Oldsmobile Alero Complaints

1,957 consumer complaints on file.

#10051793December 18, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS. AT ANY SPEED THE HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHT WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRICAL WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049784December 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
PROBLEM WITH BRAKES,HAD TO HAVE NEW FRONT BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS PUT ON CAR, STILL HAVE DRAGGING PROBLEM UNDERNEATH CAR.NOW CAR HAVING PROBLEMS IN STARTING AND LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHTS COMES ON EVEN WHEN TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN CHECKED AND CORRECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049785December 16, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET BEGAN TO FAIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. STARTING IN SEPT. 2003 I HAD TO ADD DEXCOOL EVERY TWO WEEKS TO MY RESERVOIR; BEGINNING IN OCT. 2003 I HAD TO ADD EVERY 7 TO 10 DAYS. MY CAR WAS NOT QUITE YET TO 50000 MILES. GM CLAIMS THAT MY PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED BY DEXCOOL AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD MY COOLANT SYSTEM SERVICED AT 30000 MILLES BUT I HAVE THREE PIECES OF GM DOCUMENTS THAT SAY THAT THE COOLANT SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SERVICED UNTIL 150000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY ONE GM SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE PART I HAD TO REPLACE WAS A PIECE OF JUNK. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO CRASHES OR FATALITIES. I HAD TO ADD TWO MONTHS TO MY CAR NOTE IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE PART COST $58 AND THE REPAIR COST $540. I HAVE READ COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS PART HAS CAUSED MANY PROBLEMS AND THAT GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051593December 16, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE BRAKING, THE FRONT END WOULD WOBBLE. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050607December 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WILL NOT "TURN OVER". MECHANIC SAYS ANTI-THEFT IS KEEPING ME FROM STEELING MY CAR. BOTH KEYLESS ENTRIES WILL NOT WORK. HAS NOT STARTED FOR 6 DAYS. STILL WILL NOT START. CLOSEST OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP OVER 30 MILES AWAY. AFRAID OF WHAT IT WILL COST TO FIX. THIS IS FRUSTRATING. TURN SIGNALS ARE FIXED BUT WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANTED TO. I HAD THEM REPAIRED LAST YEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049684December 13, 2003
STRUCTURE
I TOOK A LONG ROAD TRIP VACATION THIS PAST SUMMER. THE 2002 ALERO TURNED OVER 36,000 MILES BEFORE I GOT HOME. I DIDN' T DRIVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS UPON MY RETURN. *AK WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR A FEW DAYS LATER, THE GLUE HAD COME UNGLUED FROM THE LEATHER ON THE DASH AND THREE OF THE DOOR PADS UNDER THE WINDOWS AND THE LEATHER WAS BUCKLED VERY BADLY. YOU CAN VIEW PICUTERS OF THE DASH AND DOOR PADS IF YOU WILL GO TO HTTP://WWW.DILLOWS.COM/ALERO.HTM ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE AS THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. I WENT TO THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO FIX IT. I CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE WHO REFUSED TO FIX IT AFTER KEEPING ME WAITING THREE MONTHS TO HEAR THEIR REFUSAL. I CONTACTED GM VIA EMAIL WHO EMAILED BE BACK AND TOLD ME TO NEVER CONTACT THEM AGAIN CONCERNING MY CLAIM # 1-143309922 FOR THE DASH AND DOOR PADS COMING UNGLUED AND BUCKLED BECAUSE OF THEIR FACTORY DEFECTS IN THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IT IS NOT RIGHT AND SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW FOR GM TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE SOLD US THE ALERO FULL OF FACTORY DEFECTS AND FOR THEM JUST TO SHUT DOWN THE OLDSMOBILE LINE AND BE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE CUSTOMERS WHO PIRCHASED THE ALERO WHICH IS A SERIES OF FACTORY DEFECTS INSIDE AND OUT WITHOUT BEING HELT RESPONSIBLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049646December 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD RESULTED IN COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES, I AM FINDING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OFTEN RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049599December 11, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
2001 OLDS ALERO REFUSED TO START. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN JULY WHEN IT TURNED 60,000 MILES. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED AND REPAIR SHOP SAID IT WAS A FUEL FILTER. THIS TIME IT REFUSED TO START AND HAD TO GET A RENTAL CAR TO GET HOME TO CHILD. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY THINK IT IS FUEL PUMP BUT CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A WIRE THAT MAY BE BROKEN. COST TO ME IS ALL OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE IT WAS A USED CAR. MILEAGE IS NOW AT 74,000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049542December 10, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
