Oldsmobile Alero Complaints

1,957 consumer complaints on file.

#10398323April 30, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 2.4 2DOOR COUP FAULTY WIRING HARNESS MY CAUSE FIRE UNDER THE DASH BOARD AND COST OVER 700 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. A WIRE MERGE FOR THE GAUGE CLUSTER FAILS AND DAMAGES THE ENTIRE WIRE CLUSTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398146April 28, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
THE SECURITY LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON BUT WOULD GO OFF AFTER I RESTARTED THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IN OCTOBER 2009, I BECAME STRANDED AND HAD TO BE TOWED WHICH COST $150. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME IT WAS PART OF MY SECURITY SYSTEM AND I REPLACED THAT FOR ABOUT $400. I DO HAVE THE INVOICE FOR EXACT FIGURES. THEN IN MARCH OF 2011, THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. NOT WANTING TO BECOME STRANDED AGAIN, I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE VERY NEXT DAY AND WAS INFORMED THAT ANOTHER PART OF THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACING. THIS WAS $450. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A THIRD PART TO THIS SYSTEM. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME THAT THIS PART FAILS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397970April 26, 2011
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE A 2004 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS PAUSING WHILE BEING PUT DOWN. THEN IT STARTED SHAKING WHEN IT WAS GOING UP. ONE DAY WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT DOWN THE WINDOW ITSELF DIDN'T MOVE. AS I WAS DRIVING THE WINDOW PROCEEDED TO LITERALLY FALL INSIDE THE DOOR. TO GET IT BACK UP I HAD TO PULL UP ON THE GLASS ITSELF AND PUSH THE WINDOW CONTROL TO GET IT UP. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PIECE THAT HOLDS THE GLASS HAD BROKEN OFF. THEY TRIED TO GLUE IT WITH A KIND OF GLASS GLUE. IT HELD FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN FELL AGAIN. I HAVE NOT PUT THE WINDOW DOWN SINCE THEN,ABOUT SIX MONTHS. NOW THE PASSENGER WINDOW IS DOING THE SAME THING. MY GRANDMOTHER ALSO HAS ON OLDSMOBILE AND HER DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS DONE THE SAME THING AS MINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396705April 18, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO GL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START FOR AT LEAST TEN MINUTES. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89, 000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396050April 15, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM CAUSE MY CAR NOT TO START, I HAVE TO RESET WHICH TAKES OVER 10 MINUTES, AND PRAYING IT WILL START AFTER THAT. BUT AT TIMES THE BATTERY WENT DEAD BEFORE THE SECURITY LIGHT QUIT FLASHING AS ALOT LONGER THEN 10 MINUTES HAVE A NEW BATTERY IN THE CAR. 4-09-2011 WAS IN A PARKING LOT WAS THE 6TH TIME THIS HAPPEN. THEN ON 4-11-2011 WHEN GOING TO TAKE MOM FOR DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. AGAIN NEXT DAY AFTER A FUNERAL WOULD NOT START AGAIN. ON 4-13-2011 TOOK TO CAR DEALER AND THEY HAD TO PUT IN A NEW IGNITION SWITCH WHICH COSTS ME $575. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS MAY END ME BUYING ANOTHER OLDSMOBILE OR CHEVY I WAS GETTING SO AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT ANY MORE AND BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE, HAVE NOT BEEN TAKING MY GREAT GRANDKIDS IN THE CAR AS THE ARE AGES 5 AND UNDER. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL WITH SO MANY OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395382April 9, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON 3/13/11 DRIVING MY 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, AND MY CAR STARTED FILLING UP WITH BLACK SMOKE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF MY CAR, I SUDDENLY SAW FLAMES INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE . I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BY THE TIME THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE MY CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395177April 7, 2011
EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
I HAVE A 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE HORN STOPPED WORKING, CHECKED FUSE AND THAT WAS FINE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE HORN IS ATTACHED TO AIRBAG MODULE, TO GET HORN TO WORK AGAIN I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE AIRBAG MODULE, APPROXIMATE COST $1100.00. I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR REPAIR. I NEED A HORN.....NOT A NEW AIRBAG MODULE! WHY REPLACE A PERFECTLY GOOD AIRBAG MODULE TO GET THE HORN TO WORK? DEFINITE DESIGN FLAW. COSTLY ONE AT THAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10391939March 17, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES
2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLED TWICE ON THE ROAD WHILE TRYING TO MAKE LEFT TURN. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM ON BOTH OCCASIONS. UPDATED 04/15/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389721March 10, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE SECURITY SYSTEM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL REPEATEDLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR SPORADICALLY AND OFTENTIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART IMMEDIATELY AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE FUSE BOX YET THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN THE WEEK. THE FUEL PUMP WAS THEN REPLACED AND THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,527.