Oldsmobile Alero Complaints

1,957 consumer complaints on file.

#10348422August 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
I HAVE 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AN EVERYONE I KNOW WHO HAS ONE HAS HAD SAME PROB . THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON AN IT WILL NOT START MINE IT CAME ON A WONT RESET OR GO OFF AN MADE MY CAR DIE IN A BAD NEIGHBOR HOOD WHEN MY WIFE N BABY WHERE ON WAY HOME A NITE AND ALSO SHUT DOWN IT THE MIDDLE ROAD ON MY WIFE WITH OUR BABY IN THERE AN SHE ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER. I THINK GM NEED TO FIX THIS . THIS NEED TO BE A RECALL. *TR
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#10348460August 10, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNALS. WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS QUIT YOU CAN MOVE THE 4-WAYS OR HAZARDS SWITCH AND THE SIGNALS WILL WORK AGAIN. THE HAZARDS SWITCH IS FAULTY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2000/2001 ALERO'S HOWEVER MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL. *TR
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#10348111August 9, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT
TURN SIGNALS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK AND CAR DOES NOT ALWAYS START, NEED TO WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR CAR TO START IR RESET WITH KEY IN THE ON POSITION. *TR
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#10346471July 31, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR WON'T START DUE TO THE SECURITY LIGHT COMING ON. I HAD MY CAR TOWED INTO A DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED NO START JUST CRANK THEFT LIGHT CAME ON. THEY INSPECT AND FOUND CODE B2960, REPLACED PASS LOCK CYLINDER AND RECODE AND PROGRAM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE, THERE TO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS CAR. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING IN FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT FUEL BEING CUT OFF FROM THE ENGINE. AND IT SAYS THAT WHEN THESE CARS REACH 102,000 MILES THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IT EITHER WON'T START DUE TO SECURITY OR WHEN YOU SHIFT IT LOCKS AND SECURITY LIGHTS COME ON. SAMETHING. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER IT COST ME $580.00 TO REPAIR THIS. AND THEY NEW IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU REACH THE 102,000 MILE POINT. *TR
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#10346505July 31, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIVE OCCASIONS CAR STALLED SUDDENLY. COULD NOT RESTART. *TR
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#10344819July 23, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. HORN WENT OFF CONTINUALLY AT APPROX. 330 H. AND FAILED TO STOP UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY DIED AT 400 H. NOW I AM LEFT WITHOUT A HORN, BECAUSE I WILL NOT PAY $800 TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF GM'S FAULTY MANUFACTURING THAT CAUSES THE SWITCHES TO CONTRACT AND CONTACT SOME STUPID WIRE. DEAR GM, I LOVE THE JAPANESE ;) *TR
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#10343878July 18, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
MY OLDSMOBILE ALERO CONTINUES TO OVER HEAT. EVERY OTHER DAY I GO TO THE SHOP AND THEY KEEP FILLING IT WITH COOLANT. THEY ARE BAFFLED BECAUSE I HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERY PART ON THE ENGINE AND IT STILL RUNS HOT. I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WITHOUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE RED ZONE. I ALWAYS HAVE TO PULL OVER, CUT THE CAR OFF, SIT FOR 2 MINUTES, THEN START THE CAR UP AGAIN. I DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO REPLACE PARTS ON THIS CAR AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 7/25, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY MY CAR NOTE. BECAUSE ON THIS DATE THE MECHANICS ARE GOING TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WILL CEASE. IN MY MIND, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I AM GETTING TIRED OF GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE CAR SHOP AND I AM QUITE SURE THEIR GETTING TIRED OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. I NEED HELP IN PAYING FOR MY CAR IN GETTING FIXED, OR TELL ME THAT I DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE IN MAKING CAR NOTE PAYMENTS. MY PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING SENSE APRIL. I AM GETTING TRIED OF THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET EVERY TIME IT STARTS GETTING TO THE HOT ZONE ON THE GAUGE. I AM SO NERVOUS IN DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE FREEWAY. THE LAST TIME I DROVE IT ON THE FREEWAY WAS IN JUNE. THIS WAS BECAUSE I SPENT $374.00 ON A WATER PUMP AND THEN IN A WEEK, I SPENT MORE MONEY ON ANOTHER WATER PUMP. TUNE-UPS, OIL CHANGE, RADIATOR FLUSH HAS BEEN DONE AND I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 7/25, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT A NEW RADIATOR IN THE CAR. THE CAR ALSO ACTS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO STAY STARTED ONCE YOU CUT THE CAR ON. I WOULD TURN THE KEY, START THE CAR AND WAIT. THE CAR WOULD START SHAKING AND THEN CUT OFF. I WOULD START IT AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULD IDLE UP, THEN DOWN. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET SOMEONE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY HELPING MY IN PAYING FOR THESE ISSUES THAT I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING. IT IS ALSO GIVING A HEADACHE. *TR
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#10342859July 13, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES AND CAR WILL NOT START, HAVE TO TURN KEY TO THE ON ACCESSORY MODE FOR 10 MINUTES TO RE-SET SYSTEM AND THEN CAR WILL START, ALSO SECURITY LIGHT WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND STAY ON. AND THEN TURN OFF. *TR