POWER STEERING FLUID RETURN LINE LEAKED AND LOST ALL FLUID, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. CONNECTION FROM METAL HOSE TO REINFORCED RUBBER HOSE HAD FAILED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050273December 9, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN THE RAIN CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND HIT A LARGE ROCK HEAD ON. THE VEHICLE BOUNCED OFF THE ROCK AND HIT THE EMBANKMENT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER THREE TIMES. THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. CONSUMER STATED THAT BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10049214December 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I MADE A LONG VACATION TRIP IN OCT. OF 2002 AT WHICH TIME MY 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO TURNED OVER 36,000 MILES. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED HOME, IT HAD TURNED 37,000. I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS UPON MY RETURN. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO DRIVE IT NEXT, I SAW THAT THE DASH AND THREE OF THE DOOR PADS HAD COME UNGLUED AND BUCKLED REALLY BADLY. I TOOK IT BACK TO DAN CUMMINS IN PARIS, KY AS SOON AS I DISCOVERED THAT THE INTERIOR WAS FALLING APART. THE SERVICE MANAGER REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR SINCE IT HAD GONE OVER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY DURING MY VACATION BEFORE I RETURNED HOME. HE SUGGESTED I CALL GM AND COMPLAIN TO THEM ABOUT IT. I DID CALL THEM AND THEY TOOK MY COMPLAINT. THEY GAVE ME AN COMPLAINT NUMBER, BUT HAVE SINCE REFUSED TO ANSWER THEIR PHONE WHEN I CALL, OR TO CALL ME BACK AFTER I LEAVE THEM A VOICE MAIL ON THEIR MACHINE. I HAVE CREATED A WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.ALERO.INFO IN ORDER FOR INTERESTED PERSONS TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PICTURES OF THE POOR FACTORY WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS USED TO BUILD MY 2002 ALERO. THE PICTURES SAY IT ALL AS TO WHAT MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT WITH THE DASH AND DOOR PADS COMING UNGLUED AND BUCKLING. AT 37,500 MILES WHILE IT IS STILL ONLY TWO YEARS OLD, IT HAS DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AS SOMETHING IS CAUSING THE FUSE TO THE TAIL AND INTERIOR LIGHTS TO BLOW WHILE DRIVING IT AT NIGHT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049159December 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION:FRONT
LEATHER ON FRONT DASHBOARD AND BACK PASSENGER DOOR IS DETACHING FROM SURFACE AND BUBBLING. IT IS RATHER SEVERE ON THE FRONT DASH. CIGARETTE LIGHTER (ONE NEAR FRONT PASSENGER FOOT) WAS POORLY INSTALLED. IT POPS OUT ALL OF THE TIME. FRONT END MAKES LOUD SCRATCHING NOISE WHEN MOVING SLOWLY OR BREAKING AND TURNING. DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW STOPPED WORKING TODAY. IT WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. TRUNK SMELLS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAKS. I'VE FOUND INTERIOR TRUNK TO BE DAMP ON OCCASION. OCCASIONAL WATER LEAKS ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE (AT FEET). APPEARS TO BE CONDENSATION OF SOME SORT. BACK CUP HOLDER POPS OUT OF PLACE. BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT, DRINK SPILLS RESULTED IN STAINED CARPETING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048974December 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LEAK OF COOLANT ON GROUND - INTAKE AND HEAD GASKETS LEAKING . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048793November 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
GM V6 INTAKE MAINFOLD LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047599November 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WATER LEAK FROM INTAKE GASKET. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048694November 25, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNALS. THE SIGNALS ONLY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048595November 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE FRONT LEFT ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 55,000 MILES. THE FRONT LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED SO FREQUENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048598November 24, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
THE VEHICLE TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENT, THE CONSUMER HAD TO JIGGLE ON THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH TO GET THE TURN SIGNALS TO WORK. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047414November 23, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TWO GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE LOOSE AND SHOT METAL THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION CREATING A COMPLETE FAILURE. NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED AT A VERY LARGE COST. CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT AND WE BOUGHT IT ABOUT 3 1/2 MONTHS AGO. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047368November 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ENGINE ABRUPTLY OVERHEATED. AFTER IMMEDIATELY PULLING OVER, THE ENGINE BEGAN SMOKING. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEARBY SERVICE CENTER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS FAULTY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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