2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER'S STOPPED ROTATING NORMALLY AND BEGAN "JUMPING" AROUND ERRATICALLY AS IF SOMEONE WAS BEATING THEM DIRECTLY ONTO WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER TURN VEHICLE OFF/ON AND WIPERS CONTINUED TO FUNCTION ERRATICALLY UNTIL THE WIPER MOTOR BURNED OUT. NOW WIPERS ARE COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINER ADJUSTMENT LATCH BROKE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ADJUST SEAT AND OPERATE VEHICLE PROPERLY. SEAT IS STUCK IN STRAIGHT UPRIGHT POSITION. TS

CONSUMER CALLED STATING THAT SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND FELT A REALLY STRONG DROP OF THE VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TWO ROLL OVER A COUPLE TIMES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE REAR RIGHT TIRE HAD CAME OFF CAUSING REAL BAD PROPERLY DAMAGE. TS

DRIVING AT 40 MPH ON DRY ROAD WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME OFF OF CAR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER TWICE TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. ON INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE THAT HAD COME OFF WAS STILL INTACT MEANING NO BLOW OUT AND LUG NUTS WERE STILL IN PLACE BUT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TIRE YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE SPINDLE HAD SEPARTED FROM THE STRUT HOUSING CAUSING THE TIRE TO COME OFF THE CAR. ALSO, ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR. THAT TIRE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE CAR BUT PULLED UP AND AWAY FROM ITS ATTACHMENT WITH THE SAME DEFECT NOTED AT THE SPINDLE SEPARATION FROM THE STRUT HOUSING. I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL THESE DETAILS AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS LOOK AT THE CAR AND THEY HAVE ALL COME UP WITH THE SAME CONSENSUS THAT THE SEPARATION OF THIS SPINDLE FROM THE STRUT HOUSING IS WHAT MADE THE TIRE COME OFF AND THUS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VECHILE AND TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE AS DEEMED SO BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUFFERED 2 FRACTURED RIBS, A RUPTURED TENDON OF THE AC JOINT IN MY LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK PAIN THAT I AM CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR. I AM OUT ON DISABILITY BECAUSE OF THESE INJURIES. I AM A REGISTERED NURSE. THANKFULLY, MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. I FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND LIVES COULD BE LOST. DT

CONSUMER STATES OF BEEN ON A COLLISION AND DOSEN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE CAUSED OF THE ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TS

NO HEAT TO PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR DURING WINTER MONTHS. DEALER NOTIFIED AND HEATER ASSEMBLY POORLY DESIGNED. UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM. DT

TURN SIGNALS WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONSUMER NEEDS TO PUSH EMERGENCY BUTTON TO GET SIGNALS TO WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING HAS WORKED.*AK YH

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING AS IF PADS WERE WORN TO METAL. AFTER INSPECTING PADS THEY SEEMED ONLY TO BE WORN IN A CORNER WITH REST OF THE PAD LOOKING NEW. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT A VEHICLE DUE TO THE ENGINE THROWING COOLANT OUT OF THE COOLANT RESEVOIR, THIS RESULTS IN AN ENGINE THAT WAS HEAVING AND VIBRATING/KNOCKING. THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING MOST OF ITS ANTI-FREEZE DURING THE OPERATION. ON ONE OCCASION THEY FOUND A LEAKY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HE'D TAKE THE VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRS, THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FOUND OR THERE WAS AN IMPRESSION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY. ALSO, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM IS DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT AIR BUBBLES CANNOT BE BLED OUT AND WOULD LIKE HIS MONEY BACK. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING ELECTRIC SIDE VIEW MIRROR WILL HEAVILY VIBRATE,MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO SEE CLEARLY THROUGH THE MIRROR.*AK