2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Complaints

BY DESIGN THE HORN CAN ONLY BE ACTIVATED BY PRESSING THE TWO SMALL HORN SYMBOLS, THE REST OF THE STEERING SPACE IS INACTIVE. NLM

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING - HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY, SIDE ROADS, ALL SPEEDS. NO WARNING. CAR MAY OR MAY NOT BE RESTARTABLE. CAR STALLED ON HIGHWAY DURING DEALER TEST DRIVE REQUIRED A TOW. ALSO ROTORS WARPED - STEERING WHEEL SHAKES DURING HIGH SPEED BREAKING

CAR VIBRATIES WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 55MPH OR GREATER. DEALER SAYS IT'S ROAD NOISE WHEN RETURNED A 4TH TIME

PURCHASED THE CAR IN MAY. BRAND NEW WITH 7 MILES ON IT AT DATE OF PURCHASE. BRAKE ROTORS IN THE FRONT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 3000 MILES. THEY WERE WARPED/OUT OF SPECS WHICH CAUSED MY BRAKES NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. THEN AT 6200 MILES, THE ROTORS IN THE FRONT WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THEY WERE WARPED/OUT OF SPEC AND CAUSED MY BRAKES TO WORK IMPROPERLY. BOTH OF THE ROTORS IN THE FRONT ARE WARPED FROM BOTH TIMES. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS A REOCCURRENT PROBLEM WITH ALL ALERO OWNER BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE CARS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS ALONG THE SAME LINE. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THE LEMON LAW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

WARPED ROTORS CAUSED VIBRATION WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY TURNED THE ROTORS INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEM, SERVICE BULLITINF 00-05-23-002 STATED THAT THE ROTORS AND PADS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH NEW COMPONENTS. NLM

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES BAD AND BRAKES ARE MAKING A SOUND EVEN WHEN BRAKES ARE NOT BEING APPLIED

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT THE BUTTON BEING PUSHED TO ACTIVATE IT. IT WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE BUTTON WAS PUSHED TO REVERSED THE MOTION. IT STOPPED ONLY WHEN THE SEAT REACHED ITS FULL FORWARD POSITION. FORTUNATELY, I WAS PARKED AND COULD JUMP OUT OF THE CAR. HAD I BEEN IN MOTION, I COULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS MY KNEES WOULD HAVE BEEN SMASHED INTO THE DASHBOARD AND MY ABDOMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN SMASHED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO A GM GARAGE WHERE THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY ENDED UP DISCONNECTING THE POWER TO THE SEAT AND SAID THEY WOULD CALL THE FACTORY. *AK

CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. THIS OCCURRED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS. 1ST OCCASION VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND WHILE AT THE DEALER IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THEY CHECKED THE COMPUTER BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. 2ND OCCURANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. AFTER VEHICLE DRIED OUT, IT STARTED. DEALER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO CHECK THE VEHICLE 9/5/2000. 3RD OCCURANCE - 9/3/2000- UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. TOW TRUCK CONTACTED AND TOWED TO DEALER.

CONSUMER CUT HIS HAND ON A VERY SHARP CRIMPED EDGE OF THE DOOR TRIM, DEALER NEVER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT OR ADVISE, SAID ALL ALERO'S ARE THE SAME. NLM

THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING AT SPEEDS STARTING AT 65-70 MPH. THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME REPLACING WARPED ROTORS. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT OLDSMOBILE ENGINEERING TO FIND A FIX. I HAVE HAD ALLOT OF NUISENCE PROBLEMS BUT THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE WITH NO REAL FIX AVAILABLE.