2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

THE FRONT TIRE ARE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO THE ROTORS BEING WARPED, THE WARPED ROTORS CAUSE THE RONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHILE BRAKING. 6 MONTHS AGO THE TIRE WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE BALD. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER. NLM

LIGHTS AND GAUGES ON DASH GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY, VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK DEALER REPLACED A FAILED FUSE BLOCK TO THE IPC MODULE. *JG

WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS FRONT END VIBRATES VIOLENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DEALER STATES BECAUSE OF VIBRATION THE ROTORS WARPED. ROTORS NEEDED TO BE SHAVED AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED. *YH

WHEN GOING UP A HILL ENGINE WILL SPUTTER. VEHICLE WILL REV WITHOUT TOUCHING ACCELERATOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED A BEARING IN TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. OCCURED ONCE BEFORE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS TIME CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT TOTALING VEHICLE. APPLIED BRAKES. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. RELATED NOTE... BOTH TIMES, "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" LIGHT FALSELY CAME ON DAY BEFORE FAILURE. ALL TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED BOTH TIMES. FALSE TIRE INFLATION LOW LIGHT SEEMS TO PREDICT SYSTEM FAILURE.*AK

BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING OR TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT WHEELS WERE TOO BIG FOR TIRES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM AND NOW THE TIRES ARE GOING FLAT. *JG *AK

I HAVE BEEN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THE BRAKES PULSATE UNDER ANY BRAKING CONDITIONS ,BUT AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH IT IS EXTREMLY BAD. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ON SIX OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS. THE FIRST BRAKE REPLACEMENT THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 10,000 MILES BEFORE NEEDING ANOTHER REPAIR. AFTER THAT REPAIR THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, WHICH THEN CAUSED THE BRAKES NOT ONLY TO PULSATE BUT TO ALSO MAKE A GRINDING OR MOANING NOISE WHILE STOPPING. WE ARE NOW ON REPAIR NUMBER SIX AND STILL THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND BEING TOLD THAT BRAKES ARE NOT A SAFETY CONCERN I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ANY GM VEHICLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE DEFECT OF THESE BRAKES BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE GM CAN'T ADMIT FAULT. THE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW HAS STOPPED WORKING ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FIRST BEING ON 12/10/2001 THEN AGAIN ON 02/06/2002. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS AS OF YET.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THE BRAKES PULSATE UNDER ANY BRAKING CONDITIONS ,BUT AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH IT IS EXTREMLY BAD. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ON SIX OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS. THE FIRST BRAKE REPLACEMENT THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 10,000 MILES BEFORE NEEDING ANOTHER REPAIR. AFTER THAT REPAIR THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, WHICH THEN CAUSED THE BRAKES NOT ONLY TO PULSATE BUT TO ALSO MAKE A GRINDING OR MOANING NOISE WHILE STOPPING. WE ARE NOW ON REPAIR NUMBER SIX AND STILL THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND BEING TOLD THAT BRAKES ARE NOT A SAFETY CONCERN I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ANY GM VEHICLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE DEFECT OF THESE BRAKES BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE GM CAN'T ADMIT FAULT. DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW HAS STOPPED WORKING ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FIRST BEING ON 12/10/2001 THEN AGAIN ON 02/06/2002. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS AS OF YET.*AK

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE MIRROR VIBRATES SO MUCH YOU CAN HARDLY SEE OUT OF IT. THE VIBRATION HAS ALSO CAUSED THE MIRROR TO FALL OFF TWICE. WE HAVE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER ON THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES. AT FIRST WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT IN ABOUT 700 MILES THEN WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE RESEACHING IT. THIS ALL BEGAN 1 1/2 YEARS AGO. I THINK IF SIDE MIRRORS ARE REQUIRED ON VEHICLES THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFTEY ISSUE AND COULD BE A CAUSE OF A ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE THROUGHOUT STEERING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK