Two problems related to speed control cable have been reported for the 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue based on all problems reported for the 2000 Intrigue.
Contact states while driving vehicle the gas pedal stuck. The service dealer replaced throttle body and the gasket.
Run-away idle speed. Prior to incident vehicle was driven 15 highway miles before stopping at a store - fully warm. Upon restart 5 minutes later, vehicle had abnormally high idle, 1500 to 2500 rpm. Idle did not drop during 6-mile. Drive home. Had to put transmission in "3" or "2" versus "d", just to try and keep vehicle speed under the 35 mph limit on residential streets. Once home in driveway, put vehicle in park - idle climbed to 2600 rpm. Scarry ! ambient weather was about 70 f, with clear skies. Opened hood next morning. The accelerator / foot-feed seems to work smoothly, and I and saw no obvious problem with throttle linkage. The oil change "counter" had been re-set 2 days earlier, via the foot-feed. Sticky cable?? vehicle: 2000 old Intrigue GX VIN: 1g3wh52h9yf256486.