1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO Problems & Recalls
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This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE SERVICE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD NOTICED THE POWER STEERING WAS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AND DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...
Mileage: 117,000
WHEN I GOT ACCIDENT NOVEMBER 3 2004 AND AIRBAG NOT COME BLOW YET. I GOT INJURY HEAD AND BROKE LEG ON RIGHT.
Mileage: 45
FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING IT TO RUB AGAINST THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING! THIS HAPPENED ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH! *TR
Mileage: 85,000
FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING IT TO RUB AGAINST THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING! THIS HAPPENED ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH! *TR
Mileage: 85,000
TAKATA RECALL I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR BUT IT HAS RECALLS I WOULD LIKE TO GET FIXED
TAKATA RECALL I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR BUT IT HAS RECALLS I WOULD LIKE TO GET FIXED
TAKATA RECALL I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR BUT IT HAS RECALLS I WOULD LIKE TO GET FIXED
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO OTHER KEYS ON THE KEY CHAIN. HOWEVER, THE KEY WOULD OFTEN FALL OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC...
Mileage: 170,000
I WANT TO REPORT THE IGNITION SWITCH ON A 1999 OLDS ALERO V6. I HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY CAR 3 TIMES NOW SINCE AUG. 2013. THERE HAS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE BECASUE MY SECURITY LIGHT COME ON AND MY AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT COME ON. SO I HAD IT TESTED AND ITS NOT GETTING ANY ELECTRIC...
Mileage: 280,000
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY ISSUES. *SMD
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR IGNITION RECALL REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE PRIOR TO THE RECALL. *SMD THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED. *JB
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY GAVE HER A NEW KEY ACCORDING TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT WORK. THE DEALER WANTED THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEME...
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER RECEIVED REPAIR FOR RECALL FOR VEHICLE AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER THAT WAS DONE IN AUGUST 2013. *TA
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT KEYS FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN ENTERED INTO THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER. THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN...
Mileage: 150,000
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET VEHICLE FIXED DUE TO A RECALL AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *TA
I HAD THE RECALL DONE BUT MY CAR KEEPS DYING AND WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING I CAN NOW REMOVE MY KEY AND ENGINE STAYS RUNNING. THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME AND I HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT AT LEAST 10 MIN FOR CAR TO START. I HAVE A BABY AND WITH THIS COLD WEATHER PLUS BEING STRANDED IS NOT SAFE. I...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS...
Mileage: 122,000
WHEN TRYING TO START THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND BLINKS YOU MUST WAIT 10 MINS TO RESTART AND SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL START OR YOU HAVE TO WAIT THE RECYCLE TILL AGAIN. GM DID A RECALL ON THE KEY ITSELF TO ADD A HOLE IN THE KEY FOR THE WEIGHT SITUATION, BUT DID NOT HELP THE IGNITION PROBLEM...
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. HOWEVER, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, WHERE THE ENGINE POWER, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WENT OUT. *MW THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SS ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR INVOICE, THE VEHICLE HAD AN EVAP LEAK AND THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED. *JB
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SS ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR INVOICE, THE VEHICLE HAD AN EVAP LEAK AND THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND A CONCUSSION, WHICH REQU...
Mileage: 90,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND A CONCUSSION, WHICH REQU...
Mileage: 90,000
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE. *JB
I HAVE A 1999 OLDS ALERO AND AM JUST NOW GETTING A RECALL FOR THE KEY SWITCH. AS SOON AS I GOT IT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER. I WAS TOLD THEY ARE OUT OF PARTS AND MY NAME WAS PUT ON A WAITING LIST. I WAS ALSO ADIVED IT MAY TAKE THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. I ALSO ASKED IF THE CAR WAS SAFE TOLD RIVE ...
Mileage: 109,451
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL #14350. * LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH AND LOCK CYLINDER SHE HAD REPLACED ON JUNE 5, 2013. *JB
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH BOB STALL CHEVROLET HERE IN LA MESA, CA. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR AN HOUR AND LIED TO ME AND AFTER WAITING WITH NO RESPONSE FOR AN HOUR, I WENT TO RETRIEVE MY CAR AND WAS TOLD I HAD TO PAY $50 TO GET...
Mileage: 92,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, ...
Mileage: 78,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, ...
Mileage: 78,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD INADVERTENTLY FALL OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE IN THE ON POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE SERVICED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS N...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE A PRIVATE MECHANIC RESET THE SECURITY SYSTEM BUT THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 210,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH OVER A BUMP, THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE A PRIVATE MECHANIC RESET THE SECURITY SYSTEM BUT THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 210,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHIC...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE KEY WOULD RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION AND THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT FOR THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR TO DEACTIVATE BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN IND...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HERNIATED DISK TO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HERNIATED DISK TO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HERNIATED DISK TO...
PURCHASED CAR IN 2002. CAR WOULD NOT START IN NOV OF 2004 SPENT 343.44 ON IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK AT BARR'S ELECTRICAL. CAR DID SAME THING IN SEPT OF 2012, SPENT 248.04 AGAIN AT BARR'S ELECTRIC ON ANOTHER IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK. HAVE COMPLETE REPAIR STATEMENT AND RECEIPT IF NEEDED UPON REQUES...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.
Mileage: 25,000
ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF AND DESTROYED THE TIRE. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED AND REPAIRED AT A SHOP. WITH COST OF NEW TIRE IT WAS NEARLY 400 DOLLARS. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO NOW I HAD MY CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND WENT TO MOVE SOME BOXES ...
Mileage: 129,000
I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 99 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD BUTTON WHICH STARTED OUT WITH A LOUD BUZZING WHILE THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. I COULD SOMETIMES GET THE BUZZING TO STOP BY PUSHING THE HAZARD BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TURN SIGNAL. NOW IT'S AT...
I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 99 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD BUTTON WHICH STARTED OUT WITH A LOUD BUZZING WHILE THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. I COULD SOMETIMES GET THE BUZZING TO STOP BY PUSHING THE HAZARD BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TURN SIGNAL. NOW IT'S AT...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DURING THE FAILURE ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BEGA...
Mileage: 97,213
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DURING THE FAILURE ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BEGA...