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#10341716July 6, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, THE 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WILL JUST CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT WILL NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AS IT ACTS AS IF THERE IS NO GAS IN THE CAR OR THAT IT CAN'T GET ANY GAS. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND AT ANY SPEED. I AM A MOTHER OF THREE BOYS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR, HOWEVER IT'S MY ONLY CAR. *TR
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#10341099July 2, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE, VISIBILITY
PURCHASED 2003 ALERO IN 2004, 2ND ONE (I LOVED THE FIRST ONE), WITH 32K MILES. VINYL OVER PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS PEELING - DEALER FIXED AT NO COST - NOW IN 2010 IT PEELED OFF COMPLETELY. AT 39K HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER. ONE OF THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW BRACKET BROKE - WAITING FOR THE WINDOW TO FALL INTO THE DOOR. AT ABOUT 50K THE TURN SIGNAL CLICKING STARTING WITHOUT USING THE SIGNALS & IS STILL DO IT TODAY. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO FIX IT BECAUSE I HAVE READ SO MANY THING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT COST & THAT IT WAS RECALLED ON OLDER ALERO MODELS. IT HAS FINALLY GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THE SIGNALS ONLY WORK PART TIME AND I HAVE TO TURN ON THE HAZARDS TO GET THE TURN SIGNAL TO WORK - ACCIDENT CAUSING I THINK SO. THE PLASTIC AROUND THE GEAR SHIFT THAT LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT NOW GETS HOT ENOUGH TO HURT IF TOUCHED. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM WON'T HELP SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT MONEY AND FAITH IN THEIR PRODUCT. I THINK GM JUST DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE OLDS PRODUCTS. IF IT WAS A PROBLEM THEN AND THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS NOW THEN IT MUST STILL BE A PROBLEM. I PERSONALLY WILL NOT RECOMMEND A GM VEHICLE TO ANYONE AND WILL BE GOING BACK TO FORD. *TR
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#10339128June 19, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SECURITY ALARM LIGHT COME ON IN MY OLDSMOBILE ALERO, IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY. IN THIS CASE, THE CAR WILL NOT START FOR TEN MINUTES, AND EVEN AFTER THAT TEN MINUTES IT WILL NOT START. GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OVER THREE HUNDRED CASES OF THIS IN ONLINE COMPLAINTS. THEY WANT ME TO GET A DIAGNOSIS ON MY CAR AGAIN AND NOT REFUND ME FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED, FUEL PUMPS, BATTERIES, AND IGNITION SYSTEMS TO ONLY FIND OUT IT'S FAULTY WIRING BY OLDSMOBILE. *TR
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#10339167June 19, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
I HAVE A 2003 OLDS ALERO IN WHICH THE PASSLOCK THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM KEEPS ACTING UP, SHUTTING MY CAR DOWN COMPLETELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES PRIOR TO TODAY (6-19-10) HOWEVER THOSE WERE INSTANCES THAT I WAS TRYING TO START THE CAR AND AFTER DOING THE "KEY IN THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES"METHOD, THE CAR WOULD START. TODAY HOWEVER THE CAR STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET. I WAS COMPLETELY STRANDED. I'VE OWNED THE CAR NOW FOR 4 YEARS, AND THE PASSLOCK HAS SPORADICALLY ENGAGED A TOTAL OF 10 TIMES, INCLUDING TODAY. HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS ENABLING, MY CAR NOW SITS ON A TRAILER UNWILLING TO START AT ALL. HAVING A CAR COMPLETELY QUIT WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REMEDIED IMMEDIATELY BY THE MANUFACTURER, AS I FEEL THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR
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#10332522May 27, 2010
VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE
TRIM AROUND THE WINDSHIELD OF A 2004 OLDSMOBILE ALERO POPPED OUT OF PLACE, AND I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK IN PLACE. EVERYTIME I GOT UP TO A FAST SPEED, IT WOULD COME BACK OUT AND START FLAPPING AND HITTING THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. FINALLY, IT CAME COMPLETELY OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR
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#10331172May 19, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2000 OLDS ALERO. GL 6 CYL 3.4, 4 DOOR. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO AND THIS PAST SPRING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW, SO I HAD TO INVEST IN THAT. I AM VERY ADAMATE ON TAKING CARE OF MY CAR AND OIL CHANGES. ALSO, THE WHOLE DASH COVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER IS PEELING AWAY. I NOTICED THIS IS SEVERAL ALERO'S I HAVE SEEN IN A PARKING LOT. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE ENGINE THOUGH. HOW MANY TIMES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE MOTOR ISSUES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE MOTOR ISSUE? *TR
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#10327684April 27, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I RECEIVED LETTER FROM GMC INFORMING OF A RECALL ON THE HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHT (03V327000 OR GMC # 03043. I WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING ISSUES AT THAT TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE TO BE REPLACED. IT IS NOW INOPERABLE AND I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED THAT MY VIN # FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL. HOW IS IT DETERMINED WHICH VIN'S ARE EFFECTED? IS THERE ANY WAY TO REINVESTIGATE THE EFFECTED VIN'S? I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NOT AFTER. THANK YOU. *TR
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#10326678April 20, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING BECAUSE THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN. THE CONTACT ADVISED THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AND WHEN DOING SO, THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, WHEN SITTING IDLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY STALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000.
