2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT, 3 WKS AFTER PURCHASE IS WHEN THE PWR STEERING WENT OUT AND I WAS 400 MILES FROM HOME W/O ASSISTANCE. CREFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS AND I FEEL THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY.

PREMATURE WEAR OF ROTORS RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS FOUR TIMES AND BRAKE FAILED PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THERE IS AN EVAPORATION LEAK DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL HOSE WHICH WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND FUEL NECK AND IT WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES. DEFECT WAS CAUSING ENGINE LIGHT TO STAY ON. ALSO SOLENOID WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS SENT TO DEALER 7 TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

FOR THE THIRD TIME I AM HAVING THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED BECAUSE THEY ARE WARPED. IF I BRAKE SHARPLY AT EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS OF 60MPH AND ABOVE I GET A VIOLENT SHAKING TRANSMITTED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE WARPED ROTORS. I SENT OLDS AN E-MAIL ASKING IF THERE WERE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH SOFT (INSUFFICENTLY HARDENED) FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON THE ALERO AND THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO MY REQUEST IN WRITING (VIA E-MAIL) THEY SUGGESTED I CALL THEIR 800 NUMBER FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OPEN A COMPLAINT, WHICH I DID. IT WASN'T UNTIL I SEARCHED YOUR DATABASE, SEEING A NUMBER OF SIMILAR BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS THAT I DECIDED TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO YOU. I NEVER TOOK THIS CAR TO THE DEALER FROM WHOM I PURCHASED IT FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ONLY BEGAN AFTER ABOUT 13,000 MILES (OUT OF WARRANTY). I BELEIVE THAT THERE IS A MATERIALS QUALITY PROBLEM HERE PROBABLY WITH THE ROTORS NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY HARDENED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AXLE FELL OFF AND CAR LEANED ALL WAY TO THE RIGHT, WHEEL AND AXLE CAME OFF, AND CONSUMER ENDED UP IN A FIELD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH REAR AXLE FELL OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER COULD NOT FIND REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM TO HAPPEN. *AK

WATER IS LEAKING IN THE SEALS, AND WINDOWS KEEP FOGGING UP. DEALER CORRECTED THE LEAK, BUT WINDOWS ARE STILL FOGGING UP. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR DAMAGE CAUSED BY WATER LEAK. *SLC

1. REAR, OUTBOARD SHOULDER/SEATBELT LOCK-UP MECHANISM WOULD NOT LOCK UP WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH VEHICLE OWNER MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS. SEAT INSTALLATION NEXT ATTEMPTED AT REAR, CENTER LOCATION. SAFETY SEAT BASE COULD NOT BE SECURELY ATTACHED BECAUES OF APPARENT CONFLICT BETWEEN BELT LATCH LOCATION & SAFETY SEAT LOOP PASS-THRU LOCATION.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR INTO DEALER 4 TIMES FOR WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE. THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW WATER WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE. WHENEVER IT RAINS OR SNOWS THE BACK AND FRONT RUGS, AND THE TRUNK GETS SOAKED, DEALER HAS ADJUSTED DOORS, REPLACED CRACKED SILL PLATES, REPLACED DOOR DEFLECTORS, REINSTALLED SEALER TO WATER DEFLECTORS, AND REPLACED DOOR WINDOW CHANNELS. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH, FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SNAPPED OFF VEHICLE, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HIT A BRIDGE. GM SAID IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK *SLC