Car Will Not Start problems of the 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue

Car will not start, not turn over or anything. Security light will come on while driving. Never know when the car will start. Have been towed to mechanic 3 times in 72 hrs. He has checked all connections and all are good. He can find nothing wrong. Will start a few times then nothing. Mechanic has put on his code reader and nothing comes up. Car will just turn off whenever. Have read many forums and tons of people are having this same problem.

I'd been noticing that my car would quit at random times a little over a year ago, at first once every month or three, then gradually worked up to maybe once or twice a week. When I received the recall notice and took my key off my key ring. I had no further quitting incidents until I took my car in to the dealer October 31st. They did their thing with my key, and my car quit ten minutes later, on the way to an urgent appointment. I got it started again, then it quit again a couple of blocks down the road. I finally made it to my appointment, 5 minutes late. I put aside the "new" key, used a spare from then on, and the car seemed fine over the weekend. But on Monday morning I drove to the gym to work out, and the car would not start when I finished my workout and I walked the rest of the way to work. It started fine that evening, then again this morning, but conked out half way to work again. I got it started again before it coasted to a stop, but this is getting ridiculous. I think the recall is a failure, and gm needs to do something much more than replacing the key head for it to be effective. If I wasn't a strong man, I could have had many serious accidents by now.

The car would not start. After several attempts the security light came on indicating a problem with the passlock system. I kept trying and the car finally started. I brought the car to a mechanic who told me the ignition switch needed to be replaced. I was told this was a very common problem with gms and gm knows about it. The switch was $185. 00 and with labor the bill came to $350. 00. The Oldsmobile dealer said this was such a common problem with these cars that they keep many switches in stock.