Mileage: 97,213
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DURING THE FAILURE ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BEGA...
Mileage: 97,213
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DURING THE FAILURE ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BEGA...
Mileage: 97,213
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, SEVERAL TIMES MY SECURITY LIGHTS AND CAME ON AND YOU CAN NOT START THE CAR, IT WILL FLASH FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT WILL START AND NOT START FLASHING AGAIN. I HAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES, AND SPEND $$$$$ MANY DOLLARS AND STILL I HAVE THE SAME PR...
Mileage: 130,000
I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. I BOUGHT IT LAST YEARS AS A BACK-UP CAR, SO WE WOULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION SHOULD ONE OF OUR NEWER VEHICLE HAVE PROBLEMS. I GAVE $2000 FOR IT AND HAVE SPENT JUST AS MUCH ON REPAIRS. THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY THOUGH EVERY FUSE IN IT HAS...
I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. I BOUGHT IT LAST YEARS AS A BACK-UP CAR, SO WE WOULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION SHOULD ONE OF OUR NEWER VEHICLE HAVE PROBLEMS. I GAVE $2000 FOR IT AND HAVE SPENT JUST AS MUCH ON REPAIRS. THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY THOUGH EVERY FUSE IN IT HAS...
I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. I BOUGHT IT LAST YEARS AS A BACK-UP CAR, SO WE WOULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION SHOULD ONE OF OUR NEWER VEHICLE HAVE PROBLEMS. I GAVE $2000 FOR IT AND HAVE SPENT JUST AS MUCH ON REPAIRS. THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY THOUGH EVERY FUSE IN IT HAS...
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BOTH WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR FOR THAT, 2 TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION HAS CAME OUT AND 2 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALTENATOR HAD TO REPLACE OVERFLOW RESORVOIR I DONT FIND THIS TO BE A RELIABLE OR SAFE CAR TO BE IN. I BOUGHT IT USED SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFOR...
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BOTH WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR FOR THAT, 2 TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION HAS CAME OUT AND 2 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALTENATOR HAD TO REPLACE OVERFLOW RESORVOIR I DONT FIND THIS TO BE A RELIABLE OR SAFE CAR TO BE IN. I BOUGHT IT USED SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFOR...
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BOTH WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR FOR THAT, 2 TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION HAS CAME OUT AND 2 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALTENATOR HAD TO REPLACE OVERFLOW RESORVOIR I DONT FIND THIS TO BE A RELIABLE OR SAFE CAR TO BE IN. I BOUGHT IT USED SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFOR...
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BOTH WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR FOR THAT, 2 TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION HAS CAME OUT AND 2 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALTENATOR HAD TO REPLACE OVERFLOW RESORVOIR I DONT FIND THIS TO BE A RELIABLE OR SAFE CAR TO BE IN. I BOUGHT IT USED SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFOR...
POWER WINDOWS HAVE BOTH WENT OUT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR FOR THAT, 2 TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION HAS CAME OUT AND 2 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALTENATOR HAD TO REPLACE OVERFLOW RESORVOIR I DONT FIND THIS TO BE A RELIABLE OR SAFE CAR TO BE IN. I BOUGHT IT USED SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFOR...
SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR USED IN 2003, I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT FAILURE. RECENTLY THIS HAS AFFECTED MY BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, HAZARDS AND SIGNALS WILL NO LONGER WORK UNLESS IN CASES OF EXTREME TEMPERATURE CHANGES ( HEAT ON FULL BLAST OR A/C ON FULL BLAST). ALS...
Mileage: 110,000
1999 ALERO PARKED IN GARAGE WITH 110000 MILE ON IT. I LIVE IN ND . BAKE UP AND FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT COIL SPRING HAD BUSTED I LOOKED AT I DID NOT SEE ANY RUST
Mileage: 116,171
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE COMPONENTS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAD A "SPECIAL POLICY" FOR THE FAILURE, BUT WOULD NOT TAKE ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE DUE TO THE AGE OF ...
Mileage: 47,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE COMPONENTS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAD A "SPECIAL POLICY" FOR THE FAILURE, BUT WOULD NOT TAKE ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE DUE TO THE AGE OF ...
Mileage: 47,000
FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM FAILS AND THE CAR WILL EITHER NOT START OR WHILE DRIVING IT WILL SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME CUTTING POWER TO THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. CAUSING A POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR
Mileage: 34,494
SECUIRTY LIGHT ON 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO COMES ON AND CAR WILL NOT START FOR OVER 10 MINS. THIS CAUSES ME TO FUEL MY CAR WITH THE CAR ENGINE RUNNING BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF IT NOT STARTING. SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3 TRYS BEFORE IT STARTS AND THAT IS OVER 30 MINUTES OF WAIT TIME. ON...
Mileage: 93,500
SECUIRTY LIGHT ON 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO COMES ON AND CAR WILL NOT START FOR OVER 10 MINS. THIS CAUSES ME TO FUEL MY CAR WITH THE CAR ENGINE RUNNING BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF IT NOT STARTING. SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3 TRYS BEFORE IT STARTS AND THAT IS OVER 30 MINUTES OF WAIT TIME. ON...
Mileage: 93,500
MY SECURITY LIGHT KEEP COMING ON. IT LOCKS DOWN MY FUEL SYSTEM. I HAD THE PROBLEM FIX IN OCTOBER OF 2006. IT WAS FIX AT THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH I BOUGHT IT FROM. ABOUT $500.00 IS WHAT I PAID TO GET IT FIX. ON JULY4,2009, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. IT MALFUNCTION AGAIN. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX TH...
Mileage: 114,800
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR REGULATOR AND MOTOR. IN ADDITION, THE RUBBER CHANNEL THAT IS LOCATED INSIDE THE WINDOW WAS NOT TIGHT AND COULD CAUSE THE WINDOW TO FALL OUT AND SHATTER. THE WINDOW FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT ...
Mileage: 10,375
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR REGULATOR AND MOTOR. IN ADDITION, THE RUBBER CHANNEL THAT IS LOCATED INSIDE THE WINDOW WAS NOT TIGHT AND COULD CAUSE THE WINDOW TO FALL OUT AND SHATTER. THE WINDOW FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT ...