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384063February 22, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO ---- TURN SIGNALS ARE INTERMITTENT. TURN SIGNALS QUIT WORKING AND FAIL TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS OF INTENTIONS TO TURN CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF TURN SIGNAL FAILURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10383289February 18, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, BOTH TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT VIEWED RECALL NUMBER 03V327000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED,THEREFORE; THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST HER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE ANOTHER RECALL TO INCLUDE MORE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 03/23/11 *BF UPDATED 1/4/11 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10383851February 18, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM THE SECURITY LIGHTS IS FLASHING, CAR WILL NOT START. SO GO AND TURN KEY TO ON POSITION WAIT 10 MINUTES BUT TODAY IT WAS 20 MINUTES UNTIL LIGHTS STOP FLASHING THEN TURN KEY TO OFF POSITION BEFORE TRYING TO START. TODAY IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. SO I AM WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION UNTIL I CAN GET HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381878February 6, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR WOULD NOT START. SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING. CAR TOWED MECHANIC STATED A SECURITY DEFECT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10379803February 1, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DURING THE FAILURE ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BEGAN TO DISPLAY RANDOM SPEEDS RANGING FROM 0 MPH TO 100 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 97,213.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10378565January 25, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE FUEL FILTER, BATTERY, IGNITION SWITCH AND STARTER WERE REPLACED. THE COMPUTER WAS RESET BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSIS BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 143,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10378145January 21, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
THE PASSLOCK 1 ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILS ON MY VEHICLE. CAUSES THE FUEL SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN AND VEHICLE TO EITHER NOT START OR SHUT DOWN. IT HAS DONE THIS WHILE SITTING IN MY GARAGE, AT STOP SIGNS,LIGHTS AND AS I WAS TURNING WITH IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC (LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT). THIS 1ST OCCURRED IN 2007. AT THAT TIME, IT HAPPENED DAILY UNTIL MY CAR FINALLY WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED FROM MY GARAGE TO A SERVICE CENTER. THE FAULT CODES SHOWED IT WAS THIS SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED THE PASSLOCK CYLINDER AND REPROGRAMMED MY KEYS. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME, IT MAY NOT BE A PERMANANT FIX AS THERE IS A HIGH RATE OF REPEAT PROBLEMS. THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME I HAD THE CAR AT THE SHOP, I HAD THE ISSUE A MONTH EARLIER, BUT DUE TO MY BATTERY BEING RUN DOWN TRYING TO START MY CAR, IT WAS ASSUMED TO BE A BATTERY ISSUE. SO AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY IT DID RUN FOR A MONTH BEFORE STARTING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. MY CAR IS NOW AT THE SHOP WITH THE MOST LIKELY THE SAME TROUBLE. IT WAS OVER $600 THE FIRST TWO TIMES TO FIX MY CAR, AND I FEEL CAN BE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE GIVEN THE FACT I WAS ALMOST HIT, NOT JUST STRANDED. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY A G.M REP. THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, OR THE DEALERS THE REP. CALLED. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF INTERNET POST FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376822January 16, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
AS I'M READING DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND NOW THIS SITE TO FIND A SOLUTION AS TO WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR, I SEE I SHARE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE... I TOO HAVE A 2004 ALERO THAT WILL CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER... THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON... WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT I WOULD TURN MY CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AND IT WILL GO OFF... LATELY IT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON, NOW IT WON'T START! IN THE MORNING I WILL TRY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE TRIED WITH TURNING THE KEY UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OFF, BUT THIS IS REALLY ASHAME THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM! I REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP A YEAR IN A HALF AGO FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS NO WAY CHEAP! TRY $1,200 AT A GM DEALERSHIP THAT ONLY USE GM PARTS ON THEIR GM CARS! I'M A BROKE COLLEGE STUDENT THAT NEEDS MY VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND WORK! PLEASE JUST RECALL THESE CARS SO THEY CAN HAVE THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF... SHOULD I TAKE MY PROBLEM TO THE MEDIA TO GET SOME SORT OF RESULTS? IT SEEMS IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANYTHING DONE NOW A DAYS... *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376376January 12, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, SEVERAL TIMES MY SECURITY LIGHTS AND CAME ON AND YOU CAN NOT START THE CAR, IT WILL FLASH FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT WILL START AND NOT START FLASHING AGAIN. I HAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, AND SPEND $$$$$ MANY DOLLARS AND STILL I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM , I DON'T DRIVE IT MUCH NOW BECAUSE I AM SCARE THAT IT WANT START, GMC NEEDS TO DOI A RECALL . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10368583December 1, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH SHE HEARD A NOISE AND THE SERVICE, LOW TRACTION AND ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ANTI LOCK SENSOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AGAIN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGER ANTI LOCK SENSOR. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367949November 27, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 02 ALERO DO NOT ALWAYS WORK. THEY WILL COME ON AND OFF ON RANDOM OCCASIONS AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO FIX IT. ALSO THE CAR SECURITY SYSTEM DOES NOT ALWAYS ALLOW THE CAR TO START. WHEN THE ENGINE DOESN'T START I HAVE TO STICK THE KEY IN THE IGNITION FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE SECURITY LIGHT STOPS FLASHING THEN IT WILL START. I HAD THE TRY TO FIX IT AND THE ONLY SOLUTION THEY THINK MIGHT WORK (BUT NOT SURE) IS TO TURN OFF THE SECURITY SYSTEM COMPLETELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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