Oldsmobile Alero Complaints

1,957 consumer complaints on file.

#10158741June 1, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SECURITY LIGHT ON THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE LIGHT GOES OFF IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO START. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.
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0
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0
#10158446May 27, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ROLLED UP LIKE A USED RUG ORIGINAL FUEL FILTER HAVE TO BE PRIED OUT OF LINE AND THEN PIECES LEFT HAD TO BE REMOVED WITH NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS. FUEL GAUGE AS NEVER WORKED. NOW ITS RUNNING ABOUT 4 MILES AND THEN QUITS, SETS FOR 30 MINUTES AND DRIVE ANOTHER 4 MILES THEN QUITS. CODE READER SAYS ENGINE RUNNING LEAN, (PROBLEM IS 4 TO 5 SENSORS INCLUDING THE INJECTORS COULD BE CAUSING THIS, NO WAY TO TELL WITH REPLACING THEM UNTIL IT RUNS. THE EXPENSE OF THIS COULD BE 1000 TO 3000 DOLLARS. ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED , REPLACE SWITCH, ONLY WORKS PART OF THE TIME. *JB
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0
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#10158097May 23, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
AT ABOUT 43,000 MILES MY 2003 OLDS ALERO BEGAN EXPERIENCING GRINDING OR HUMMING NOISES FROM THE FRONT END THAT GOT LOUDER WITH ACCELERATION. AFTER INSPECTING THE FRONT BAKES AND DETERMINING THE BRAKES MAY NEED REPLACING I VISITED MY LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP. AFTER A TEST DRIVE I WAS TOLD THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY. THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $300. *JB
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0
Deaths:
0
#10157706May 17, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON, SMOKE CAME FROM THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE DEFROST CONTROL MODULE AND ALL OF THE WIRES SURROUNDING THE DEFROST CONTROL MODULE WERE MELTED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE DEFROST MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
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0
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#10157634May 16, 2006
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE BACK SEAT BELTS SEEM TO BE MALFUNCTIONING. THE CAR SEAT WIGGLES FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN I MAKE TURNS. THE CAR SEAT DIDN'T DO THIS WITH MY OLD CAR, I'VE HAD 2 DIFFERENT CAR SEATS IN IT. BOTH BACK SEATS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10157545May 15, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CARS SECURITY DEVICE IS FAULTY CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT START AND SOMETIMES CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING EVEN AT OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS OVER THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH GM CARS AROUND THIS YEAR. BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT COMMON MECHANICS ARE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR YOU ARE FORCED TO GO TO THE COSTLY DEALERSHIP AND IN A LOT OF CASES THEY TO ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX IT. *NM
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10157569May 15, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY ENGINE COOLANT, ON MY 2001 OLDS ALERO, HAS BEEN GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I HAVE REFILLED THE COOLANT CONTAINER 3 TIMES. WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO THERE WAS GEL LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE COOLANT. I CHECKED WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS, ALL OF WHOM SAID MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND OIL IS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE COOLANT, THAT I NEED TO HAVE THE GASKETS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE FLUSHED WHICH WOULD COST ME $900. I THEN FOUND OUT GENERALS MOTORS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS BECAUSE THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART IN NEW CARS BEGINNING IN 2004. CANADA HAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT FIXING MY CAR. *NM
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No
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0
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0
#10157227May 11, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE FAILURE IS GENERAL MOTORS PASSLOCK THEFT DETERENT SYSTEM. MY CAR DOES NOT START ON NUMEROUS OCCATIONS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN A GENERAL MOTORS REPAIR SHOP FIVE TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL OCCURS. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED, LATE FOR SCHOOL, LATE FOR WORK, AMONG OTHER THINGS BECAUSE IT WILL NOT START FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL IT RESETS. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS EMBARRRASSING WHEN YOU CANT MOVE YOUR CAR FOR 10 MINUTES AFTER REFUELING AT A GAS STATION CAUSING OTHER PEOPLE TO GET ANGRY. *NM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10156871May 5, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES AFTER HAVING HAD THE OIL CHANGED, MY COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO BE CHECKED (EVEN THOUGH THE FLUIDS WERE ALL CHECKED AS PART OF THE OIL CHANGE), IT WAS LOW. THIS HAPPENED EACH TIME I HAD THE OIL CHANGED IN THE WINTER. FINALLY, IN NOVEMBER I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A LEAK IN THE INTAKE GASKET. *JB
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10156745May 3, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS MY OLDS ALERO HAS REFUSED TO START DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH THE BUILT IN SECURITY SYSTEM. THIS HAPPENS ONE A WEEK AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 15 MINUTES TO TRY AND START THE CAR AGAIN. THE DEALER WANTED A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I HAVE CHECKED FORUMS AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY DOESN'T GM ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT FOR US. I GUESS THEY WANT US TO BUY A DEPENDABLE CAR FROM SOMEONE ELSE. *JB
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10156458April 30, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
2001 OLDS ALERO FUEL SENDER GAUGE SHOWS 1/2 TANK WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY EMPTY. WHEN FILLED IT GOES TO EMPTY FOR DAYS THEN JUMPS BACK UP TO FULL AND STAYS THERE FOR SOME 200 MILES BEFORE MOVING DOWN. READ SOMEWHERE GM WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH FUEL GAUGES BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR REPAIR? CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC WHILE MY SON'S WOMAN WAS PREGNANT WITH MY GRANDCHILD. *JB
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0
