# 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1219847` · 2015-09-17 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** OLDSMOBILE
- **Model:** INTRIGUE
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 209,067
## Narrative
SECURITY LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF FOR A FEW DAYS. I STOPPED AT A CARD LOCK PETROLEUM STATION FOR GAS I WENT TO START CAR AND NOTHING,ENGINE DIDN'T EVEN TURN OVER. A LOCAL FARMER GAVE ME A JUMP, STILL NOTHING. I USED HIS CELLPHONE TO CALL A MECHANIC FRIEND OF MINE,HE TOLD ME IT TO WAIT 15 MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN. HE SAID IF IT STILL  DIDN'T  START THAT I WOULD HAVE TO RESET IT AND SO I WROTE DOWN THE INSTRUCTIONS SAID THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMAN FOR THE USE OF HIS PHONE. I WAITED STILL NOTHING. I PERFORMED THE PROCEDURE TURNING THE IGNITION ON FOR  TEN MINUTES OFF FOR 5 SECONDS AND REPEAT AND SO ON. I LIVE IN NORTH DAKOTA THIS WAS IN JANUARY  AND IT WAS BELOW ZERO. I PUT ON A PAIR OF INSULATED OVERALLS AND A FULL LENGTH  WW II  NAVY PEA COAT. I WAS GETTING SCARED, IT WAS NOW DARK AND I HADN'T SEEN ANYONE SINCE THE FARMER. I WAS REALLY GETTING COLD, MY HANDS, FEET NOSE AND EARS  WERE  STARTING TO ACHE A LITTLE. I SPENT ANOTHER 3.5 HOURS TRYING TO START MY CAR. THANK GOD A COUPLE STOPPED FOR GAS OR I WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED .BY THEN I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MY FEET I NEW THEY WERE FROSTBITE. I WAS VERY LUCKY I STILL HAVE ALL TEN TOES. WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON  PROBLEM FOR GM CARS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED AND NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED IT,  I WAS IN WAS IN TOTAL DISBELIEF. GENERAL MOTORS EMPLOYEES   CEO  TO  SALES  TO  MR.GOODWRENCH  SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEIR NEGLECT.  *TR
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