2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

THERE IS EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FIRST SET OF ROTORS AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. ON SECOND INCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS REQUIRED TO COVER PART OF COST SINCE COMPONENT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. REAR ROTORS NEEDED TO BE "TURNED DOWN" DUE TO WARPING FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK THE DEALER STATES THAT REPAIRES WERE DONE WHENEVER THE CONSUMER BRINGS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD NEVER BEEN SOLVED. ALSO, THE ROTORS FAIL EVERY 4 MONTHS. *YH

BRAKES FAILED WITH NO WARNING. GOING DOWN HILL WHEN FRONT PADS GAVE OUT AND ASSEMBLY DUG INTO ROTORS. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF PADS, ROTORS AND MISCELLANEOUS COMPONENTS. DEALER (BURNE OLDS IN SCRANTON, PA) TOLD ME ALERO BRAKES WERE UNDER RECALL, BUT NOT MINE. I HAD TO PAY THE $400 FOR REPLACEMENT. CONTACTED GM TO COMPLAIN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY PROBLEM. IF THERE HAD BEEN A WARNING, I COULD HAVE HAD THEM SERVICED BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE AND RESULTANT DAMAGE (FRONT RIMS WERE SCORCHED FROM THE HEAT FROM THE FAILED BRAKES). I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR STOPPED AND TO SERVICE BEFORE BEING INVOLVED IN SEVERE ACCIDENT.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE IS ALSO A VIBRATION IN BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CAR CONSISTENTLY WOBBLES WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED STRUTS, ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

BRAKES WERE MAKING GRINDING SOUND. DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS. BUT, GRINDING SOUND STILL COMING FROM REAR BRAKES. ROTORS WERE GROOVED. DEALER STATED BRAKES WERE NORMAL. *AK

HORN HAS A VERY SMALL "SWEET SPOT" AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO USE IT IN AN EMERGENCY.*AK

EVERY 4000-6000 MILES ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN WET CONDITIONS BRAKING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SIX TIMES, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; BRAKES PULSATE, METAL TO METAL NOISE. ABS BRAKES/ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LOCKED INTO GEAR, NO SHIFTING. *AK

I AM BEING CHARGED FOR BRAKE REPLACEMENT AT 23,000 MILES BY A DEALER,SO I CALLED FOR ANOTHER OPINION. WHEN I CALLED TWO OTHER DEALERS AND OLDSMOBILE THEMSELVES (BRUCE) I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THIS IS COMMON WHY AM I PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE WARRANTY, THEY SAID BRAKES ARE CONSUMABLE AND IF THIS PROBLEM REOCCURS THEY WOULD COVER IT THAN BUT FOR NOW I MUST PAY TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED AND ROTORS REPAIRED $207.50. *AK