2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A PATCH ICE AND SPUN AROUND AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000. THE DRIVER WAS BELTED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLES WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT OUT AN INVESTIGATOR AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE OPERATIONAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 02/08/07. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERS SHE CONTACT REALIZED THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE FAILING. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,900. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SINCE THEY DIDN'T PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT VIEWED ON NHTSA'S WEBSITE, AND FOUND RECALL CAMPAIGN # 03V327000 CONCERNING EXTERIOR LIGHTING: FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,924. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD A NEW MOTOR PUT IN THE WINDOW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,263. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTORS STARTED TO FAIL ON THE BACK DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14000.*AK

I OWN A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SO FAR EXCEPT THE DASHBOARD VINYL PEELING UP, AND THE PARTICLE ON THE VINYL BACKING FLAKE OFF AND RECIRCULATE THROUGH THE CAR IN THE A/C. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF THESE CARS THAT I DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL NOW. GM SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM SINCE THEY USED GLUE THAT WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE VINYL DOWN! *NM

INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNAL FAILURE, LEFT OR RIGHT, NO PATTERN, UNPREDICTABLE, HAPPENING FOR MORE THEN A YEAR AT LEAST ONCE IN EACH DAILY 70 MILE ROUND TRIP. *NM

THE SECURITY LIGHT ON MY DASH WILL COME ONE ABOUT 3 TO 5 TIMES PER MONTH. THIS RESULTS IN MY CAR NOT STARTING. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ALONE AND HAD TO PHONE FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THE CAR STARTED. AFTER THIS, I REALIZED THE CAR WOULD START AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES. I WORK WITH ANOTHER ALERO OWNER AND SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO PAY A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SHE ALSO SAID THAT EVERY ALERO OWNER SHE KNOWS HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT VISITED A DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE COST, AND I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE. *NM

I HAVE AN 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WHICH IS A PIECE OF CRAP SINCE I FIRST BROUGHT IT HOME. I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES ABOUT 7 TIMES!!! I HAVE ALSO HAD TO FIX ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE STATED IN THE RECALLS. I FIXED THE RECALL PROBLEMS BEFORE THERE EVEN WAS ANY RECALLS BECAUSE GM WOULD NOT HELP ME. THEN LATER I WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALLS. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT!! THE ETS SYSTEM IS NOT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT PROPERLY. WE FOUND A BOLT LAYING IN THE TRANSMISSION PAN WHEN WE FIRST SERVICED IT. IN THE BEGINNING WE THOUGHT WE ONLY NEEDED A TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE BUT COME TO FIND OUT THAT BOLT THAT WAS IN OUR TRANSMISSION PAN FILTERED THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION ALLOWING SOMETHING TO BECOME LOOSE IN THE TRANSMISSION MAKING IT SHIFT VERY HARD. WE HAD 2 MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND BOTH AGREED THAT WE NEEDED TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS BUT EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE THINGS STARTED TO GO WRONG. NOW OLDSMOBILE IS OUT OF BUSINESS AND GM/OLDSMOBILE WONT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME WHICH IS TYPICAL OF GM. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH GM ABOUT 5 TIMES NOW AND THEY JUST KEEP TELLING ME THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. BASICALLY I'M OUT OF LUCK. NOW IT WILL COST 2000.00 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION AND I DO NOT HAVE THAT. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A GM VEHICLE EVER AGAIN. I THINK THAT A FOREIGN CAR LIKE HONDA OR NISSAN WOULD BE MORE RELIABLE AND WONT BE A PIECE OF JUNK THAT ISN'T EVEN WORTH 100.00. PLEASE HELP ME I NEED A VEHICLE FOR WORK. *NM

VINYL DASHBOARD COVERING BEGAN TO PEEL UP AT FRONT EDGE, PRESUMABLY BECOMING UNGLUED IN THE SUN. AFTER A YEAR, THERE IS A LOT OF RIPPLING IN THE TRIM AND THE LENGTH OF THE PEEL IS ABOUT 12 INCHES. I OBSERVED THE SAME CONDITION ON ANOTHER ALERO IN A PARKING LOT. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AND THE TURNING SIGNAL LIGHT AND THE HAZARDOUS LIGHT DOES NOT WORK IT MAKES A BUZZING SOUND WHEN I TRY TO MAKE A TURN. WHILE I WAS HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY AND I PUT ON MY TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS ON IT KEPT MAKING THE BUZZING SOUND. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO GET THIS FIX BECAUSE THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME OVER $300 TO GET IT FIX AND I DON'T THINK THAT I SHOULD PAY THAT MUCH FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MY FAULT.. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF RECALL FOR THAT TYPE OF PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND WITHOUT PROVOCATION, THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.