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#10324777April 9, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I BOUGHT A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, I NOTICED AT THE BEGINNING THAT THE TURN SIGNALS NOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS WORKED. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FROM CHANGING BULBS,CHECKING FUSES AND GROUND WIRES TO NO AVAIL. I RECENTLY STARTED HAVING ANOTHER PROBLEM WHERE THE OIL HAS BACKED UP INTO MY OIL RESERVOIR, MY CAR HAS NOT OVERHEATED AND NO OIL LEAKS. THAT IS HOW I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE HAZARD SWITCH ON THE ALERO. I CONTACTED GM AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED. AFTER BEING ON HOLD FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT MY MAKE OR MODEL THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED. THE DESCRIPTION ON THEIR WEBSITE PIN POINTED MY PROBLEM TO A TEE! AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. MY CAR HAS 91,000 MILES. VIN: [XXX]. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MY MAKE OR MODEL AS THEY ARE STATING DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A DEFECT THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. *TR
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#10323242March 31, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR USED IN 2003, I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT FAILURE. RECENTLY THIS HAS AFFECTED MY BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, HAZARDS AND SIGNALS WILL NO LONGER WORK UNLESS IN CASES OF EXTREME TEMPERATURE CHANGES ( HEAT ON FULL BLAST OR A/C ON FULL BLAST). ALSO THE SIGNAL LIGHTS CONTINUE TO CLICK EVEN WHEN NOT ON. [XXX] *TR
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#10322942March 30, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE OLDS ALERO HAS A DEFECTIVE PASSLOCK THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM. IT SHOWS UP WHEN YOU INSERT YOUR KEY IN THE IGNITION, TURN IT, HEAR THE ENGINE CRANKING, ONLY TO FAIL TO START. THE DASHBOARD'S RED WARNING LIGHT, SECURITY, FLASHES ON AND OFF. IT BELIEVES IT IS BEING STOLEN, THUS SHUTTING OFF THE GAS TO THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY STATED 4 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR, WHICH I PURCHASE USED FROM A DEALER, I BELIEVE IM THE 2ND OWER. THIS ISSURE HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE EVERY 3 WEEKS OR SO. MY DAD ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY CONTACTS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSE, SO HE TIGHTENED THEM UP, THEN IT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THE ANOTHER STRANGE ISSUE CAME UP, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AS MY CAR SAT IN PARK FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, JUST OUT OF THE BLUE THE HORN STARTED TO "BLOW" LIKE THE ALARM WAS SET OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING SO IT WASNT THAT, ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT DID THIS TIL IT BLEW THE FUSE FOR THE HORN. AND NOW IM WITHOUT A HORN IN MY CAR, WHICH IS NOT VERY SAFE. SO I CHANGED THE FUSED, THE HORN WORKED FOR 1 DAY, THEN BLEW AGAIN, I CHANGED THE ACTUAL HORN AND ANOTHER FUSE, AND JUST 3 DAYS AGO, I HEARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MY HORN GOING OFF AGAIN FOR NO REASON, AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN, DRIVING WITH NO HORN. SO IM DRIVING MY CAR THAT HAS THIS ANTI-THEFT FEATURE AND I DONT KNOW IF ITS WORKING FROM 1 DAY TO THE NEXT, THE SECURITY LIGHTS STAYS ON MY DASHBOARD SO I KNOW SOMETHING IS APPARENTLY WRONG WITH IT, USUALLY THAT WHEN I KNOW, MY CAR WILL NOT START WHEN I SEE THAT LIGHT COME ON AND I HAVE TO DO THE TRICK WITH SITTING IN THE CAR WITH THE IGNIGTION ON FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND HUNDRED OF PEOPLE THT ARE, CONTACTED GM AND OLDS CORP, THEY SAY THERE IS NOT RECALL ON THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHNG WRONG WITH IT. SOMETHING HAS TO BE FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND APPARENTLY IS HAS BEEN GOIN ON FOR YEARS AND THEY WONT HELP.
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#10321889March 24, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
1999 ALERO PARKED IN GARAGE WITH 110000 MILE ON IT. I LIVE IN ND . BAKE UP AND FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT COIL SPRING HAD BUSTED I LOOKED AT I DID NOT SEE ANY RUST
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