Mileage: 10,375
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR REGULATOR AND MOTOR. IN ADDITION, THE RUBBER CHANNEL THAT IS LOCATED INSIDE THE WINDOW WAS NOT TIGHT AND COULD CAUSE THE WINDOW TO FALL OUT AND SHATTER. THE WINDOW FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT ...
Mileage: 10,375
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO HAS HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 1.MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING. 2. ALL OF THE WINDOWS FAILING BY FALLING OFF THE TRACKS OR THE REGULATOR ITSELF FAILING. THREE TIMES FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW! 3.THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, CLICKING CONSTANTLY. 4.THE GAS GAUGE...
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO HAS HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 1.MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING. 2. ALL OF THE WINDOWS FAILING BY FALLING OFF THE TRACKS OR THE REGULATOR ITSELF FAILING. THREE TIMES FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW! 3.THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, CLICKING CONSTANTLY. 4.THE GAS GAUGE...
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO HAS HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 1.MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING. 2. ALL OF THE WINDOWS FAILING BY FALLING OFF THE TRACKS OR THE REGULATOR ITSELF FAILING. THREE TIMES FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW! 3.THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, CLICKING CONSTANTLY. 4.THE GAS GAUGE...
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO HAS HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 1.MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING. 2. ALL OF THE WINDOWS FAILING BY FALLING OFF THE TRACKS OR THE REGULATOR ITSELF FAILING. THREE TIMES FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW! 3.THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, CLICKING CONSTANTLY. 4.THE GAS GAUGE...
GAS GAUGE IS ALWAYS OFF, I HAVE TO FILL THE GAS TANK UP ATLEAST 2-3 A DAY. MAYBE THERE IS A LEAK FROM RECALL, OR THE RECALL FORM THE GAS TANK. ALSO SPENT $700.00 FOR A RECALLED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *TR
Mileage: 90,000
GAS GAUGE IS ALWAYS OFF, I HAVE TO FILL THE GAS TANK UP ATLEAST 2-3 A DAY. MAYBE THERE IS A LEAK FROM RECALL, OR THE RECALL FORM THE GAS TANK. ALSO SPENT $700.00 FOR A RECALLED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *TR
Mileage: 90,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Mileage: 70,000
BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WINDOWS FELL OFF THE TRACKS, SO I HAD A FRIEND PRY THEM UP AND HE GOT THE WINDOWS TO STAY UP, BUT YOU COULD NOT USE EITHER WINDOW. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE WINDOWS FIXED FOR A WHILE UNTIL I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET THE DRIVER'S WINDOW FIXED IN M...
Mileage: 105,000
BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WINDOWS FELL OFF THE TRACKS, SO I HAD A FRIEND PRY THEM UP AND HE GOT THE WINDOWS TO STAY UP, BUT YOU COULD NOT USE EITHER WINDOW. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE WINDOWS FIXED FOR A WHILE UNTIL I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET THE DRIVER'S WINDOW FIXED IN M...
Mileage: 105,000
BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS FAIL TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. I CAN GET THEM TO START WORKING AGAIN SOMETIMES BY ACTIVATING THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND THEN TRYING THE TURN SIGNALS AGAIN, BUT SOMETIMES THE HAZARD LIGHTS ALSO FAIL TO FUNCTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE A SPRING IS RELEASING SOMETIMES WHEN TURNIN...
Mileage: 60,000
CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT TWO DAYS AGO. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED A YEAR AGO. DEALERSHIP STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WE MAY HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND POSSIBLY A CRACKED ENGINE--WHICH MEANS A NEW MOTOR. CAR HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN VER...
Mileage: 80,000
I OWN A 1999 ALERO COUPE 3.4L V6, HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE WINDOW WOULD COME OFF TRAC AND FALL DOWN INTO THE DOOR. I WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE WINDOW THE FEW TIMES IT HAPPENED AND PULL IT BACK INTO PLACE. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS AT THE BANK DRIVE-UP, IT WAS ...
Mileage: 111,000
ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM: BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR HAVE MALFUNCTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES. INITIAL MALFUNCTION WAS IN 2003 AND HAS BEEN REPAIRED APPROX. 12 TIMES TO DATE. *TR
THE CAR SIGNAL LIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN THE SIGNALS ON THEY COME ON. THEN SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN THEM ON THEY DO NOTHING. THEY DON'T COME ON AT ALL. *TR
Mileage: 125,998
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE TURN SIGNALS TO SWITCH LANES. THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH BEGAN MAKING A RAPID, LOUD CLICKING NOISE THAT LASTED FOR AN HOUR. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HER VIN WAS N...
Mileage: 142,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE TURN SIGNALS TO SWITCH LANES. THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH BEGAN MAKING A RAPID, LOUD CLICKING NOISE THAT LASTED FOR AN HOUR. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HER VIN WAS N...
Mileage: 142,000
REAR WINDOWS OBSTRUCTED. WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP. NO CHILDREN, MODEL 1999 ALERO. I CAN SAY THIS WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN LOWERED 100 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 YEARS. IT STOP WORKING IN 2006. I DECIDED TO SEE IF IT WAS A SERIOUS DEFECT BY GOING ON THE INTERNET, AND I SEE THEIR IS A PROBLEM GM WILL NOT FIX WIT...
Mileage: 47,000
THE PASSENGER WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PULLED IT BACK UP AND IT CONTINUES TO FALL AT DANGEROUS TIME. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT REPAIRED. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AS IT IS. *TR
THE PASSENGER WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PULLED IT BACK UP AND IT CONTINUES TO FALL AT DANGEROUS TIME. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT REPAIRED. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AS IT IS. *TR
THE PASSLOCK FEATURE. HAS LEFT ME AND SEVERAL, SEVERAL UNHAPPY ALERO OWNERS STRANDED. THIS IS A VERY BAD AND EXPENSIVE IDEA AND I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE CAR NOW FOR 2 MONTHS. I HATE THIS CAR. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT BEEN A RECALLED ISSUE. *TR
Mileage: 77,000
I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE CAR DOES NOT START FOLLOWED BY THE WORD SECURITY FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 15 MINS AND HOPE IT WON'T DO IT AGAIN. I HAVE READ UP ONLINE AND SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE RELATED TO THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON OLDSMOBILE CA...
