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Also, this sounds stupid but you should check your keyring as maybe something on it is pressing the button to lock/unlock as you drive. You can also leave remote away from vehicle and see if the remote was triggering it.
DD
Took it in to the dealer, turns out it is a pump starting up. Mechanic said its pretty common on these vans. Nothing to worry about, just annoying.
Not as annoying as them charging $65 to tell me that, but I digress...
Mikey
getting my van fixed. Looking for others with similar problems. Under
warranty (20k miles)but dealers, GM customer service, and BBB have
been mostly a waiste of time. I have Owned a GM vehicle for almost 30
yrs and can't believe what I have gone through to get this van fixed.
Problem with belt squeal and chirping since new I think is fixed. At
one point the dealer lubed the belt without telling me and claimed
there was nothing wrong. They covered up the problem and acted like I
was crazy. After 5 belts, tensioner, and 10 attempts, 4 Dealers,
seems that problem was nothing lined up properly when assembled. Now
I am labled a problem customer and someone that you just can't
sastify. Can't get questions answered or anything in writing. Other
problem is AC. High pressure valve blew out at 19K miles, As soon as
I got it back it was blowing warm air. Was told use rec. nothing
wrong, next they recharged it, colder but not as it was when it
broke. You could have made Ice cream in this van before it broke, now
it is cool and gets worse the hotter it is outside. They say it is
within specs. and refuse to go with me in other vans to show the
difference, which I've done. Also since AC broke bad moldy smell.
Before it broke still smelled like a new van. AC broke in Aug. when
it was 95 outside. This is just some of the story with this van. More later, Thanks
they tightened the oil pan bolts. Also tightened the drain plug so
tight I had to use a breaker bar on it when I changed the oil. Oil
leak got worse. When I went back the service manager put in dye and
said drive it for a few days. This was 2 months ago and although it
is still leaking it is not as bad. Oil was plashing everthing under
the van until dye was put in. My question is it possible they put a
sealer in it? It was in a small bottle and the oil turned a dark
green color. Thanks Len
Same conclusion as before in message #713, I would not recommend these vehicles to my worst enemy.
It's unfortunate you've had these costly problems. Based on the history of the lower manifold leak, I started checking the overflow coolant bottle's level regularly. Found after a long, high speed drive, level would drop slightly. I could see a very slight leak so I went ahead and replaced the manifold gasket. Overall my wife and I really like the utility of the van and with the glut of used cars trade-in value wasn't much.
As a side note, do you know the reputation of the dealer? I'd ask for the failed head gasket if it's not too late.
Thanks
Also I found with the upper manifold off you can remove a wiper linkage arm and with the engine tilted forward, get the alternator out. The book says to lower the whole engine [non-permissible content removed]'y.
What a nice set up the designers did with that.
Thank you.
The problem was getting the housing bolts loose. The wrench I made was bent so I could get to the bolts under the exh. cross-over. Again with the upper manifold off the bolts are visable and I think is the way I'd go about it again.
I second the design job comment!
Did you take it back for them to check where the die came out?
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I do not own a Silhouette, but I do own a 2003 Final 500 Aurora and found out that GM had begun publishing information for the Final 500 Silhouette. For those that might consider purchasing one of the last Oldsmobile luxury minivans, you can go this website to get information about how they will be optioned and what comes on the Collector's Edition models:
http://eogld.ecomm.gm.com/NASApp/domestic/proddesc.jsp?year=2004&- amp;- amp;- amp;addOptions=true®ionID=1&divisionID=6&type=0&am- p;am- p;am- p;vehicleID=251§ion=oi_def&page=1&pagenum=1&b- - - utID=3
Alast, the end is almost here for Oldsmobile. I, for one, hate to see it go. It will be missed(by me at least!)
Enjoy!
Bryant Tarvin
Buick is synonym of smooth quiet and reliable ride. They start to screw up with the rendez vous, they are coming with a van...they are ruining the Buick name...
They are no better with Caddy, a pick up now, imagine a pickup......Oh well
Thanks,
Ron
leftyga1, is your van under warranty? If not, and gm helps out with the leak fix (labor, parts, discount, whatever) please let us know. It would sure be a relief to know that gm would pick up even a little of this rather large, costly job since its obviously quite common, and obviously due to THEIR flawed design/part.
How few in sales were the Mazda MPV, Kia Sedona, Volkswagen Eurovan?
Considering GM sells THE most vehicles of any company, the low sales of the GM triplets is another indicator of the decline of GM.
GM will probably NEVER sell me another vehicle. GM does NOT have reliability of Toyota. All Toyotas have been better reliability than any of the GM vehicles I have owned. My Ford F-150 also has better quality than any offering from GM that I have owned.
Toyota does not re-label cheap junk from Korea as does GM.
The two worst vehicles I have owned were a Toyota Corolla and a Nissan Van. I will refresh your memory to inform you that Nissan bought back ALL the vans from that particular generation because of an engine fire hazard. Perhaps someone else can enlighten me but I cannot remember any other car maker buying back all the vehicles involved in a recall, not even GM.
Sure, my experience goes back a number of years but that is also my point. I don't believe the GM vehicles of 2004 are significantly inferior to any others on the road and, in some cases, they are far superior.
No one will win this peeing contest so you go back and enjoy whatever it is you drive and so will I.
Don't know if this is what you are experiencing, but, might be worth a try. Good Luck.
Well, two days later the car wouldn't shift out of drive (or shift at all), and now it's dead in the shop while we fight for a NEW not rebuilt transmission. At least with MajorGuard we have another van that'll hold all of the car seats!
Any suggestions for how to handle this? Will a repair really fix the problem??
good luck -
DD
ps. finally replaced my michenlins with a fresh set at 96K (I'm thinking they were original equip on 98 olds?) They wore like iron. New ones also rated at 60k miles.
Drove to Austin and back, avgd about 57mph even with some city driving and got 23.5 mpg even using the AC (winter is warm here usually)
DD
I thought it looked pretty good.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0402/02/b01-51615.htm
Thank God that no one else was with me because they would have been seriously injured whereas I lucked out without a scratch except for a slight bruise below my right rib from the seat belt.
My Silo wasn't so lucky. Got about $7000 of damage, mostly underneath the van when I hit the top of the drain pipe in the culvert. Major items needing replacement are the engine cradle, radiator, a/c evaporator, front bumper, struts, right front fender, both front wheel spindles with brakes, 3 of 4 wheels and so on....
My question to you guys is what should I do after my Silo is repaired. Should I keep it and hope it's OK or should I get rid of it assuming that it will not be as safe as before the accident?
Your opinions will be greatly appreciated.... Paulie
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I think that I would keep going higher up the GM chain until I get to the top. I would think that the dealership would try this and if it didn't work, absorb that half hour labor(plus the cost of 4 rivets), to satisfy a customer.
Good Luck.
My other car is a 98 Honda CRV that has had no problems with about the same mileage as the Van. I feel like I could easily get double the mileage out of the CRV. However the Chev van, I don't think so.
Door locks work on their own 2001 Olds Silhouette the door lock go on and off (up & down) on their own sometimes while the van is just parked/off, other times while going down the road? They will not do this in the shop / the dealer can not fix, only does this every few months, but when it does, it happens a lot and is very fast many times for a min. or two?
At first my dealership refused to replace it under the warranty but I've found that their is a TSB covering it ( 03-08-52-003 Apr 03 )
So they are on order, geez you feel good when you win a battle once and awhile !!!
Note:It is Not the ABS self-check and Not the Air shock