1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

BRAKES WERE DAMAGED BY LEAKING + TERM. ON BATTERY, BRAKE LINES WERE DAMAGED. *AK

THE CAR HAS HAD FIVE COMPLAINTS ISSUED TO THE DEALER IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS, REGARDING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK, AUTOMATIC TRUNK LATCH, POWER FAILURES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT ATTEMPTING REPAIRS, FINDING IN THE LAST TWO COMPLAINTS THAT WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE FUSE PANEL. THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT RESULTED IN A NEW FUSE BOX, AND COMPUTER. THE LAST COMPLAINT RESULTED IN ANOTHER NEW FUSE BOX. WHILE I DO LIKE THE CAR, AND MY DEALER, I AM LOSING FAITH QUICKLY IN THE CAR ITSELF. I AM UNCOMFORTABLE GOING LONG DISTANCE WITH IT DUE TO ITS APPARENT REGULAR POWER FAILURES. IT IS A NUISANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED AND TO BE WITHOUT IT FOR DAYS AT A TIME. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT SHORTS AND FIRES SINCE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS INVOLVED. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS, BUT THE CAR IS NOT RELIABLE TO ME.

WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE GRAUDAL STOP STEERING WHEEL SHAKED, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER NOTED A NUT WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL HAS COME APART, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. ALSO, RECALL NUMBER 98V320000 DEALT WITH SAME PROBLEM; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN IT RAINS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GETS FOULED. IN ONE CASE MY SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 140 MPH BUT I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. IN ANOTHER CASE EVERTIME I TOUCHED THE BREAK THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WOULD RELOCK (EVEN IF THEY WHERE LOCKED AND I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH) IN THE SAME TIME THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD TURN ON EVERY TIME I HIT THE BREAK. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR UP AGAIN EVERYTHIGN WORKED BUT THE RADIO AND CLOCK WHERE OUT. I CHECKED ALL THE APPLICABLE FUSES BUT NONE OF THEM SEEMED TO BE BURNED OUT. ANOTHER TIME THERE WAS ALOT OF RAIN THE CAR PUT THE SPEEDOMETER AT 0 MPH WHEN I WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATLY 65 MPH AND THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. IF THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM PERSISTS SOME OF THE ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED COMPONENTS IN THE CAR COULD FAIL AND CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY.

DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP IS DIM. CAN BE SEEN FROM ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER, DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BUT CANNOT PROVE. DEALER MADE AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND SAID THE BULBS WERE WITHIN SPECS AND THAT THEY COULDNT DO NOTHING MORE. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WAS TOLD TO GET A SECOND OPPINION. MANUFACTURER THEN CALLED DEALER AND DEALER TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THAT THEY COULDNT FIX IT. (WHEN CAR WAS BOUGHT NO ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON THE CAR) . I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM BEING IGNORED AND I THINK THAT IF I GO OUT ON A FOGGY MORNING AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO SEE MY LIGHTS BECAUSE IT IS SO FAINT,IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HARMFUL TO MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT WANT TO HONOR WARRANTY, BOTTOM LINE.

I DID NOT HAVE THE CRUSE CONTROL SET, NOR WAS I USING IT. AS I ENTERED AN INTERSECTION AFTER I STOPPED, I TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR UNAIDED AND SPED ME INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON TWO DIFFERENT OCASSIONS ON MY WAY TO WORK. I AM SO AFRAID OF THIS CAR THAT I AM NOW DRIVING NOT OVER 30 MPH TO AND FROM WORK AND PARKING THE CAR - NOT TO DRIVE IT ELSEWHERE. OLDSMOBILE REFUSES TO RELEASE ME FROM MY LEASE. THE SHOP CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. OLDSMOBILE SAYS THEY MUST DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID IT WILL DUPLICATE WHILE I AM DRIVING AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I CAN GET NO HELP FROM GM OR OLDSMOBILE. SINCE IT IS A LEASED VEHICLE, ALL I WANT IS RELEASED FROM THE LEASE SO THAT I CAN PURCHASE A SAFER CAR. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.*AK

WHEN EXITING A RAMP AND APPLYING BRAKES EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS, CAUSING ENTIRE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MANUFACTURERS ROTORS ARE NOT BUILT TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CAR. THEY CONTINUALLY WARP AND FAIL AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND NEED TO BE DONE ONCE AGAIN.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTERS WARP CAUSING VIOLENT SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED

THERE WAS NOISE WHILE DRIVING COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED WITH REM TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND LEAKAGE.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS TORQ AXIS HYDRALIC TRANSMISSION MOTOR MOUNT DEFECT. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO TRANSAXLE FAIURE.. BRAKES MAKING NOISE DUE TO ROTORS FAILURE. *YH