LEFT FRONT, LEFT REAR, AND RIGHT REAR WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED WITH IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. ALL THREE FAILED THE SAME WAY: WHILE ROLLING UP THE WINDOW IT FALLS DOWN AND STAYS DOWN. THE PARTS THAT FAILED ARE THE SMALL PLASTIC CLIPS THAT ATTACH THE REGULATOR TO THE WINDOW. THE WHOLE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY...
Mileage: 99,000
IN MARCH 2006 AT 73,277 MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS, VALVE COVER GASKETS & WATER PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED DUE TO A CONSTANT ANTIFREEZE LEAK. THEN IN APRIL 2007 AT 87,452 MILES HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THIS WAS A COMMON...
Mileage: 73,277
PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE AT WORK ON 5/4/07 AND HEARD A LOUD POP, STOPPED VEHICLE AND CHECKED BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME (ABOUT 1/2 MILE) AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. PULLED UP TO MY HOME AND THERE WAS A SOUND LIKE A GUN SHOT AND MY RIGHT FRO...
Mileage: 63,580
ON THE 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO THE TURNING SIGNAL WORKS OCCASIONALLY. I CONTACT GM TO REPORT THIS. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE SENT A FORM TO FILL OUT FOR RECALL AND I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED. THIS RAISES A PROBLEMS DRIVING AND IS NOT A SAFE WAY TO DRIVE. I HAVE HAD MY FUSES' CHANGED AND THE TURNING SIGNAL...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND DAMAGED THE ENTIRE FRONT END . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE FIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 150,000.*AK
Mileage: 150,000
MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN HIS 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH WHEN HE RAN INTO THE BACK OF A PARKED OLDER VEHICLE WHICH HAD A STEEL BUMPER. MY SON'S 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AND MY SON HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. NOTHING HAS BEE...
Mileage: 97,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE HAD AN 99' OLDSMOBILE ALERO FOR 7 YEARS. IT HAS HAD ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE. IT HAS HAD AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM EVERY YEAR SINCE I GOT IT AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL PUMP, POOR INTERIOR MANUFACTURER, AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SETTINGS FA...
Mileage: 75,000
1999 OLDS ALERO 70,000 MILES AND WILL HAVE TO SPEND OVER 700 REPLACING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. IF WE DO NOT REPAIR, WILL LOSE ENGINE AT OVER 2500 EXPENSE. WE HAVE TALKED TO SHOPS AND READ INTERNET ISSUES PREDOMINANT ON THIS SAME ISSUE. GM SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO SO MANY COMPLA...
Mileage: 70,000
BOTH OF MY POWER WINDOWS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. AT FIRST THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW STARTED WORKING SLOWLY. IT WOULD SOMETIMES GET STUCK AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUSH IT UP. I STOPPED USING THAT WINDOW BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH OF A WORRY. THEN ONE DAY I PUT DOWN THE PASSENGER WINDOW WITH NO PROBLEM AND WH...
THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARDS LIGHTS WORK PERIODICALLY. IT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING FAULTY IN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. IF YOU HIT THE DASH HARD ENOUGH THEY WILL BEGIN WORKING BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS B/C YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL WORK OR WHEN THEY WILL NOT WORK. *JB
Mileage: 90,000
THE MAKE : OLDSMOBILE MODEL : ALERO YEAR : 1999 MANUFACTURER : GENERAL MOTORS CORP. MILEAGE: 62,000 MILES PROBLEM: ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK - DEXCOOL I, LIKE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND OTHER GM OWNERS, AM EXPERIENCING A LEAKING ENGINE DUE TO THE DEXCOOL COOLANT USED IN THE RADIATOR. THE PRO...
Mileage: 62,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ABS AND LOW TRACK LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS WHERE THE SENSORS IN THE FRONT HUBS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.
Mileage: 89,100
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ABS AND LOW TRACK LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS WHERE THE SENSORS IN THE FRONT HUBS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.
Mileage: 89,100
DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST YEAR. AMAZING HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. ALSO, MY HORN HAS GONE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANYTHING SETTING...
Mileage: 75,000
DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST YEAR. AMAZING HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. ALSO, MY HORN HAS GONE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANYTHING SETTING...
Mileage: 75,000
DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST YEAR. AMAZING HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. ALSO, MY HORN HAS GONE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANYTHING SETTING...
Mileage: 75,000
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THREE OUT OF 4 WINDOWS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOW HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE CHANNEL AND I CAN'T GET THEM UP. LUCKILY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MANAGED TO DO THAT AND A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP FOR ME. THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF JANUARY 2006. I COULD ...
Mileage: 52,000
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THREE OUT OF 4 WINDOWS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOW HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE CHANNEL AND I CAN'T GET THEM UP. LUCKILY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MANAGED TO DO THAT AND A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP FOR ME. THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF JANUARY 2006. I COULD ...
Mileage: 52,000
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THREE OUT OF 4 WINDOWS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOW HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE CHANNEL AND I CAN'T GET THEM UP. LUCKILY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MANAGED TO DO THAT AND A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP FOR ME. THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF JANUARY 2006. I COULD ...
Mileage: 52,000
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THREE OUT OF 4 WINDOWS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOW HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE CHANNEL AND I CAN'T GET THEM UP. LUCKILY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MANAGED TO DO THAT AND A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP FOR ME. THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF JANUARY 2006. I COULD ...
Mileage: 52,000
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THREE OUT OF 4 WINDOWS ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOW HELD UP WITH DUCT TAPE SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE CHANNEL AND I CAN'T GET THEM UP. LUCKILY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MANAGED TO DO THAT AND A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP FOR ME. THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF JANUARY 2006. I COULD ...
Mileage: 52,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
LOCKED UP IGNITION SWITCH CRUISE CONTROL FELL APART GEAR SHIFT SHIFTER NOT SECURE AND SLIDES UP THE SHIFT.. BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED ALL FOUR WINDOWS ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND RACKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED ON INCLINE DASH BOARD LEATHER COVER CAME LOOSE AND ...
