2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

THE OLDSMOBILE ALERO IS 2 YEARS OLD AND THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED TWICE AND REPLACED TWICE. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH EVERY 6 MONTHS (AVERAGE) THERE IS A VIBRATION SENSATION IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AT SPEEDS OF 35MPH AND OVER. IT COSTS NEARLY $600.00 TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AND I AM WORRIED THAT WHEN THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, I AM STUCK WITH FAULTY PARTS THAT KEEP BEING REPLACED WITH THE SAME FAULTY ROTORS THAT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED!*AK

HARSH VIBRATION DUE TO WARPED ROTORS APPEARED AT 14,000 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER, I WAS TOLD GM ONLY ALLOWED THEM TO TURN THE ROTORS, AND I WOULD NOT RECEIVE NEW ROTORS/PADS. NOW, AT 22,000 MILES, IT TAKES SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR.*AK

CAR ACCELERATED RAPIDLY TO OVER 60 MPH WHILE NOT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL. DEALER INSPECTION FOUND ACCELERATOR CABLE BINDING AND REPLACED FAULTY "BINDING" ACCELERATOR CABLE. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIMED THIS WAS THE FIRST REPORT OF THIS KIND BUT SEARCH OF DOT DATA BASE FOUND THREE OTHER REPORTS ON THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL ALONE. CUSTOMER WAS TOLD THAT GM USES IDENITICAL ACCELERATOR CABLE SYSTEM ON NUMEROUS OTHER GM MAKES AND MODELS. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VIEW MIRROR HAS VIBRATED ON THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOOK IT AT THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THEM TO FIX IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2 DOOR ALERO AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE PROBLEM WAS SO BAD THAT I COULD NOT USE THE MIRROR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS VEHICLES WOULD COME IN AND OUT OF VIEW. I EVENTUALLY CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE ABOUT THE ISSUE. IT TURNS OUT THEIR POLICY IS TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP TO CONFIRM THE PROBLEM (A LOT OF GOOD THAT DOES). I CONSISTENTANTLY COMPAINED WHEN I WENT IN FOR SERVICE AND EVETUALLY THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN AND THEY PERFORMED THE "FIX". THE FIX DID NOTHING SO THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. I INTERMITANTLY COMPLAINED AND THEY EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS. NOW, LAST SUNDAY, ON THE WAY BACK FROM MT.PLEASANT THE MIRROR VIBRATED SO BAD THAT WHAT WAS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR ONE SECOND WAS IN THE TOP THE NEXT. WHEN I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING THE MIRROR WAS LAYING ON THE GARAGE FLOOR AS IT HAD FALLEN OFF. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD ONLY CONTINUE TO COVER THE MIRROR UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY RUNS OUT AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED WOULD NOT COVER IT. I FEEL THAT IF IT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IT SHOULD BE COVERED FOR LIFE. AND, TO TOP IT OFF, THEY HAD ME TAKE THE CAR, WITHOUT A MIRROR HOME UNTIL THEY COULD GET A MIRROR (I THOUGHT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITHOUT A MIRROR). I EXPECTED A LOANER CAR FOR MY SAFETY. THIS IS GETTING QUITE ANNOYING THAT I HAVE WHAT WAS A BRAND NEW CAR AND HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH THIS SAFETYHJAZZARD FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM; THEREFORE, KNOWINGLY PUTTING ME AT RISK. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? WHAT CAN I DO? NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS OR PUT UP WITH IT UNTIL MY LEASE EXPIRES AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY OUT MY LEASE EARLY. ALAN. NLM

WHEN COMING TO A STOP BRAKES PULSATE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY TOOK OFF FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL AND CHECKED THE BRAKE PAD/ CALIPER. MECHANIC NOTICED BRAKES WERE WORN. BRAKES HAD BEEN CHANGED 13000 MILE AGO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES AT 26,000 MILES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND HAD THE ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL PRESENT.*AK CONSUMER STATES TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 6000 MILES, INSUFFICIENT SEALING CAUSED WATER TO LEAK IN TO DRIVERS SIDE REAR FOOT WELL, BOTH FRONT DOOR OPENING W/STRIPS AND DOOR PANEL WATER BARRIERS WERE REPLACED AND ALSO POWER WINDOW SQUEAKS WHEN GOING UP AND DOWN. *YD

LOW FUEL LIGHT NEVER COMES ON AND FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT SHOW PROPER FUEL LEVEL OF VEHICLE CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OUT ON HIGHWAY. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND CONSUMER COULD NOT START UP AGAIN. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE SHUT OFF BECAUSE OF IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *AK *YD

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE THROUGH THE STEERING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED, THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES AND THE BRAKE PADS TWICE DUE TO BEING OUT OF ROUND, ALSO THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE DASH, DEALER REPLACED BULB.*JB