Oldsmobile Alero Complaints

1,957 consumer complaints on file.

#10098141November 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM OLDSMOBILE LETTING ME KNOW THAT THERE IS A CURRENT OPEN RECALL ON HAZARD / TURN SIGNALS. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLIANT ABOUT MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO MY TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARDS NOT WORK, BUT MY CRUISE CONTROL AUTOMATICALLY KICKS OFF BY ITSELF ALL THE TIME, I HAVE A LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT THAT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY, AND MY RADIO DOES NOT WORK HALF THE TIME. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRES OF MY CAR. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME MY TURN SIGNALS / HAZARDS STOP WORKING ALSO. THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT NEVER LETS ME KNOW IF I REALLY MAY HAVE A LOW TIRE (WHICH COULD RESULT IN A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING, ETC.) ALTHOUGH, I'VE HAD THE TIRES CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES CURRENTLY BUT, I AM WONDERING SINCE THE LIGHT IS ON AND THE TIRE MAY REALLY BE LOW AND I HAVE A BLOWOUT, IT COULD CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE SAME WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. IF A VEHICLE IS FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE, AND THE CRUISE KICKS OFF, THEN THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE MAY BUMP INTO MY REAR OF MY CAR. I WOULD LIKE THIS LOOKED INTO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *AK
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#10098174November 2, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE A 2 DOOR MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DROPED DOWN INSIDE THE CAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE WHOLE WINDOW LIFT REPLACED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A REPAIR KIT. ONE MONTH LATER THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS DROPED DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR. THE PLASTIC LIFT HAS BROKE ON PASANGER SIDE ALSO.*AK
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#10099048October 29, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE OF A FAILURE IN THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS REELED ALL THE WAY OUT AND WOULDN'T RETRACT BACK INTO IT'S HOLSTER AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY RETRACTED. *JB
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#10096368October 25, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKE CEASED TO FUNCTION. WHEN ENGAGING PARKING BREAK, IT DOES NOT 'STAY' IN POSITION. WHEN ENGAGED AND HELD UP MANUALLY, THE PARKING BREAK WORKS, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT STAY IN POSITION. NOTHING AS OF YET HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE (2001 GX MODEL, 5-SPEED).*AK
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#10096250October 22, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
HAZARD WARNING SWITCH CAUSING INTERMITTENT BLINKER FUNCTION. MY 2000 ALERO DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THE RECALL RANGE OF VIN NUMBERS. NHTSA # 03V327000, GM RECALL # 03043. DEALER WANTED ME TO PAY $125.00 TO DIAGNOSE, OR REPLACE THE SWITCH FOR $136.00 { $28 FOR PART AND THE REST IS LABOR ETC.} . MY VIN ENDS WITH YC362717. I PURCHASED THE PART MYSELF AND SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH. I THINK THE RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE MORE VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY COST AND LABOR. I HAVE THE OLD PART. GM KNEW ABOUT MY SWITCH LAST YEAR, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL YET.*AK
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#10096044October 19, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I BOUGHT A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO IN JULY OF 2003. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE MY POWER STEERING STARTED TO LEAK FLUID. SINCE THAT DATE I HAVE TAKEN IT TO VARIOUS SHOPS TO CHECK THE PROBLEM. TWO MECHANICS STATE THAT IT'S THE RACK AND PINION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHILE TWO OTHERS CHANGED OUT A HOSE AND THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR ITSELF. AFTER HAVING THESE TWO "PROBLEMS" WERE FIXED I AM STILL PUTTING IN POWER STEERING FLUID ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS IS AN EXTREME FIRE HAZARD AND I AM TIRED OF PUTTING OUT MONEY WHEN IT IT OBVIOUS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON OUT THERE THAT IS EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE RACK AND PINION ON THEIR ALERO. *AK
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#10093946October 11, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
HAZARD CONTROL SWITCH FAILED WHICH LEAD TO NOT BEING ABLE TO USE BLINKERS OR HAZARDS. RECALL # 03043 WAS ISSUED FEB. 2004 ON OVER 600,000 VEHICLES. VIN # [XXX] WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BUT HAS THE SAME MALFUNCTION. MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE THE REPAIR COST OF $77.24 WHICH WAS REPLACED ON OCT. 7, 2004. *NM UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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#10093863October 9, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
BOTH WINDOWS ON MY CAR HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. BEFORE FALLING INTO THE DOOR THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE A LOUD POP. *NM
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#10093626October 5, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS ON MY 2000 ALERO. THEY BECAME INTERMITTENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY FEW TIMES.THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SPORADIC IN NATURE. HOWEVER, I JUST LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM BUT I'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICES FROM GM. AND NOW I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. WHEN I CONTACTED BOTH THE GM DEALER AND OLDSMOBILE HOTLINE, I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE (IT'S VIN#) WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL AND THE REPAIR TO MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE MADE FOR FREE. PLEASE HELP, THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, I HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS AND PADS 3 TIMES ALREADY. FIRST TIME 3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY BRAND NEW ALERO. SINCE GM CONSIDERS THIS AS TEAR AND WEAR THEY ARE NOT COVERING THE REPAIRS. MY USE OF BRAKES IS VERY LIGHT SINCE I LIVE CLOSE TO HIGHWAY AND MY WORK IS VERY CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY. THIS GOT TO BE DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE WEB EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE ALERO'S ROTORS. REPLACEMENT IS QUITE EXPANSIVE AND TOO FREQUENT. SINCERELY, ANITA POLAKOWSKI. *AK