Mileage: 49,000
THE BACK SEAT BELTS SEEM TO BE MALFUNCTIONING. THE CAR SEAT WIGGLES FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN I MAKE TURNS. THE CAR SEAT DIDN'T DO THIS WITH MY OLD CAR, I'VE HAD 2 DIFFERENT CAR SEATS IN IT. BOTH BACK SEATS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
THE FAILURE IS GENERAL MOTORS PASSLOCK THEFT DETERENT SYSTEM. MY CAR DOES NOT START ON NUMEROUS OCCATIONS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN A GENERAL MOTORS REPAIR SHOP FIVE TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL OCCURS. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED, LATE FOR SCHOOL, LA...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE, A BURNING SMELL APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING WATER. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 79,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE, A BURNING SMELL APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING WATER. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 79,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE, A BURNING SMELL APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING WATER. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 79,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE, A BURNING SMELL APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING WATER. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 79,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE, A BURNING SMELL APPEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING WATER. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. T...
Mileage: 79,000
NOTICED MY SON'S 1999 OLDS ALERO WAS USING EXCESSIVE ANTIFREEZE, TOOK TO SHOP & HAD TO HAVE DEFECTIVE INTAKE GASKET REPLACED AS ANTIFREEZE WAS BEING SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE. REPAIR SHOP REPORTS THAT THEY ARE REPAIRING SAME PROBLEM ON 3 GM CARS PER WEEK IN THIS TOWN OF 25,000 PEOPLE. COST $ 650 TO R...
Mileage: 65,000
WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 2.4L, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. IT DID NOT GIVE THE NORMAL WARNING INDICATOR TO LET ME KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. WITH THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IT REQUIRES YOU TO QUICKLY ENTER THE INTERSECTION. MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDL...
Mileage: 161,000
WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 2.4L, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. IT DID NOT GIVE THE NORMAL WARNING INDICATOR TO LET ME KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. WITH THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IT REQUIRES YOU TO QUICKLY ENTER THE INTERSECTION. MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDL...
Mileage: 161,000
PASSLOCK SYSTEM-CAR WILL NOT START 2-3 TIMES A WEEK HAVE TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR KEY TUMBLERS CHANGED AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM . HAVE TO WAIT 10 -15 MINUTES FOR SECURITY LIGHT TO GO OUT BEFORE TO CAR WILL CRANK. I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM BUT HAVE NO WAY TO OVERRIDE IT. HAVE...
1999 OLDS ALERO GLS, BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY,2004 WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. FROM DAY 1 I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT MOSTLY BRAKES, CAR HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT. THE ROTORS GRIND, PULSATE, SQUEAK, THE CALIPERS MAKE CRACKING NOISES SOMETIMES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES...
Mileage: 26,000
1999 OLDS ALERO GLS, BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY,2004 WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. FROM DAY 1 I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT MOSTLY BRAKES, CAR HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT. THE ROTORS GRIND, PULSATE, SQUEAK, THE CALIPERS MAKE CRACKING NOISES SOMETIMES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES...
Mileage: 26,000
1999 OLDS ALERO GLS, BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY,2004 WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT. FROM DAY 1 I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT MOSTLY BRAKES, CAR HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT. THE ROTORS GRIND, PULSATE, SQUEAK, THE CALIPERS MAKE CRACKING NOISES SOMETIMES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES...
Mileage: 26,000
HAVE HAD THE HEATER RESISTER REPLACED TWICE AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONCE. WHEN GOING TO A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC TO HAVE A THIRD RESISTER INSTALLED (LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE SECOND AND 13 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST REPLACEMENT), HE SAID THAT WATER WAS LEAKING DOWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD INTO THE BLOWER ...
Mileage: 95,608
I PURCHASED THE CAR & IMMEDIATELY HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED BY THE DEALERSHIP. IN 3/05 HAD COMPLETE LOOK AT CAR -AT CHEVY. DEALERSHIP, THEY FLUSHED RADIATOR, CLEAN FUEL LINES-THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES "TO MAKE MY CAR RUN BETTER". IN JUNE OF 05 I STARTED NOTICING A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER UNDER MY ...
I PURCHASED THE CAR & IMMEDIATELY HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED BY THE DEALERSHIP. IN 3/05 HAD COMPLETE LOOK AT CAR -AT CHEVY. DEALERSHIP, THEY FLUSHED RADIATOR, CLEAN FUEL LINES-THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES "TO MAKE MY CAR RUN BETTER". IN JUNE OF 05 I STARTED NOTICING A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER UNDER MY ...
1999 OLDS. ALERO 3400 GLS. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MANIFOLD GASKET MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM I THINK IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO FOR A SAFETY RECALL. *NM
Mileage: 73,500
FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. SPRING WAS NOT RUSTED. PIECES WERE EXTREMELY SHARP AND COULD HAVE PUNCTURED TIRE EASILY. COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AT HIGH SPEED. I REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS BUT DID NOT THINK TO KEEP BUSTED ONE. *JB
Mileage: 108,000
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMEDIATELY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A COMPUTER COMPONENT TRYING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 03V327000/ INVESTIGATION NUMBER RQ04005. THERE W...
Mileage: 45,000
THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW CAME OFF TRACK AND ENDED UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. IN THE PROCESS, THE CLIPS WHICH HOLD THE GLASS ON BROKE OFF, THE GLASS BROKE, AND THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS WINDOW, BUT BY FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. *NM
Mileage: 99,045
THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW CAME OFF TRACK AND ENDED UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. IN THE PROCESS, THE CLIPS WHICH HOLD THE GLASS ON BROKE OFF, THE GLASS BROKE, AND THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS WINDOW, BUT BY FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. *NM
Mileage: 99,045
DT: 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO - CONSUMER'S CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE HUB ASSEMBLY THAT HOLDS THE REAR PASSENGER STRUTS SHEARED OFF. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE CAR TURNED SIDEWAYS AND WENT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO IMPACT, BUT THE CAR DID FLIP SIDE WAY...
Mileage: 61,561
DT: 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THE HUB BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END WENT OUT. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IF SHE DROVE IT MUCH LONGER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCI...