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#10155732April 19, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I BOUGHT MY OLDS, ALERO USED IN JULY OF 2002 AND NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, IT STALLED ON ME ON THE INTERSTATE JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. THE MECHANIC SAID HE FIXED IT ONLY TO GET IT BACK AND STALL AGAIN AND AGAIN. I SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON IT TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THE MECHANIC DIDN'T KNOW AND DID NOT REFUND ME MY MONEY. MY LIGHTS ON THE DASH STAY ON, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRAC AND WATER AND OIL CHANGE LIGHT. MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK AGAIN AND THE BUTTON YOU PUSH IN TO PUT THE STICK SHIFT IN REVERSE HAS FALLEN OFF. THE DASH UPHOLSTERY IS MESSED UP. THE RADIO NEVER CAME IN RIGHT. I BOUGHT A LEMON. JUST THE OTHER DAY MY CAR STALLED AGAIN ON THE BRIDGE AND I WAS ALMOST KILLED, MY 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND MY 13 YEAR OLD NIECE WERE WITH ME AND THEY WERE CRYING SCARED , WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED. I FINALLY GOT IT TO START AND MADE IT TO MY HOUSE, MY CAR WAS MISSING AND MAKING A POPPING NOISE. I STARTED MY CAR AN HOUR LATER AND IT WAS FINE. I NEED SOME HELP. WHAT CAN I DO? PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK AT [email protected] OR CALL ME ON MY CELL#(225)802-0394. *JB
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10155481April 17, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
ON MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, THE TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD LIGHT BECOMES INTERMITTENT AND/OR INOPERATIVE DURING TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS. THE DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSE TO REPLACE WITHOUT COST BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE IS APPARENTLY NOT INCLUDED IN GM RECALL NO. 03043. *NM
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10155542April 17, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
MALFUNCTIONING TURN SIGNALS. *JB
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No
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0
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0
#10155089April 11, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
SINCE FEB. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS 4 TIMES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN SEPT. 05 AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN AND THE TEMP. GAUGE WENT ON HOT (AND THE CAR WAS NOT). I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY OF COURSE FOUND NOTHING WRONG SINCE THE COMPUTER THEY USE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEMS WASN'T REGISTERING ANYTHING. NOT QUITE A MONTH HAD PASSED WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR, A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN A.M. TRAFFIC ON THE FWY. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN, THEY STATED IT WAS CPC COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THE IGNITER HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON THE WAY HOME AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR, IT STALLED AGAIN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AGAIN THE NEXT DAY IT WAS TAKEN IN AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. A FEW WEEKS PASS AND THE SAME PROBLEMS START TO OCCUR, THIS TIME WHEN IT WAS THERE, NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, THIS TIME AGAIN DRIVING ON THE FWY. THE CAR STALLED, I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE CAR AGAIN AS USUAL WOULD NOT RESTART, NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS I MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY. MY CAR IS AT THE DEALER CURRENTLY AND THEY CANNOT SEEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. IN READING OTHER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A PROBLEM. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO KILLED BEFORE GMC DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? *JB
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10154812April 7, 2006
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, STRUCTURE:BODY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE FLOOR. THE SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT RISER UNDERNEATH THE SEAT. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ACTUAL FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALERSHIP TEMPORARILY FIXED THIS BY INSERTING FOAM RUBBER BETWEEN THE SEAT RISER AND THE FLOOR. *AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10153971March 29, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
AUTO STALLED OUT TWICE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO YIELD, STOPPING COMPLETELY IN TRAFFIC AREAS SO THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED ASIDE. AFTER THE FIRST TIME THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME, THE BATTERY WAS JUMPED AND THE CAR STARTED. THE ALTERNATOR WAS TESTED AT THAT TIME AND INDICATED EXCESS CURRENT FLOW. DURING THIS PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS INTERMITTENTLY, THE PARKED VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. EACH TIME, WITH NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD START AND WOULD PERFORM FOR A DAY OR SO THEN REPEAT THE PROBLEM. INSPECTIONS INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE FINE AND THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATORS OF CAUSE. FINALLY, WHEN BROUGHT TO A DEALERSHIP, THEY FOUND THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER HAD FAILED AND THE PASS LOCK SECURITY SYSTEM WAS SHUTTING DOWN THE CAR BECAUSE IT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. THE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AND NEW KEYS CREATED, BUT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE IGNITION MODULE HAS FAILED ALSO. *JB
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10153728March 26, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTION INVOLVING FLICKERING OF TURN SIGNAL AT RANDOM. I WILL BE DRIVING AND HEAR THE FLASHER GO OFF ERRATICALLY. NO CONSEQUENCES EXCEPT A LOT OF ANNOYANCE FROM THE SOUND AND HAVING TO REPLACE THE FLASHER MYSELF. WILL SAVE OLD PART. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10153593March 24, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVER'S SIDE CAR WINDOW ROLLED DOWN BUT WOULDN'T GO BACK UP. CAR IS 2001 OLDS ALERO 2 DR. WAS HAVING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO INCIDENT WITH THE WINDOW ROLLING ALL THE WAY DOWN INSTEAD OF JUST PART OF THE WAY. THE REGULATOR IS STILL MAKING A SOUND SO THE MOTOR IS STILL OPERABLE FOR THE MOMENT BUT THE WINDOW IS OFF THE TRACK OR THE PLASTIC PIECES THAT HOLD THE WINDOW ARE BROKE. WHAT HAPPENED TOSSING METAL. IT WOULD SAVE HEADACHES FOR EVERYONE. *JB
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10153653March 24, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE BEARINGS FAILED EVERY 15,000-20,000 MILES. THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STEER PROPERLY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS FOUR TIMES. T THE WHEEL BEARING WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES, THE DEALER REPLACED THEM 3 TIMES, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACED THEM THE FOURTH TIMES. HOWEVER MANUFACTURER AND DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. *AK
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No
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