2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS HOT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V528000, REGARDING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. NO ONE COULD DUPLICATE THE CONSUMERS CONCERN. ONE OF THE MECHANIC'S SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE THE FLOOR MAT WAS IN THE WAY. UPDATED 06/19/06. *JB

MY ENGINE COOLANT, ON MY 2001 OLDS ALERO, HAS BEEN GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I HAVE REFILLED THE COOLANT CONTAINER 3 TIMES. WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO THERE WAS GEL LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE COOLANT. I CHECKED WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS, ALL OF WHOM SAID MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND OIL IS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE COOLANT, THAT I NEED TO HAVE THE GASKETS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE FLUSHED WHICH WOULD COST ME $900. I THEN FOUND OUT GENERALS MOTORS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS BECAUSE THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART IN NEW CARS BEGINNING IN 2004. CANADA HAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT FIXING MY CAR. *NM

2001 OLDS ALERO FUEL SENDER GAUGE SHOWS 1/2 TANK WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY EMPTY. WHEN FILLED IT GOES TO EMPTY FOR DAYS THEN JUMPS BACK UP TO FULL AND STAYS THERE FOR SOME 200 MILES BEFORE MOVING DOWN. READ SOMEWHERE GM WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH FUEL GAUGES BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR REPAIR? CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC WHILE MY SON'S WOMAN WAS PREGNANT WITH MY GRANDCHILD. *JB

ON MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, THE TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD LIGHT BECOMES INTERMITTENT AND/OR INOPERATIVE DURING TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS. THE DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSE TO REPLACE WITHOUT COST BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE IS APPARENTLY NOT INCLUDED IN GM RECALL NO. 03043. *NM

SINCE FEB. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS 4 TIMES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN SEPT. 05 AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN AND THE TEMP. GAUGE WENT ON HOT (AND THE CAR WAS NOT). I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY OF COURSE FOUND NOTHING WRONG SINCE THE COMPUTER THEY USE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEMS WASN'T REGISTERING ANYTHING. NOT QUITE A MONTH HAD PASSED WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR, A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN A.M. TRAFFIC ON THE FWY. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN, THEY STATED IT WAS CPC COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THE IGNITER HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON THE WAY HOME AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR, IT STALLED AGAIN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AGAIN THE NEXT DAY IT WAS TAKEN IN AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. A FEW WEEKS PASS AND THE SAME PROBLEMS START TO OCCUR, THIS TIME WHEN IT WAS THERE, NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, THIS TIME AGAIN DRIVING ON THE FWY. THE CAR STALLED, I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THE CAR AGAIN AS USUAL WOULD NOT RESTART, NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS I MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY. MY CAR IS AT THE DEALER CURRENTLY AND THEY CANNOT SEEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. IN READING OTHER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A PROBLEM. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO KILLED BEFORE GMC DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE BEARINGS FAILED EVERY 15,000-20,000 MILES. THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STEER PROPERLY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS FOUR TIMES. T THE WHEEL BEARING WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES, THE DEALER REPLACED THEM 3 TIMES, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACED THEM THE FOURTH TIMES. HOWEVER MANUFACTURER AND DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE CAR WINDOW ROLLED DOWN BUT WOULDN'T GO BACK UP. CAR IS 2001 OLDS ALERO 2 DR. WAS HAVING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO INCIDENT WITH THE WINDOW ROLLING ALL THE WAY DOWN INSTEAD OF JUST PART OF THE WAY. THE REGULATOR IS STILL MAKING A SOUND SO THE MOTOR IS STILL OPERABLE FOR THE MOMENT BUT THE WINDOW IS OFF THE TRACK OR THE PLASTIC PIECES THAT HOLD THE WINDOW ARE BROKE. WHAT HAPPENED TOSSING METAL. IT WOULD SAVE HEADACHES FOR EVERYONE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRACK OFF, SERVICE VEHICLE SOON, AND ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT 79,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING.

TURN SIGNALS STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, NO WARNING THAT THEY WILL NOT WORK. I HAVE PUSHED THE HAZARD BUTTON IN AND OUT AND THIS SOMETIMES HELPS. VERY DANGEROUS, I HAVE GONE MILES OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE I CAN'T MAKE A TURN SAFELY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SIGNAL. *JB

ON WEDNESDAY, FEB 8, 2006 THREE LIGHTS CAME ON IN MY CAR AT THE SAME TIME. THEY ARE 'SERVICE VEHICLE SOON, TRAC OFF, & ANTI-LOCK'. THESE LIGHTS HAVE CONTINUED COMING ON SINCE. WEEK BEFORE THESE LIGHTS HAD CAME ON. I HAD NEW HUB BEARINGS PUT ON MY CAR. THEN ONCE THIS WAS DONE ABOUT 3-4 DAYS LATER THESE LIGHTS CAME. I HAVE TAKEN TWO 3 GARAGES TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT AND THEY WHICH THEY HAVE PUT A COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO MY CAR TO CHECK FOR ANY CODES WHILE THE LIGHTS WERE ON. THERE WERE NO CODES SHOWING FOR MY CAR. YESTERDAY, TUESDAY, FEB 14, 2006, I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN WHEN I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHICH I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE IN AND WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH TWO PUMPS TO THE BARKES.CAME TO A STOP. . IF THERE WERE TO BE SOMEONE AHEAD OF ME I WOULD HAVE REAR-ENDED THIS PERSON OR MAYBE EVEN ROLLED RIGHT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN THE INTERSECTION. AS I SURF THIS WEB SIT I FIND THEY SAME PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE HAD OR HAVING THE SAME SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR GM VEHICLES RECENTLY. I WAS GIVEN AN 800 NUMBER TO CHECK FOR RECALLS I JUST CALLED AND THERE WAS NO RECALL OF THIS SORT LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT SEEMS OFF THAT KNOW FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, IN THE SAME PLACE OF WORK HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR GM VEHICLE AND ONLY ONE WAS COVERED. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE ITEM TO BE REPLACED AND SINCE IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ALL INVOLVED, THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND NOT OUT OF OUR POCKET. *CA *NM