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Post by Custom88 on Mar 12, 2006 0:25:47 GMT -6
so I went to adjust my center dash vent toward me and all the plastic ribs on the inside of it literally shattered when i moved it. Has anyone else had their center dash-vent fall apart just by regular use? It's totally useless now.  |
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Post by auroralover on Mar 12, 2006 8:08:08 GMT -6
no, but when I had my 01 and I went to adjust it, it felt very stiff and I was afraid it would break......I miss that car  |
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Post by macadamiaman on Mar 13, 2006 19:51:47 GMT -6
The vents do seem very flimsy, you shouldn't be surprised it broke on you. I guess I just don't adjust them enough for them to break in my car... yet.
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Post by Marc on Mar 14, 2006 19:38:57 GMT -6
I adjusted that vent only once, back in the spring of 2001, when I first used the A/C in my 2001.
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Post by awagnerjr on Mar 14, 2006 21:06:56 GMT -6
Same problem here too, I wanted the ones on ebay, but somebody here got them  |
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Post by MBowen574 on Mar 17, 2006 7:59:17 GMT -6
so I went to adjust my center dash vent toward me and all the plastic ribs on the inside of it literally shattered when i moved it. Has anyone else had their center dash-vent fall apart just by regular use? It's totally useless now. This seems fairly common (if you look at third-party reviews on Edmunds and that one website with the yellow trim that I can't recall right now). I'm surprised we haven't heard of it more on here. They really are very complicated, very cheaply-made vents. IMO they really are the biggest let-downs on the interior of the second-gen. |
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Post by rel1481 on Mar 21, 2006 17:56:53 GMT -6
yea i was going to make a post about this cause my vent all the way to the right shattered too.. were can we get replacements?
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Post by macadamiaman on Mar 22, 2006 1:17:39 GMT -6
88 - are you getting the warranty to cover it? Seems iffy (as if, negligence or something), of course you can argue that it's cheaply made but it seems like the thing they'd argue against.
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Post by Custom88 on Mar 24, 2006 11:11:02 GMT -6
to replace the vent on the far passenger side, you will need to first remove the outer trim cover on the passenger side.  Then, you need to remove the right side, center, instrument panel cover.  Then simply remove the vent.  |
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Post by Custom88 on May 2, 2006 19:05:09 GMT -6
ugh. the new one has been in less than a week and it BROKE ALREADY! back to the dealer I go...
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Post by MBowen574 on May 4, 2006 3:30:24 GMT -6
Those things are terrible.
I've been looking at Intrigues lately, and about 75% of them have broken vents of the same design. It's just a huge flaw in Oldsmobiles from that period...
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Post by unirok on May 4, 2006 13:48:57 GMT -6
Is this exclusive problem to the second gen. I better not touch mine just in case.
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