Mileage: 56,000
DT: 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THE HUB BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END WENT OUT. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IF SHE DROVE IT MUCH LONGER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCI...
Mileage: 56,000
DT: 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THE HUB BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END WENT OUT. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IF SHE DROVE IT MUCH LONGER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCI...
Mileage: 56,000
DT: 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THE HUB BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END WENT OUT. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IF SHE DROVE IT MUCH LONGER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCI...
Mileage: 56,000
DT: ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, NOTICED THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP, AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, BUT DID NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT THE STRUTS BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE COIL SPRING...
Mileage: 40,000
NOTICED PLAY AND LOOSENESS IN STEERING HAD IT CHECK OUT BY MECHANIC AND FOUND IT WAS MY RACK AND PINION I AM REPLACING IT WITH ANOTHER USED PART. *JB
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATES THAT SHE HIT A POT HOLE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE AIR BAG WAS POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE BECAUSE IT DID NOT COMPLETELY DEPLOY, THE AIR BAG ON THE RIGHT SIDE EJECTED AND IT BENT OPEN. IT LOOKED AS IF TISSUE WAS COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, TH...
DT: WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THERE WERE NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED, WENT OVER SMALL EMBANKMENT, AND STRUCK A TREE WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE A WRECKER SERVICE SHOP. HAS NOT BEEN TO A REPAIR SHOP ...
Mileage: 88,498
MY DAUGHTER WILL BE DRIVING HER 99 ALERO ALONG AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME THE CAR STALLS, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES DON'T WORK AND SHE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY PULLING OVER TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, NO ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SHE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT....
1 I WAS LEAVING WORK PARKING LOT AND HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND GOT OUT OF MY CAR TO SEE IF I HAD HIT SOMETHING AND CHECKED MY TIRES AND EVERYTHING APPEARED ALRIGHT SO I PROCEEDED TO PULL OUT AGAIN AND HEARD A CLUNK AND THEN PSSSSSSSSSS. GOT OUT OF MY CAR AGAIN AND MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS DEFLAT...
Mileage: 49,460
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE ROTORS. *MR *SC
WHEN IT RAINS CAR EITHER WONT START, OR GUAGES WILL NOT WORK. RADIO STOPS WORKING. BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF. FUSE BOX WAS CORRODED, REPLACED WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND NO IS ACTING UP AGAIN. MECHANICS COULD FIND NOTHING ELSE WRONG. IT WAS IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES BEFORE THEY FIXED THE FUSE BOX....
WHEN IT RAINS CAR EITHER WONT START, OR GUAGES WILL NOT WORK. RADIO STOPS WORKING. BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF. FUSE BOX WAS CORRODED, REPLACED WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND NO IS ACTING UP AGAIN. MECHANICS COULD FIND NOTHING ELSE WRONG. IT WAS IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES BEFORE THEY FIXED THE FUSE BOX....
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
REAR DEFROSTER, STEERING, BRAKES (3X'S), ENGINE, RADIATOR, BELT, SECURITY SYSTERM, TAPE DECK, POWER WINDOWS.
I HAVE A 99 OLDMOBILE ALERO. I WAS DRIVING IT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT A SLOW SPEED. NEAR THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I MANUVERED MY CAR INTO THE STREET AND THERE WAS A LOUD CRUNCHING DRAGGING SOUND. I STOPPED MY CAR AND CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND SAW NOTHING. I MOVED MY CAR BACK INTO ...
Mileage: 88,000
OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEMS. *SC THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE FRONT COILS SPRING FAILED. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEMS. *SC THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE FRONT COILS SPRING FAILED. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEMS. *SC THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE FRONT COILS SPRING FAILED. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEMS. *SC THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE FRONT COILS SPRING FAILED. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999 THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEMS. *SC THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. THE FRONT COILS SPRING FAILED. THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. LEFT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
LEFT SCHOOL WENT TO THE BANK, CAME OUT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER HOOD BY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. I CRACKED THE HOOD AND SMOKE INCREASED. I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, I PUT THE HOOD BACK DOWN AND ASKED THE BANK TELLER TO CALL 911. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND OPENED HOOD, ALTERNATOR WAS BURNED OUT E...
ON 5/27/05, THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE, CAUSING A BLOW OUT. THERE WAS NO WARNING ON DASH TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THERE WAS A CLANKING IN THE FRONT END AS THE DRIVER APPROACHED A STOP SIGN, THEN TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THERE WERE NORMAL DRIVING AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THE DA...
Mileage: 78,903
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS NOT FASTENING. *MR THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *SC *JB
DT: 1999 WITH 22,000 MILES ON THE CAR. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO PUSH THE HAZARD SWITCH IT SUNK INTO THE DASHBOARD. AND COULDN'T GET THE FLASHER TO GO OFF. CONSUMER TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING BROKE BEHIND THE SWITCH, WHEN THE SWITCHED WAS PUSHED. CONSUMER ...
Mileage: 22,000
ON THE WAY FROM WORK ONE DAY AFTER A RAIN SHOWER, I USE THE POWER DRIVER WINDOW TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW FOR SOME FRESH AIR. WHEN I POWER ROLLED UP THE WINDOW, THERE WERE DEEP SCRATCHES ON VARIOUS PLACES ON THE WINDOW. TSB#98831520 TOOK TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. IT WAS FI...
Mileage: 7,810
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN FLORIDA...FROM DAY 1 THERE HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A WINDOW IS LEFT OPEN. TOOK TO VARIOUS SERVICE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN OF THIS PROBLEM...VARIOUS THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE SERVICE DEPT., BUT THE PRO...
Mileage: 10
I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AT A FLORIDA DEALERSHIP ON 11/1998. LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER THE MATERIAL ON THE DOOR PANELS WAS COMING OFF...DETACHING...THE VINYL LIFTED OFF THE UPPER DOOR PANEL. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO REPLACE ON 09/2002 UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. MATERIAL ON DOOR PANEL I...
Mileage: 16,144
I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE NEW IN 1998 IN FLORIDA. LESS THAN 5 MONTHS LATER, THE POWER DRIVER SEAT BECOMES LOOSE...MOVES WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. AFTER SERVICE VISIT, DRIVER SEAT IS STILL LOOSE. MANUFACTURE WARRANTY IS NOW EXPIRED ON THIS VE...
