2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

THERE WAS GRINDING NOISE IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FRONT BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND THE FRONT WHEELS WOULD GRIND WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLYED, DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS AND THE BRAKE PADS. *JB CONSUMER STATES BRAKES MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE BEFORE GRINDING. ALSO, THE CONSOLE COVER LATCH FAILED.*YD

WHILE APPYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE VIBRATION STOPPING DISTANCE IS SLOW. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

THERE IS PULSATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO BEING WARPED.*JBCONSUMER IS LOGGING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE PRACTICALLY EVERY 1000 MILES CONSUMER IS HAVING THE ROTORS AND BRAKES REPLACED FOR WEAR ON THIS VEHICLE. *JG

BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS CAR ONCE AND SEEM TO BE SLOWLEY GOING OUT AGAIN. I FEEL THAT THESE BRAKES SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND GETTING UP TO FIFTY MPH THE VEHICLE SHAKES VERY HARD, SOMETIMES THE LOW TRACTION LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH UPON HITTING A POT HOLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS SQUEAKING AND SHAKING AND DIFFUCULTY STOPPING, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE SHAKES, THIS IS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND WARPING OF THE ROTORS FROM BAD CALIPER HOUSING, DEALER HAS REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 30,000 MILES.*JB

SINCE I HAVE OWNED MY ALERO (APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 YEARS) I HAVE HAD 5 INSTANCES WHERE I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE THE BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED. THE LAST TWO INSTANCE WERE ONLY 3000 MILES APART FROM ONE ANOTHER. WHEN I AM DRIVING AT SPEEDS EXCESS OF 50 MPH I AM AFRAID TO FOLLOW ANYONE REMOTELY CLOSE BECAUSE WHEN I BRAKE THE ENTIRE CAR WILL START SHAKING AND MY BRAKING DISTANCE IS LARGELY INCREASED. SO FAR, ALL OF THE REPLACEMENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THE DEALERSHIPS EXPENSE, HOWEVER I HAVE HAD TO LOSE MY CAR FOR A DAY OR TWO EVERY THREE MONTHS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT FOR ME. WHEN I PAYED THIS MUCH MONEY FOR AN ALMOST NEW CAR WITH ONLY 15000 MILES ON IT, I EXPECTED IT TO DRIVE LIKE AN ALMOST NEW CAR. SURELY SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTED WITH IT BEFORE THEY SOLD IT TO ME. I BABY THIS CAR LIKE IT WAS MY KID. I SEE NO REASON THAT AFTER 5 TIMES OF HAVING THE BRAKES WORKED ON THEY STILL CANNOT FIX THEM RIGHT! I DON'T EVEN ENJOY DRIVING IT MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT MY BRAKES WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN GO OUT AND I'LL REAR END SOMEONE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL THEY TOLD ME NOT ONLY DID THEY REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS BUT THE ROTORS ALSO. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS LATER AND I BELIEVE THEY ONLY REPLACED THE PADS. THE THIRD INCIDENT AGAIN WAS WITHIN ANOTHER 3 MONTHS OR SO ALONG WITH THE FOURTH. EACH TIME I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD BRAKE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THE ENTIRE CAR WOULD START SHAKING. ALSO WHEN IT WAS RAINING OUT I COULD HEAR THE BRAKES GRINDING. AND WHEN I WOULD BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I COULD HEAR THEM GRIND. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE FIFTH AND MOST RECENT INCIDENT WHERE I ALMOST HIT SOMEBODY BECAUSE I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN SO HARD, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE BRAKES HAD GONE OUT. THERE'S NO REASON I SHOULD HAVE MY BRAKES REPLACED 5 TIMES OVER 30,000 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING SOUND. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR REPAIRS. ALSO, CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. *AK *SLC