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#10093653October 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED IN MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THIS YEAR I AM REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP AGAIN. THE COST OF EACH REPLACEMENT WITH LABOR IS APPROXIMATELY $600.00 IF YOU RUN AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ALERO, YOU WILL FIND THAT TWO COMMON PROBLEMS EXIST FOR THE ALERO. ONE IS BRAKE PROBLEMS (A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE) AND THE OTHER BEING FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS. HOW LONG WILL IT BE (OR HAS ALREADY HAPPENED) BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BY A SITUATION WHERE THE FUEL PUMP FAILS WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER THEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE CAR ONLY TO FIND THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, RESULTING IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION? GM SHOULD STEP UP AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE DEFECTS.*AK
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#10094945October 4, 2004
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 03V327000. *AK
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#10094968October 4, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THE BRAKE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. AFTER HAVING THE BRAKES SERVICED THE BRAKE FLUID REMAINED LOW. THEN ,THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE LINE WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE NOISE, AND CURRENTLY THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK
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#10093563October 4, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
HAZARD WARNING SWITCH IS BAD. MY 2000 ALERO WAS BUILT PRIOR TO FEBRUARY, THE 2000 RECALL, AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CORRECTION OF THE BLATENT SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN IGNORED. IT HASN'T BEEN HANDLED SATISFACTORY. AFTER A MONTH LONG RUN AROUND OF PHONE CALLS AND PROMISES, A CERTIFIED LETTER WITH ENDORSMENT OF DOCUMENTATION WAS MAILED TO OLDSMOBILE ON THE MATTER. I WAS GIVEN A CLAIM NUMBER A MONTH AGO BY OLDSMOBILE OF 1-253388704. *AK MELISSA KEFFABER (PURCHASED AS MELISSA JOHNSON)
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#10090196September 28, 2004
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY
THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WILL NOT SUSTAIN. THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO ADD AIR DAILY. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COOPERATE. *AK THE LEFT FRONT DOOR BODY SIDE WAS FALLING, THE SOLDER JOINTS IN THE HAZARD WARNING FLASHER SWITCH MAY CRACK, THE COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THERE WAS AN ERRATIC SOUND WHEN THE IGNITION WAS FIRST TURNED ON, THE DRIVER WINDOW HAD A WATER LEAK, THE LEFT POWER WINDOW WON'T SEAL, THE REGULATOR WAS BROKEN, AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO BINDING CYLINDER LOCK. SC
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#10089195September 27, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT INDICATED IN THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH RECALL 03V327000. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *TC
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#10094267September 24, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 03V327000. CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURRED AND RESULTED IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT. THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK
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#10094328September 24, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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#10091252September 18, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
I NOTICED MY CAR WOULD HONK ANYWHERE FROM 2-4 XS WHEN I USED MY REMOTE TO LOCK IT. ONE DAY, AFTER USING MY REMOTE, THE CAR HONKED 3XS, WHEN I CAME BACK LATER TO START IT, THE CAR WOULD NOT START, MY BATTERY HAD BEEN DRAINED. WHILE CONTEMPLATING WHAT OT DO, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF ERRATICALLY (OVER 20 MINUTE PERIOD, WHEN THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION. FURTHER, ALL THE GAUGES WERE MOVING ERRATICALLY AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT WAS CAUSING MY BATTERY TO DRAIN. I TOOK THE CAR 2 PLACES TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, THEY AGREED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON FOR NO REASON, AND STAY ON FOR VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME.*AK
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#10092483September 16, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
03 V 327 000/HAZARD WARNING SWITCH: TURN SIGNAL STOPPED OPERATING WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
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0
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#10091070September 15, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
ALL FOUR OF MY WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE FAILED WITHIN A PERIOD OF 2 MONTHS, I HAVE REPLACED 3 OF THE FOUR, THE LEFT REAR DOOR STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED DO TO THE COST OF PARTS FOR THIS CAR, IN ADITION, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ON THIS VEHICLE 2 TIMES WITHIN A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR, JUST BEFORE THE LAST TIME I REPLACED THEM, MY REAR CALIPERS WENT OUT, THEY WILL ENGAGE, BUT WILL STAY LOCKED, ONLY RELEASING AFTER I DRIVE FOR ABOUT 20 FEET OR SO, I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM ACTIVATING ITSELF AND NOT ALLOWING ME TO START THE CAR FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES ( THE TIME IT TAKES THE SYSTEM TO RECYCLE ITSELF). IN ADDDITION, MY DOOR PANNELS COVERINGS ARE ALL COMING SEPARATED ACCROSS THE TOP OF OF THEM, AGAIN DO TO THE COST, I HAVE FAILED TO REPLACE THEM. UNFORTUNATLY THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I KNEW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WHERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OLDSMOBILE ALEROS, SO I DID NOT RETAIN THE OLD PARTS. *AK
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