Mileage: 6,118
OCCASIONALLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR...VEHICLE WILL TRY TO START...TACHOMETER WILL FLUCTUATE, BUT THE ENGINE ENDS UP STALLING. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION KEY HAS TO BE HELD IN THE START POSITION LONGER THAN USUAL...ABOUT 5 SECONDS. TOOK TO VARIOUS...
Mileage: 4,777
DISCOVERED DURING A VEHICLE INSPECTION THAT OIL WAS LEAKING AROUND THE UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE...NEAR THE HEAD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD AREA. PLUS HAVE BEEN SMELLING BURNING OIL THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM...OCCASIONALLY. AT THE TIME, VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY...CONTACT M...
Mileage: 35,800
BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN FLORIDA...FROM DAY ONE, THE PARKING BRAKE HAS NEVER WORKED RIGHT...WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE ON A HILL WHEN PARKING BRAKE LEVER FULLY ENGAGED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER SERVICE CENTERS SEVERAL TIMES...PARKING BRAKE WOULD WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT WOULD RETURN TO PREVIOU...
Mileage: 10
MY CAR WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT, AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE STALL, I HEARD A BANG. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR, I COULD SEE THAT THE RIGHT FRONT END WAS SITTING ON THE TIRE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD JUST BROKE. LUCKILY, I WAS ...
Mileage: 58,418
OCTOBER OF 2004 I WAS PARKED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO FINISH SCHOOL.WHEN I HEARD A BIG BANG. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR ,AND WALKED AROUND IT. I COULD FIND NOTHING. WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE IT THERE WAS A CRUNCHING COMING FROM THE FRONT END. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE FRONT DRIVERS SID...
Mileage: 80,000
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON JAN 17 I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, TWO TO THREE, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND. JUST ONE TIME, SO I STARTED LOOKING AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. I NOTICED A HOLE BETWEEN THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW AND THE REAR WINDOW. MY ALERO WAS A 2 DOOR. WHEN I G...
Mileage: 129,000
ENGINE COOLANT LEAK ONTO ENGINE BLOCK AND TRANSMISSION HOUSING. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3400 V6 ENGINE. *JB
Mileage: 68,000
I HAVE HAD 3 OF THE 4 REGULATOR MOTORS GO OUT ON MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE, BACK DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE REPAIRED AS THE DEALER QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $400 TO FIX EACH ONE. THE FRONT ONE BROKE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, SO THAT WAS FIXED. EACH TIME THIS HAPPEN...
Mileage: 98,999
ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING HUBS. ON 12/29/04 I HAD TO HAVE THE RIGHT BEARING HUB REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I DO NOT RECALL THE MILEAGE THE FIRST TIME. I HAD ABOUT 129,000 ON THIS TIME.*AK
Mileage: 129,000
WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR SIGNS, THE CAR ENGINE DIED AT APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MI. CAR WAS DRIVEN LOCALLY AND WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IT COST $1,700.00 TO REPLACE (WITH AN ENGINE THAT HAD 43,000 MILES.), AND SEEMS THAT THE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE LASTED FOR MORE THAN 65,000 MILES.*AK
Mileage: 63,000
FAILURE OF HEAD INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO DUE TO DEX-COOL ENGINE COOLANT / FAULTY GASKET DESIGN.*AK
Mileage: 45,000
I HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE AND ALSO MY BACK COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY BACK TIRE. I SPENT ALMOST A 1000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS FOR THESE REPAIRS. *JB
Mileage: 72,000
I HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE AND ALSO MY BACK COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY BACK TIRE. I SPENT ALMOST A 1000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS FOR THESE REPAIRS. *JB
Mileage: 72,000
THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. THE MOTOR FOR THE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Mileage: 82,000
THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH WORKS INTERMITTANTLY ON MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. AFTER LOOKING INTO SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MANY 2000 ALEROS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN IT STOPS I CAN NORMALLY GET IT TO WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES LONGER BY PUSHING THE TOP OF THE SWITCH DOWN OR WIGGLING IT. THE DEALER WAN...
Mileage: 80,000
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BLINKERS AND HAZARD LIGHTS. BOTH DO NOT ALWAYS WORK AND I HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED OUT BY MY DEALER. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT, AND THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ME, BUT MUST BE ...
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BLINKERS AND HAZARD LIGHTS. BOTH DO NOT ALWAYS WORK AND I HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED OUT BY MY DEALER. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT, AND THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ME, BUT MUST BE ...
PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY'03. BAD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH, TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED 4+ TIMES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING/HUB KITS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, STILL OCCURS AND HAVE JUST GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE SHAKING. ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS: REPLACED PUMP ...
Mileage: 32,000
PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY'03. BAD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH, TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED 4+ TIMES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING/HUB KITS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, STILL OCCURS AND HAVE JUST GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE SHAKING. ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS: REPLACED PUMP ...
Mileage: 32,000
PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY'03. BAD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH, TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED 4+ TIMES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING/HUB KITS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, STILL OCCURS AND HAVE JUST GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE SHAKING. ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS: REPLACED PUMP ...
Mileage: 32,000
PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY'03. BAD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH, TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED 4+ TIMES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING/HUB KITS REPLACED IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, STILL OCCURS AND HAVE JUST GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE SHAKING. ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS: REPLACED PUMP ...
Mileage: 32,000
A SHORTAGE CONTINUOUSLY OCCURS WITHIN THE FUSE BOX, CAUSING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO MALFUNCTION. *AK
FUEL INJECTORS FAILED, CAR STARTED TO RUMBLE WHEN IDLE AND WOULD SPUTTER WHEN FOOT ON GAS. *BF THE FUEL INJECTOR #6 WAS STICKING AND THE SAME THING PROBLEM OCCURRED. *SC
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (OUT OF WARRANTY) BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" OCCASIONALLY DURING THE SUMMER. I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. WHILE DRIVING HOME LAST EVENING, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "TRAC OFF" LIGHT AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE C...
