2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

I AM IN THE NAVY AND HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR AROUND 8 MONTHS BUT JUST FOUND THIS SITE NOW. MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WENT ON ME AT 40,000 PLUS MILES. I HAVE READ TSB'S AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW OLDSMOBILE IS BEING PHASED OUT BUT I LOVE MY CAR DUE TO IT BEING MY FIRST CAR AND I HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY STRICKEN DUE TO INCIDENTS LIKE THIS. MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND IT COST ME 600 DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT. I WAS TOLD BY MY FAMILY AND A NAVY JAG TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND THE DEALERSHIP BUT I DECIDED TO TAKE THIS ROUTE. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. *LA

CAR RAN OUT OF GAS WHILE GAS GAUGE STILL SHOWED OVER 1/4 TANK LEFT. AFTER ADDING 1 GALLON OF GAS, GAS GAUGE JUMPED TO ALMOST FULL. AFTER FILLING TANK AND DRIVING 200 MILES, GAS GAUGE STILL SHOWS OVER 1/2 TANK LEFT. *LA

ON MY 2000 ALERO THE TURN SIGNALS WORK SOMETIMES, NO OTHER TIMES. ALSO BLINK ERRATICALLY. THE UPPER MIDDLE BRAKE LIGHT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS. FLASHERS STOP WORKING SOMETIMES, THEN START AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS IS SOME TYPE OF SHORT IN THE WIRING SYSTEM. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER ALERO OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *LA

I HAVE A 2000 ALERO AND IT FAILS TO START EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE IGNITION FUSE BUT EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE FUSE IT WOULD STILL NOT START. I AS WELL AS MY MECHANIC ARE BAFFLED. THE LATEST WAS LAST WEEKEND BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES. THE WEATHER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF DRIVING DONE OR NOT DONE. IT SEEMS TO BE A RANDOM OCCURRENCE. *LA

NHTSA RECALL # 03 V 327 000/HAZARD WARNING SWITCH: VEHICLE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LIGHTS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE WHEN USED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY INFORMED THAT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. MY ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND WHEREBY THE SHIM KIT WAS PLACED. I AM STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS. MY TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY GONE OUT. NOW EVERY FEW WEEKS, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN, LEAVING ME ON THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOPS WHERE THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY CODE. THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSED IT TO STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES THIS YEAR. THE REGULATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WINDOW. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE SHOP, AND I HAVE RECENTLY READ THE VOLUMINOUS COMPLAINTS TO THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM AND WILL INFORM MY MECHANIC TO CHECK TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE STALL. THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE AT 70 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *LA

PREMATURE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE ON GM SOHC V6 ENGINES CAUSING AN EXTERNAL COOLANT LEAK. THIS IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO MECHANICS AND PARTS STORES. IN MY CASE AT LESS THAN 50K MILES, ALTHOUGH MOST COMMONLY OCCURS AROUND 70K MILES. *JB

MY PROBLEM IS LIKE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED HERE. THE BRAKES! I AM CONTINUALLY HAVE THEM SERVICED. EVERY SINCE I HAVE GOTTEN MY CAR THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IT IS JUST GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. I JUST GOT MY 3RD SET OF BRAKES IN UNDER A YEAR PUT ON TWO DAYS AGO. THE DEALER SAYS BRAKE WEAR IS NORMAL, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. NOTHING WRONG, EXPLAIN TO ME WHO HAS TO REPLACE BRAKES THIS OFTEN? I LIVE IN WISCONSIN, SO ITS NOT LIKE I HAVE HARD BRAKING OR LOTS OF HILLS ETC. MY BRAKES PULSATE, MAKE FUNNY NOISES AND THEY WEAR DOWN CROOKED. I HAVE CALLED OLDSMOBILE ONLY TO BE GIVEN A RUN AROUND. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS IDENTICAL TO MINE, WHEN IS OLDSMOBLE/ GM GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING A FAULTY PRODUCT????? *JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR 1 YEAR USED, AND THE BRAKES HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. NOT EVEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE BRAKES STARTED TO PULSATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE UPON BRAKING. I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WITH THE BEST ON THE MARKET, THINKING IT WOULD LAST A LONG TIME. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THEY SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THE BRAKES. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR BROKE AND WAS REPLACED. THE HAZARD SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE TURN SIGNALS FIXED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THE GEAR SHIFTER KNOB WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT FELL OFF FOR NO REASON. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES/SERVICE VEHICLE SOON LIGHTS COME ON AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN THERE IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING AS WELL. I SEE THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS CAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND OLDSMOBILE SHOULD DO A RECALL ON ALL THESE THINGS SINCE THEY ARE NOT JUST RANDOM OCCURRENCES.

I HAVE A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WITH 55,000 MILES ON IT THAT IS LEAKING COOLANT. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO 2 DIFFERENT AUTO LOCATIONS, ONE A DEALER SND THE OTHER A MECHANIC WHOM I TRUST. BOTH PLACES AGREED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS WORN OUT. I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE GASKET REPLACED WHICH WILL COST ME $600.00, NOT INCLUDING THE TOWING CHARGES AND DIAGNOSTIC EXPENDITURES THAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH. THE MECHANIC WHO IS REPLACING THIS GASKET SAID THAT THIS PROBOBLY ABOUT THE 15TH ALERO THAT HE HAS HAD TO DO THE SAME REPLACEMENT WORK TO AND THAT HE HAS READ THAT THIS A COMMON DEFECT FOR THIS CAR. THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CAR WA TOWED, BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED ALL OVER THE GARAGE OF A FRIEND'S HOUSE, IT WAS TAKEN TO A PEP BOYS SHOP AND HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAD READ IN CAR MAGAZINES THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR OLD'S ALEROS FROM THE YEAR 2000-2003. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS COSTING MANY PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY AND IT IS A ROAD HAZARD, SOMETHING WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE