1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS NOT FASTENING. *MR THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *SC *JB

DT: 1999 WITH 22,000 MILES ON THE CAR. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO PUSH THE HAZARD SWITCH IT SUNK INTO THE DASHBOARD. AND COULDN'T GET THE FLASHER TO GO OFF. CONSUMER TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING BROKE BEHIND THE SWITCH, WHEN THE SWITCHED WAS PUSHED. CONSUMER HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAD REPAIRS DONE.*AK

DISCOVERED DURING A VEHICLE INSPECTION THAT OIL WAS LEAKING AROUND THE UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE...NEAR THE HEAD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD AREA. PLUS HAVE BEEN SMELLING BURNING OIL THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM...OCCASIONALLY. AT THE TIME, VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY...CONTACT MANUFACTURE FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT ASSISTANCE WAS DENIED.

OCCASIONALLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR...VEHICLE WILL TRY TO START...TACHOMETER WILL FLUCTUATE, BUT THE ENGINE ENDS UP STALLING. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION KEY HAS TO BE HELD IN THE START POSITION LONGER THAN USUAL...ABOUT 5 SECONDS. TOOK TO VARIOUS DEALER SERVICE DEPT. SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NOTHING WRONG COULD BE FOUND BY THEM. VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF MANUFACTURE'S WARRANTY...CONTACTED MANUFACTURE FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT NONE GIVEN.

BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN FLORIDA...FROM DAY ONE, THE PARKING BRAKE HAS NEVER WORKED RIGHT...WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE ON A HILL WHEN PARKING BRAKE LEVER FULLY ENGAGED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER SERVICE CENTERS SEVERAL TIMES...PARKING BRAKE WOULD WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT WOULD RETURN TO PREVIOUS STATE OF NOT WORKING...INEFFECTIVE. FINALLY FIXED MYSELF...PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKE ADJUSTER SCREW.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN FLORIDA...FROM DAY 1 THERE HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A WINDOW IS LEFT OPEN. TOOK TO VARIOUS SERVICE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN OF THIS PROBLEM...VARIOUS THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE SERVICE DEPT., BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF MANUFACTURE WARRANTY...HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURE WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT NO HELP OFFERED.

ON THE WAY FROM WORK ONE DAY AFTER A RAIN SHOWER, I USE THE POWER DRIVER WINDOW TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW FOR SOME FRESH AIR. WHEN I POWER ROLLED UP THE WINDOW, THERE WERE DEEP SCRATCHES ON VARIOUS PLACES ON THE WINDOW. TSB#98831520 TOOK TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. IT WAS FIXED BUT THREE DAYS LATER IT WAS SCRATCHED AGAIN IN THE SAME MANNER. TOOK BACK TO DEALER SERVICE TO REPAIR...OKAY. LATER OTHER THREE WINDOW HAD SCRATCHES DUE TO USE. ALL REPLACED, BUT NOW THREE OF THE FOUR WINDOWS (PASSENGER FRONT AND REAR AND DRIVER REAR) HAVE SCRATCHES. THERE WAS A TSB ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED. NOW THE MANUFACTURE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE FOR ASSISTANCE BUT NO HELP OFFERED.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE NEW IN 1998 IN FLORIDA. LESS THAN 5 MONTHS LATER, THE POWER DRIVER SEAT BECOMES LOOSE...MOVES WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. AFTER SERVICE VISIT, DRIVER SEAT IS STILL LOOSE. MANUFACTURE WARRANTY IS NOW EXPIRED ON THIS VEHICLE...CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE, BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROBLEM.

I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AT A FLORIDA DEALERSHIP ON 11/1998. LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER THE MATERIAL ON THE DOOR PANELS WAS COMING OFF...DETACHING...THE VINYL LIFTED OFF THE UPPER DOOR PANEL. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO REPLACE ON 09/2002 UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. MATERIAL ON DOOR PANEL IS NOW COMING OFF THE DOOR PANEL AGAIN. MANUFACTURE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM.

MY CAR WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT, AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE STALL, I HEARD A BANG. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR, I COULD SEE THAT THE RIGHT FRONT END WAS SITTING ON THE TIRE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD JUST BROKE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY FATAL HAD THE SPRING BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I NOTICED THAT THIS SAME SPRING HAS BROKEN ON SEVERAL ALLERGY AND 26 GRAND AMS, BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED. I HAVE THE PART, IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. GM COULD BE EXPOSED TO STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY BECAUSE THIS DEFECT IS UNREASONABLY DANGEROUS. I CONTACTED GM, FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM, AND AM WAITING FOR THEM TO CALL ME BACK. I LEFT 2 ADDITIONAL MESSAGES, AND NO ONE IS RETURNING MY CALLS. I AM ALSO GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.*AK