2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

THE 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. IM SURE IF YOU TAKE A SURVEY OF ITS OWNERS THE MAJORITY WILL AGREE. THIS CAR HAS UNPREDICTABLE ISSUES AND SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE DIAGNOSTICS. THEY OBVIOUSLY MADE A MISTAKE WHEN MAKING THIS CAR AND THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO IT. THIS CAR COULD BREAK DOWN AT THE DROP OF A DIME FOR WHATEVER REASON. *TR

MY GIRLFRIEND BOUGHT A 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO FROM A DEALER WITH A 30 DAY WARRANTY. THE CARS ANTIFREEZE MIXES WITH THE OIL (HEAD GASKET) . HE NEVER FIXED THIS AND DISSAPEARED ON US. THIS WAS IN MARCH 09. I WAS TOLD THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTACT GM AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I'VE READ ONLINE THAT THIS CAR WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. PLEASE CONTACT ME KEMA, CORNELL THANKS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE UNTIL I MADE A LEFT TURN AT A LIGHT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY DIES WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THE CAR HAS DIED, PERIOD. LUCKILY IT DID NOT HAPPEN DURING MY 30 MILE DRIVE TO WORK ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF SITTING IN THE CAR WITH THE IGNITION OFF, THE CAR DINGS ABOUT 6 TIMES. NO LIGHTS ARE ON, NOT EVEN THE SECURITY LIGHT, (NOTHING THAT IS INDICATIVE TO A MALFUNCTION). IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FRIEND'S SHOP, THE FUEL PUMP TESTED FINE. HE CAME UP WITH A PASSLOCK ISSUE, AND TOLD ME THAT IF THAT IS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. THIS CAR HAS DRIVEN QUITE WELL FOR MONTHS UP UNTIL YESTERDAY. IF YOU LET IT SIT FOR 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR IT WILL START RIGHT UP BUT THEN DIE AGAIN WITHIN 10-15 MINUTES. THERE IS NO BLINKING SECURITY LIGHT, NO DIAGNOSTICS SHOWING THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A POSSIBLE PASSLOCK ISSUE. I CANNOT RISK DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I AM MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF THIS, ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT I WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF REPAIR COST, AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS, AM AFRAID I WILL BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IF I GO TO A DEALER THAT ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WHEN I MENTION THIS TO PLACES I CALL THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE CAR WOULD JUST DIE WHILE IT'S IN MOTION, ALMOST AS THOUGH IT'S COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC FOR ANY VEHICLE TO STOP WORKING IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I WISH IT WERE SO! I WOULDN'T BE SO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IF THAT WERE THE CASE! AT THIS POINT SEEMS TO BE A COSTLY DEATH. *TR

THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON MY OLDSMOBILE ALERO IS DEFECTIVE, NOT ALLOWING ME TO START MY CAR UNLESS IT GOES THROUGH A 10-15 MINUTE RESET. THIS PROBLEM IS SHARED BY MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK THAT MAY CAR IS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY GM. *TR

I PRESSED THE HAZARD BUTTON IN THE DASH AND THE BUTTON RECEDED INTO THE DASHBOARD. THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING. PRESSED AGAIN TO TURN THEM OFF. THE BUTTON HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE HOLE INTO THE DASH AND IS, OF COURSE, IMPOSSIBLE TO RETRIEVE. SO NOW I HAVE NO HAZARD LIGHTS. LETS HOPE I DON' T NEED THEM. *TR

THE TURN SIGNAL CONTINUES TO CLICK AFTER MAKING A TURN AND USING THE SIGNAL. I FIRST NOTICED THIS ON THE TURNPIKE SWITCHING LANES. I PUT THE TURN SIGNAL ON AND WHEN IT WAS TURNED OFF IT CONTINUED TO CLICK BUT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING. THE NOISE SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. NOW THE CLICKING WILL OCCUR WHEN I AM DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING WITHOUT USING THE TURN SIGNALS. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE HAZARD SWITCH FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS TO FAIL. NHTSA RECALL #03V327000, EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR WAS MADE PER THE WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS IN THE VEHICLE WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER OR A MECHANIC. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V327000, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA02037 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT HER VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK ON 2001 OLDS ALERO ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

IN SEPTEMBER 2008 I WAS DOING SOME ERRANDS AND IT WAS FINE AT ONE PLACE THAT I HAD STOPPED AT WELL I HAD STOPPED TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING CAME OUT AND WENT TO PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPENED, IT WOULDN'T EVEN TURN OVER. CALLED MY DAD, HE CAME OUT TO LOOK AT IT EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE FINE DUE TO PREVIOUS WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR THERE WAS MISFIRE SITUATION THAT HAD TO BE FIXED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE NEXT MORNING AFTER THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS MY PASS LOCK SYSTEM. WHICH, IS WHERE YOUR COMPUTER DOESN'T READ YOUR KEY AND STOPS SENDING FUEL TO THE ENGINE. SO, TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITH LABOR AND ALL COST ME ABOUT 600.00 TO GET IT FIXED. THEY HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW PASS LOCK SYSTEM AND INSTALL IT IN MY CAR. *TR