consumers in order to determine the specific cause of the latch problems.of the 44 owners contacted, odi determined that four failures were due to an out-of-tolerance latch plate, and that 23 failures were due to a displaced buckle h…

• POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA02003 · opened Apr 4, 2002 · closed Dec 10, 2002 · led to recall 02V286000

  The lower pinion bearing in the rack and pinion steering assembly may fail.gm will recall 1997-98 grand prix built between 1-mar-96 and 31-oct-97; and 1996-98 u-vans/j-cars built between 1-jan-96 and 31-oct-97.see attached summary.

• SHOULDER HARNESS CLIP
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02017 · opened Feb 11, 2002 · closed Aug 2, 2002
• STEERING RACK AND PINION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE01038 · opened Nov 14, 2001 · closed Apr 4, 2002

  Odi has received 200 complaints fromt consumers and 1,238 from gm alleging failure or lockup of the steering rack and pinion unit (r&p).this alleged condition can result in the loss of steering control of the vehicle and a crash can result.gm has reported six crashes in which eight people have sustained injuries rangin…

• UNEXPECTED OPENING OF SLIDING DOOR
  Investigation SQ00014 · opened Jul 25, 2000 · closed Oct 22, 2001 · led to recall 01V067000

  There is no summary currently available

• TRACTION CONTROL
  Recall Query RQ00006 · opened Feb 16, 2000 · closed Apr 20, 2001 · led to recall 98V072000