Ownership Cost for 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue GX
Estimated: $33977 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1660 | $1709 | $1769 | $1840 | $1923 | $8901 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1767 | $808 | $254 | $2291 | $7883 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $255 | $255 | $255 | $255 | $255 | $378 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8090 | $6617 | $5879 | $5517 | $7874 | $33977 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | PURCHASED MY INTRIQUE IN OCTOBER OF 1999, AT THAT TIME I NOTICED IN THE EVENING WHILE DRIVE THE OUTSIDE LIGHTS WOULD BRIGHTEN AND DIM EXTENSIVELY, WHERE TO THE FACT ONCOMING DRIVERS WOULD FLASH THEIR BRIGHT LIGHTS IN MY EYES CAUSING ME HARD TIME VIEWING THE ROAD, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY THOUGHT WHEN MY LIGHTS WERE DOING THIS TO THEM, AND WHO KNOWS HOW GRIGHT THE BEAM WAS IN THEIR EYES, BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS A POWER SURGE GOING ON. WITH NO CONTROLOF MINE. I ALSO NOTICE THE BLOWER WHILE ON DEFROST HAS THE SAME TYPE OF SURGING GOING ON AND THATS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO WITH A MIND OF THEIR OWN. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACE MY ALTENATOR, SEEMED TO HELP FOR A WHILE. NOW, EACH YEAR WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD AND YOU NEED THE HEATER ON HIGH, FOR DEFROST MODE THE LIGHTS AND BLOWER WILL DO THIS AGAIN, I HAVE NO WARRENTY LEFT ON MY VEHICLE, I HAVE NOTICE JUST THIS PAST WEEK THAT THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT STAYS ON FOR LONGER PERIOD OF TIME MY ENGINE SEEEMS TO BE STARTING HARDER, BUT AS THE CAR WARMS UP THINGS SEEM TO BE BETTER NOT FINE , BUT BETTER. I AM A SINGLE PERSON NOW, I BOUGHT A NEW CAR SO I WAS SAFE ON THE ROAD. I HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY DIABLED NO AND RELY ON ME FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND THAT INCLUDES USING MY NEWER CAR. I WORK IN A PISTON PLANT THAT MAKES MANY GM PISTONS, SO I KNOW HOW PARTICULAR CAR COMPANYS, FEEL ABOUT WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THESE ENGINES, AND I KNOW THE EFFECTS IF WE HAPPEN TO FAIL TO DO OUR QUATLITY JOB. SO WHY, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO TAKE BEFORE, THIS PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTING AND ELECTRICALL COMPLAINTS OF THIS VEHICLES ENGINE, BEFORE SOME ONE DIES DUE TO THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR WITH THE CAR AGING AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE THIS COULD BE DOING TO THAT COMPUTER, WITH THE POWER SURGES, BEFORE ON OF US OWNERS LOOSE ALL POWER AND PLOWS IN TO A TREE, ANOTHER CAR, WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO GO OUT AND KILL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, OUR CARS ARE TO TO BE DRIVEN, NO AT WEAPON ION THE ROAD, WITH A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.*AK |
| 2001 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | TURN SIGNAL FAILURE ON A DAILY BASIS. I DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY 80 MILES A DAY. THE TURN SIGNALS MAY BLINK RAPIDLY, NORMALLY, OR NOT WORK AT ALL. THIS CAN ALL OCCUR WITHIN A FEW MILES. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK THEM TO A REPAIR SHOP, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR PUMP THAT PUMPS AIR INTO THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM TWICE, AND IT IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CAR RUNS FINE, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. I ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE DIMMING LIGHTS WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE AIR PUMP SWITCHING ON AND OFF. *NM |
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