How many miles are on your Intrigue?

[PeterLech]

113K miles. Bought in 2000 as a former rental with 28K on it. Runs like a top, I chage the oil when the light comes on ~ 5600 miles, and flush the tranny every 30K. At 100K, changed the water pump, thermostat hoses and belts along with the coolant and plugs.

It has always used oil, maybe 1000 miles per quart, but hasn't gotten any worse. Had the leaky valvel cover gasket, a defective AC fan switch, and that's it.

Hope it runs to 200K as it is a great freeway warrior. Other than the oil usage, love the 3500 "shortstar" motor (I see Caddie brought it back as a 3600 now.)

[salhany]

Mine is a 1999 and it's about to hit 117K, mostly highway. No major problems to report.

[spickering]

Originally Posted by TXDan101

We have a 1999 with 157,000 on it. The tranny has been shifting hard at times, but no pattern to when that happens. However, it has used about a gt. of oil every 1500 miles for a long time. No blue smoke and no leaks. It has also been pretty consistant with 27 mpg highway, which is where most it's miles come from.

Our bigger problem now is that the engine suddenly stopped running right, makes terrible noises, and perhaps the timing chain broke. THis just happened, so it's not been into the shop yet.

I had my water pump go about two weeks ago, that made some horrible sounds on the way home that night. The mechanic who fixed it told me the belt tensioner was defective and too tight and was causing tremendous stress on the berrings in the water pump, causing to to fail.
I doubt it would be the timing chain, they rarely fail.

Mine also uses a quart every 1500 miles

[TLgunner]

Our '01 GLS has 57K miles on it. So far, the car has been awesome except for the episode of intermittent hard shifting; the replacement PCM fixed that. For all intents and purposes, I stopped the oil consumption by running a "heavy" 0W-30 oil, the oil level barely moves from "FULL" even after 5K miles.

I change the oil, trans fluid and p/s fluid myself and have never had a problem (a trans pan with a drain plug makes the job IMMENSELY easier!).

Great car, I hope to get >200K miles out of it (fingers crossed!!)

[TXDan101]

Thanks for the tips. Right now, she's down for Lord knows what. But at this point, I'm still not decided if the investment in repairs is cheaper than buying something else with lower miles.
Dan

Originally Posted by TLgunner

Our '01 GLS has 57K miles on it. So far, the car has been awesome except for the episode of intermittent hard shifting; the replacement PCM fixed that. For all intents and purposes, I stopped the oil consumption by running a "heavy" 0W-30 oil, the oil level barely moves from "FULL" even after 5K miles.

I change the oil, trans fluid and p/s fluid myself and have never had a problem (a trans pan with a drain plug makes the job IMMENSELY easier!).

Great car, I hope to get >200K miles out of it (fingers crossed!!)

[PeterLech]

Spoke too soon, my crank sensor began to fail, causing long cranking times and triggering the service engine light. Only good news is that the dealer recinded his recommendation to replace the spark plug wires, saving $200.

116K miles

[snalion]

I have a 2001 Intrigue with 68K miles on it. Other than oil changes, I've gotten the brakes and rotors and all 4 tires replaced on it. However, also had problems with the front right wheel bearing, so got that done and the latest was the secondary air injection motor. Now my front right side wheel makes a noise when I turn it all the way to the left. Not sure what the problem is for that, (will be putting it up on this board soon for suggestions) but will have to get that checked.

[Hendrix31]

02 Intrique gls (i think) just turned 91k!!! Lots of problems, Rack went out a month after I got it, $1200 they also spied a crack hub assembly $300 and a loose ball joint $200. Now the wheel speed sensor is out which has had my trac and anti-lock off for some time. The coolant level sensor, oil level sensor and the maf sensor are all going haywire! I love the car but the problems suck!!

[PIGS1LADY]

I have a 98 Intrigue GL 3800 and have 83000 miles on it no problem except with AC light stays on whenever heat is on why? how do I fix this? Does anyone know where I can get an owners manual?

[saturnspeed_12]

Originally Posted by PIGS1LADY

I have a 98 Intrigue GL 3800 and have 83000 miles on it no problem except with AC light stays on whenever heat is on why? how do I fix this? Does anyone know where I can get an owners manual?

sounds like your defroster is on. automatic climate control does it alot. switch off defroster and then press the a/c button to take it off. plenty of newer cars use to a/c to remove moisture.

but now, im thinking my moms 98 has about 150K on it. pretty much normal maintance needed on it. had recall taken care of. done all 4 wheel brakes about 5 months ago, RF wheel bearing when we first got it, all new tires when we got it, recently replaced intake gasket and upper plenum as with plug wires and spark plugs (they were changed when we first got it). transaxle was flushed and filter changed, coolant was flushed 3 times now and seems to finally be clean! evap vacuum line replaced. sway bar end link replaced.

it seems like alot, but the people before abused it and it was stolen so it got abused. it does pretty good, a few more things id like to take care of, and possibly rebuild the valve body, add an exterior trans cooler.

[JStin]

1998 with only 54,000 mi., runs & looks great, no problems except it leaks both motor oil & trans fluid a lot more than I'd like.

[TommySS]

ORIGINAL OWNER: 1998 Intrigue, 3.8 engine, original engine and trans, 225,000 mi

[kay4414]

106,000 miles, 1999 GLS with 3.5L, alternator fried and shorted the battery, transmission just rebuilt, i had lost the 4th gear, runs great now

[wiedzmin]

My 2002 Intrigue has 59,000. Trany started to shift hard only in the heavy traffic. I took it to the mechanic and when he took it for a ride he did not notice any problems with trany. Any way I put some upgrades to it. And believe it or not but I'm getting 22-23 MPG in heavy traffic(Chicago) and 32-34 MPG highway. But trany still gives me a headache. Any advice will be helpful.
Thanx

[kevinpwatts]

I have 2002 and it's got 92,000 on it. We've had extremely good luck with her. Although yesterday we started feeling a vibration at idle and for the first 1500 to 2000 rpm's at take off. I think it is a motor mount. I've done 0 repairs otherwise. This one was also a previous rental when the wife bought at 25,000 miles. She burns about a quart between oil changes with no smoke and no visible leakage. Averages around 20 city and 25 highway. Shifts as smooth as any automatic I have ever driven.