# 2002 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE — POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS
> NHTSA complaint `625463` · 2007-05-26 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** OLDSMOBILE
- **Model:** SILHOUETTE
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS
- **Miles at failure:** 39,000
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
2002 SILHOUETTE, 39000 MILES.  FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED.  HAD REPAIRED, WITHIN 50 MILES AFTER PICKING UP FROM DEALERSHIP, THERE WAS A GRINDING WHEN TURNING RIGHT.  BOTH HEATED SEATS DIDN'T HEAT.  DRIVER'S  SIDE WINDOW OPERATED EXTREMELY SLOW. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED  REPLACEMENT!, $1000!,  39000 MILES FOLKS!  AIR SUSPENSION DID NOT OPERATE CRACKLED.  POWER DOORS DID  NOT OPEN WHEN SOMETHING GOT  IN THE WAY. BRUISED SHOULDER BECAUSE OF THIS. PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, REPLACED  TIRES AT 30,000 MILES.  ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE. STORED IN A GARAGE MORE HIGHWAY MILES THAN CITY.  HOW DID GM WANT TO HELP ME?  DEALER DID PAPERWORK WHEN PURCHASING, TRIED TO PUSH OFF A CHEAPER MODEL ON AN ELDERLY WOMEN,  AND CHANGED THE PROMISED 5 YEAR WARRANTY TO A 3 YEAR WARRANTY.  MOTHER WAS JUST SO HAPPY SHE GOT THE RIGHT VEHICLE TO TAKE HOME, SHE NEVER NOTICED THE CHANGE IN THE WARRANTY.  TRIED TO WORK WITH THE DEALER ON REPAIRS SINCE THERE  WERE ONLY 39000 MILES, AND WE GOT A 'GEE, REALLY SORRY MA'AM, I UNDERSTOOD, BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WE COULD  DO ABOUT IT.  WENT TO THE GM SERVICE LINE, AND DID NOT GET ANY HELP THERE EITHER, BUT SHE HAD A REAL PURDY FIRST NAME!  SEEMED TO ME THESE  WERE ALL RECURRING PREMATURE KNOWN FAILURES , YET GM DID NOT CARE TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT!   IT WAS  A SHAME THEY PUSHED THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY SO EXTENSIVELY WHEN THEY HAD ALL THESE VEHICLES ON THEIR LOTS.  PEOPLE, WE'VE BEEN HAD.  I GREW UP IN OLDSMOBILE, BUT THE MORE I READ ABOUT GM - THE MORE LIK
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