2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

OTORS ARE WARPING AND,CAUSING FRONT END TO SHIMMY. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CONTACTED DEALER. REPLACED PART 2 TIMES AND ROTORS ONCE.*AK

VEHICLE MADE NOISE IN FRONT END AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF PROBLEM. REFUSED TO TELL CONSUMER THE DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING SIGNS ON ANY OF THE GAUGES, AND NO INDICATION THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO QUIT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT TOOK APPROX. 20 MINUTES TO RESTART THE CAR. THE SECOND AND CONSEQUENTIAL TIMES IT HAPPENED IT CUT OFF AT THE NEXT 20-50 MILES FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME. EACH TIME THE ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULDN'T START UNTIL 20-30 MINUTES OF SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AUTO IS CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTEE. I'VE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE SERVICE DEPT. FOR 14 DAYS NOW, AND THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH A TECHNICIAN DID TAKE IT OUT ON THE HI-WAY, AND IT HAPPENED TO HIM. I'M CURRENTLY DISGUSTED WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND ABOUT TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS ONE TIME SITTING ON A BRIDGE WITH NO BREAKDOWN LANE AT 9:30 PM AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY ONCOMING VEHICLES WHILE THE CAR WAS BROKE DOWN. I'D APPRECAITE IT MOST GREATLY IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS. SHIM KIT WAS INSTALLED AS ADVISED BY DEALER, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN OFF SET COLLISION AT 5-10 MPH INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. DRIVER WAS FORCED INTO STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE SEAT BELT DID NOT OPERATE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OUR 2000 ALERO WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THERE WAS A SQUEALING AND GRINDING NOISE WITH THE BRAKES. AFTER BEING LOOKED AT THEY TOLD US WE NEEDED NEW BRAKES AND OUR ROTORS TURNED. THIS IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY BEACAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. OUR CAR HAS 24250 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO WORK 2 MILES A DAY. OTHER THAN THAT IT IS JUST A PLEASURE CAR. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE BRAKE AND ROTOR SYSTEM BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS.*AK

AT 40MPH, THERE IS HEAVY VIBRATION AND NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WET, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN, DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES, BRAKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE SINCE OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC

THE ORIGINAL FRONT BRAKE ROTORS IN MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (3.4L GLS) HAVE WORN OUT FAR BEFORE THEY SHOULD HAVE. FROM WHAT INFORMATION I HAVE NOW FOUND IN NEWSPAPERS AND ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999-2000 ALERO (AND PONTIAC GRAND AM); GM NOW MANUFACTURES NEW BRAKE ROTORS TO USE AS REPLACEMENTS. HOWEVER, THE GM GARAGE THAT I HAD MY CAR FIXED AT (WALT SWEENEY PONTIAC, CINCINNATI, OH) DID NOT REPLACE THE FAULTY ROTORS, BUT MERELY MACHINED THEM SO THAT THEY WON'T SQUEAL/PULSATE. I CALLED OLDSMOBILE TO ASK WHETHER THIS WAS STANDARD PROCEDURE, AND WHETHER I COULD HAVE THE NEW, SAFER BRAKE ROTORS INSTALLED ON MY ALERO: THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON I TALKED WITH SAID THAT THE ROTORS ARE MACHINED DOWN (MADE SMOOTH) IF IT ISN'T *ABSOLUTELY* NECESSARY TO REPLACE THEM. EVERYTHING I'VE READ ON THE 2000 ALERO'S BRAKE ROTORS INDICATES THAT THEY ARE SUBSTANDARD, AND UNSAFE... THERE ARE EVEN A FEW TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS OUT FROM GM ABOUT THIS (00-05-22-002A, 00-05-23-002A). I BELIEVE THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS ARE FAULTY AND UNSAFE; GM, I THINK, KNOWS THIS, AND HAS UPDATED THEIR PRODUCT. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD HOLD A RECALL AND SHOULD BE REPLACE THE BRAKE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY; AT THE VERY LEAST, WHEN THE BRAKE ROTORS WEAR OUT, THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY BE REPLACED WITH THE NEW, MORE DURABLE BRAKE ROTORS, RATHER THAN SANDED DOWN TO BE REPLACED AGAIN WHEN THEY WEAR OUT IN A FEW MONTHS, ENDANGERING ROAD SAFETY.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 6OMPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF WITHOUT A COLLISION IMPACT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING-SPEED DOES NOT MATTER. CAR WILL START UP AFTER SITTIING FOR A MINUTE BUT IT CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN FOR A FEW MORE MILES. THE LONGER YOU LET IT SIT AFTER IT STALLS THE FARTHER YOU CAN DRIVE IT DOWM THE ROAD. TAKEN TO A GM SERVICE TECH AND AFTER 2 DAYS OF TEST, STATED NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. 20 MILES AFTER LEAVING THE SHOP WITH CAR, IT STALLED. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE FOUND A TSB ON THE ENGINE/PROPULSION SYSTEM , #00-06-04-044, TO REPLACE THE IN-TANK STRAINER (FILTER) AND HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. HAD TO PAY A GMC SREVICE TECH A LOT OF MONEY TO TELL ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WHEN A "SHADE TREE MECHANIC" FOUND THE PROBLEM IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. HAVE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT MANY OTHER TIMES FOR THIS CAR AND OTHERS ( 2000 CAVALIER, MALIBU AND 2000 GRAND AM, SUNFIRE) WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION PLEASE ON THIS AND WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS GM SERVICE TECH. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER A EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS PROBLEM I HAD. *AK