1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- POWER-SLIDING DOORPreliminary Evaluation PE04064 · opened Sep 17, 2004 · closed Dec 22, 2004 · led to recall 04V597000
Subject vehicles are available with an optional power sliding door.the interior handle is oriented in the vertical position in the door panel and lines up at the elbow level when the occupant is seated in the 2nd-row outboard position.if the occupant holds the interior handle in the thumb up position during power-assis…
- REAR AXLE TRAILING ARM FAILUREEngineering 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…
- REAR AXLE TRAILING ARM FAILUREPreliminary Evaluation PE02086 · opened Nov 18, 2002 · closed Apr 9, 2003
Analysis of odi and gm data has identified 14 incidents of rear trailing arm failures in model year (my) 1997 through 1999 gm u-vans, including two that allegedly resulted in crashes. The trailing arm design in these vehicles is used in the u-vans from my 1997 through 2003.according to gm, the subject trailing arms can…
- SHOULDER HARNESS CLIPPreliminary Evaluation PE02017 · opened Feb 11, 2002 · closed Aug 2, 2002
- AIR BAG TEAR DURING DEPLOYMENTPreliminary Evaluation PE00045 · opened Nov 3, 2000 · closed Jan 11, 2001
- UNEXPECTED OPENING OF SLIDING DOORInvestigation SQ00014 · opened Jul 25, 2000 · closed Oct 22, 2001 · led to recall 01V067000
There is no summary currently available
- TRACTION CONTROLRecall Query RQ00006 · opened Feb 16, 2000 · closed Apr 20, 2001 · led to recall 98V072000