2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

TOP GASKET OR TRIM RING THAT HOLDS FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS FALLEN OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE. CONSUMER HAD TO USE DUCT TAPE UNTIL HE REACHED DEALER. DEALER WILL REGLUE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LEAKS WATER IN THE FRONT AND REAR CAUSING MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO, HEATER, LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WIPERS, AT ANY GIVEN TIME THESE COMPONENTS QUIT WORKING, DEALER HAS OFFERED TO BUY VEHICLE BACK ON TWO OCCASIONS, HOWEVER CONSUMER WOULD LOSE MONEY IF THE TRANSACTION WERE TO TAKE PLACE. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES. BRAKE ROTORS/ PADS ARE DEFECTIVE. *AK

WHILE PULLING IN A PARKING LOT BOTH PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING AT 13 MPH. *AK GM REP REVIEWED REPORT AND DENIED RESPONSIBILITY. *SLC

GMC IS SENDING SOMEONE TO CHECK THIS OUT. I HOPE THEY DO THE RIGHT THING. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW ON 8/3/00, SINCE THEN THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WARPING 3 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WARPED ROTORS PREVENT THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FROM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND CREATES A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, SOME ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED, MUST SOMEONE'S LIFE BE CLAIMED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO WAS VERY RUDE AND DISCONCERNIG WITH REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THESE CARS AND OTHER MAKES ARE VERY PRONE TO THIS PROBLEM AND GM HAS NO PERMANENT REPAIR FOR IT. THE QUALITY AND SAFENESS OF THE ALERO IS UNACCEPTABLE GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD BE PRESSURED UNTIL THEY CAN FIX THIS DESIGN PROBLEM.

VEHICLE WILL COAST BACKWARDS WHEN IN DRIVE POSITION, AND TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL COAST FOWARD WHEN IN REVERSE POSTION, AND WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKES DUE TO FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THIS WAS NORMAL FOR VEHICLE. *JB

WHEN PRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATES. TOOK TO DEALER 5 TIMES TO GET ROTORS TURNED, AND BRAKE PADS FIXED. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHEN GEAR SHIFTER WAS SLIGHTLY HIT. DEALER STATES THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR VEHICLE TO SHIFT GEARS.*AK

THE GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT LOCK, AND IS EASY TO KNOCK OUT OF GEAR (DRIVE TO N+1+2+3 AND REVERSE TO N+1+2+3). THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR TURNS SO HOT U CAN FEEL IT THROUGH YOUR JEANS. I HAVE TO JIGGLE THE GEAR SHIFTER UNTIL IT POPS JUST TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION EVERYTIME I CUT MY CAR OFF. THE CAR WAS ON WITH KEY IN THE IGNITION (OF COURSE) WHILE AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING ME OUT ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THERE IS ALSO A REAL SLIGHT KNOCKING IN THE FRONT AXLE. --- THE DETAILED STORY -- WHILE MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS WERE TRAVELING BACK DOWN TO COLUMBUS,GA. I WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH IN THE FAST LANE, AFTER CHECKING THE MIRRORS. AT THAT TIME I REACHED OVER TO GRAB THE MAP, WHILE BARELY TIPPING THE GEAR SHIFTER WITH MY FINGERTIPS. THE GEAR SHIFTER POPPED INTO NEUTRAL...(ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN LESS THEN ABOUT 10 SECONDS)... WHICH DROPPED THE CAR FROM 70 MPH TO 50-55 MPH, WHICH IN TURN MADE THE SUV THAT JUMPED INTO MY LANE BEHIND ME TO ACCELERATE WAS AWARE ENOUGH TO HIT HIS BRAKES AND THEN VERE OFF TO THE OTHER LANE...THANK GOD THAT THE ONLY THING I GOT FROM THE OTHER DRIVER WAS AN UPSET FACIAL EXPRESSION INSTEAD OF HIS FRONT BUMPER ON TOP OF MY KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT....WELL AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO AN DEALERSHIP IN VA BEACH, VA. FOR SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS, ALL I WAS OFFERED WAS WRITTEN EXCUSES---BUT NOTHING WAS FIXED...SO I DECIDED TO CALL THE OLDSMOBILE COMPANY, AFTER THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY JUST REPEATED THE EXCUSES OF WHAT WAS THE WRITTEN EXCUSES THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME THE FIRST TIME....SO I TOLD THE MAN I UNDERSTAND THAT HE JUST WORKS THERE AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE ( I GUESS) TRIED TO HELP ME. BUT WHAT IF THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE TURN FOR THE WORST. ALL HE SAID WAS "WELL IT'S NOW DOCUMENTED, IN CASE OF A FUTURE FATALITY" ----IF YOU ASK ME, THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS NOT EVEN 18,000 MILES ON IT. I'M TRUTHFULLY LOST BECAUSE THIS MY 1ST NEW CAR AND I USUALLY OUT TO SEA. CAN U HELP