2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette Premiere w/ Gold Package exten from North America - Comments

20th Dec 2006, 22:09

"Roomy smooth riding grocery getter"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Gas tank meter stopped working in '03 just had that fixed.

LCD screen was stolen dealer replaced it.

Overheated twice this summer. 1) Overheated on boat ramp pulling our boat out of the water.

2) 3 miles from our summerhouse it overheated halfway uphill pulling the boat. (Luckily our '98 Maxima has a hitch too, we pushed it onto the side of the road and brought the boat home and came back for it. (It drove after being towed uphill by a car almost 1/2 ton lighter than it (Maxima) )

The rear speak ers stopped working a year ago.

General comments?

It's not exactly built for towing as our Maxima tows our boat much better than the Silhouette and only has 5 more HP.

Good comfy car though it has been all over the country From Chicago to Washington D.C. twice and From Chicago To San Francisco to Los Angeles and Back to Chicago once. Not to mention pulling Uhaul trailers 170 miles From Chicago, IL to Peoria, IL.

I have driven a 2003 Montana and ridden in a Venture that I think is an 02 and like the Silhouette best by far based on the interior, I would take Captain seats over those 8 passenger Montana's with bench seats any day. In 2000 we were trying to decide between the three and I know I made the best choise.


17th Apr 2008, 14:40

Misery from day one; there is not enough room on this web site to list all the things that have broken. I've easily spent $10,000 to repair in 5 years. (motor twice and tranny once; at only 145,000 km's I could take it no more. Will never own another GM product) This car was very well taken care by both owners, and never mistreated.

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