TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXPLOSION THAT SHOOK HER VEHICLE. SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND SMOKE WAS PRESENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. A RELATIVE, WHO IS ALSO A MECHANIC, STATED THAT THE FLUID ON THE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BEGIN SMOKING AND THE STEERING KNUCKLE FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD ALSO HAVE CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK AND SMOKE TO APPEAR. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE CONTACT HEARD A HIGH PITCHED SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEEL. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, SHE NOTICED AN OIL LEAK AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE PISTONS. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 137,000.