2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES OR PULSATES. REPLACED PADS. MINIMAL CHANGE. FOUND REPORT ADVISING COMMON PROBLEM AND ROTORS AND HUBS MUST ALSO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE LEATHER COVER DASHBOARD STARTING BUBBLING UP IN MID SPRING OF 2003. STARTING IN MAY THE DASHBOARD STARTING PEELING UP. IT HAS CONTINUALLY BUBBLED UP TOWARDS THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAGS. IT IS BEYOND WARRANTY BUT WE CAN'T GET ANY RESPONSE FROM OLDSMOBILE. *JB

THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN OUT AT 41,944 MILES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED & THE PADS REPLACED. THE BRAKE REPAIR LASTED ONLY 12,296 MILES ( THIS WAS 296 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY) WHEN I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN & THE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OF COURSE THIS IS "NORMAL WEAR" THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TWICE FOR THE ENTIRE REPAIR. AFTER FINDING THE TSB REPORTS, I FEEL THE ROTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SINCE READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS COVERING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ON THE BRAKES OF THIS VEHICLE, I FEAR THE BRAKES MAY FAIL WITH OUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING. WHAT WILL IT TAKE & HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THE NHTSA FORCES GM TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE BRAKES?! *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE REACH HIGH TEMPERATURES BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO GET INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

I FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE ODI NUMBER IS 754110, AND I WANTED TO ADD THE LATEST TO THIS COMPLAINT BUT COULDN'T SEEM TO FIND IT. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS NOW THE PASSENGER WINDOW FELL LIKE THE DRIVERS SIDE DID, THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, AFTER I TOOK IT IN THE A DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL NOTICE, THEY REPAIR WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE REPAIR NOW THE BLINKERS MAKE A FAST CLICKING SOUND AND THE LIGHT INSIDE BLINKS REALLY REALLY FAST WHILE USING SIGNAL. YESTERDAY THE CAR WOULDN'T STAY STARTED , THE ENGINE HESITATED TO START OR DIDN'T START AT ALL. [XXX] I'M SO TIRED OF THIS SO I JUST STOPPED PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE THEY CAN COME GET IT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I WORK HARD TO END UP HAVING SOMEONE SELL ME A LEMON. THIS IS TERRIBLE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT I CAN DO?*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (50,000 MILES) GOT A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE MANUFACTURES INSTRUCTIONS STATED TO USE DEX COOL ANTI-FREEZE ONLY. OUR MECHANIC BELIEVES THE ANTI-FREEZE ROTTED THE GASKETS WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. HE HAD ANOTHER NEWER ALERO WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

I OWN A 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. AT 2 YEARS OLD AND 22,XXX MILES THE ROTORS BECAME OUT OF ROUND CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE MANUFACTURER OPTED TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS. AT 3 YEARS AND 34,XXX MILES THE ROTORS AGAIN BECAME OUT OF ROUND. AGAIN CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS TIME, WITH THE VEHICLE OUT OF ITS 3 YEAR MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, THE MANUFACTURER OPTED TO RESURFACE THE ROTORS AT MY COST. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED THE FIRST TIME AND THE ROTORS OBVIOUSLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. HAS THERE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED ON BEHALF OF THE ALERO AND DEFECTIVE ROTORS? WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT? *NLM

I HAVE A 2000 OLSMOBILE ALERO. THE TURN SIGNAL ONLY WORKS ABOUT 89% OF THE TIME. THE MANUFACTURER HAS REDESIGNED THE SWITCH THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT RECALL THE SWITCH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND IS IN MY OPINION DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SIMILIAR PROBLEMS AT A YAHOO WEBPAGE FOR OLDSMOBILE OWNERS. PLEASE FOLLOW WITH THIS AND TEST, I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL THE EQUIPMENT AND BE FIXED.

3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING MY USED 2000 ALERO I FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SOON. ONCE I SAVED UP MONEY I TOOK IT IN AND HAD IT REPLACED. SINCE THEN (ONE AND A HALF MONTHS LATER) MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LAMP CONTINUALLY COMES ON. PLACE THAT REPAIRED MY INTAKE MANIFIOLD GASKET HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS--SOMETHING WITH MY AIR SYSTEM. ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AFTER REPAIR OF IMG MY FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK ON (E)MPTY.. WILL OCCASIONALLY MOVE. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET THAT I WASTED MY MONEY ON A PIECE OF JUNK. ALSO, MY CRUISE KICKS OUT WHEN I AM IN OVERDRIVE--HAS NOT WORKED SINCE A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY THAN NEED BE INTO A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE NOT EVEN OWNED FOR A MONTH! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY CAR?? *PH

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP: INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET: CRUISE CONTROL: TRANSMISSION. *PH