Mileage: 63,360
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (OUT OF WARRANTY) BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" OCCASIONALLY DURING THE SUMMER. I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. WHILE DRIVING HOME LAST EVENING, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "TRAC OFF" LIGHT AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE C...
Mileage: 63,360
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (OUT OF WARRANTY) BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" OCCASIONALLY DURING THE SUMMER. I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. WHILE DRIVING HOME LAST EVENING, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "TRAC OFF" LIGHT AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE C...
Mileage: 63,360
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO (OUT OF WARRANTY) BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION "SLIPPING" OCCASIONALLY DURING THE SUMMER. I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. WHILE DRIVING HOME LAST EVENING, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "TRAC OFF" LIGHT AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE C...
Mileage: 63,360
THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND IN A 360 MOTION. THE PASSENGER JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A DEAD STOP WHEN IT HIT A DITCH HEAD ON. *AK *SC
Mileage: 58,588
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE OF A FAILURE IN THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS REELED ALL THE WAY OUT AND WOULDN'T RETRACT BACK INTO IT'S HOLSTER AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY RETRACTED. *JB
Mileage: 60,000
BOTH WINDOWS ON MY CAR HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. BEFORE FALLING INTO THE DOOR THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE A LOUD POP. *NM
BOTH WINDOWS ON MY CAR HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. BEFORE FALLING INTO THE DOOR THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE A LOUD POP. *NM
BOTH WINDOWS ON MY CAR HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. BEFORE FALLING INTO THE DOOR THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE A LOUD POP. *NM
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT TWICE. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AUTOMATICALLY PUT ITSELF IN REVERSE, ROLLED BACK HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, THE IGNITION SWITCH. UPON PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE CONSUMER HAS TO SPRAY IT WITH 40/40 WD BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL S...
THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT TWICE. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AUTOMATICALLY PUT ITSELF IN REVERSE, ROLLED BACK HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, THE IGNITION SWITCH. UPON PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE CONSUMER HAS TO SPRAY IT WITH 40/40 WD BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL S...
THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT TWICE. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AUTOMATICALLY PUT ITSELF IN REVERSE, ROLLED BACK HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, THE IGNITION SWITCH. UPON PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE CONSUMER HAS TO SPRAY IT WITH 40/40 WD BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL S...
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO TWO DOOR HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND TURN INDICATORS. OFTEN TIMES WHEN THE LEVER IS ENGAGED THE BLINKERS WILL MAKE A CLICK SOUND AS THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE WORKING AND FAIL TO CONTINUE BLINKING. THE SOLUTION I HAVE FOUND IS TO PUSH THE EMERGENCY FL...
MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO TWO DOOR HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND TURN INDICATORS. OFTEN TIMES WHEN THE LEVER IS ENGAGED THE BLINKERS WILL MAKE A CLICK SOUND AS THEY DO WHEN THEY ARE WORKING AND FAIL TO CONTINUE BLINKING. THE SOLUTION I HAVE FOUND IS TO PUSH THE EMERGENCY FL...
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AN SAW THE RIGHT TIRE FLAT. A MECHANIC INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SECURITY LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM A TRIP. WE TOOK IT IN AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED THAT THE KNOCK SENSOR WAS BAD. SO THAT WAS REPLACED. (CODE 00327). *AK BUT NOW THE LIGHT STILL KEEPS COMING ON FOR THE SAME CODE EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY BEE...
Mileage: 60,400
TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD WARNIG LAMPS WORKING INTERMITTENT.*AK
Mileage: 58,000
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED DURING OPERATION. AUTHORIZED DEALER IDENTIFIED FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH AS ROOT CASE AND REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *AK
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED DURING OPERATION. AUTHORIZED DEALER IDENTIFIED FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH AS ROOT CASE AND REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *AK
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED DURING OPERATION. AUTHORIZED DEALER IDENTIFIED FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH AS ROOT CASE AND REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *AK
CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUE. VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. WHILE HAVING THIS ISSUE CHECKED DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AND LEAKED RADIATOR ANTI FREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN...
Mileage: 74,000
CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUE. VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. WHILE HAVING THIS ISSUE CHECKED DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AND LEAKED RADIATOR ANTI FREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN...
Mileage: 74,000
DEAR SIRS, CONTACTING YOU TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH A CERTAIN MODEL OF CAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VINYL DASH OF THIS CAR WILL PEEL BACK AND OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ONLY GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. I THEN A...
Mileage: 59,000
PROBLEMS WITH 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO TRANSMISSION.*MR RECENTLY THE CONSUMER'S CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A VERY LOUD NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT A PIN BROKE IN THE OVERDRIVE GEARSHIFT AND SENT PARTS INTO THE PLANETARY GEAR. *NM
INTERMITTENTLY TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD LIGHTS, AND HIGH BEAM LIGHT FAILED TO FUNCTION. ON SOME OCCASIONS THERE WAS A SLIGHT POP BEFORE THE WARNING LIGHTS FAILED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 66,000
INTERMITTENTLY TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD LIGHTS, AND HIGH BEAM LIGHT FAILED TO FUNCTION. ON SOME OCCASIONS THERE WAS A SLIGHT POP BEFORE THE WARNING LIGHTS FAILED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 66,000
INTERMITTENTLY TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD LIGHTS, AND HIGH BEAM LIGHT FAILED TO FUNCTION. ON SOME OCCASIONS THERE WAS A SLIGHT POP BEFORE THE WARNING LIGHTS FAILED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 66,000
I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY COIL (SPRING) SNAPPED OFF AND BROKE. IT SLICED MY TIRE AND I HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRE AS WELL AS THE COIL (SPRING). IT WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL. I AM NERVOUS THAT THE OTHER ONE MAY SNAP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING MY CAR...
I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY COIL (SPRING) SNAPPED OFF AND BROKE. IT SLICED MY TIRE AND I HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRE AS WELL AS THE COIL (SPRING). IT WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL. I AM NERVOUS THAT THE OTHER ONE MAY SNAP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING MY CAR...
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM MY HOME. I MADE A LEFT TURN AT A LIGHT, AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURN, I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND MY RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS ON IT'S RIM. THINKING THAT I HIT SOMETHING, I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. THE ROAD WAS CLEAR. WHEN I JACKED UP MY CAR AND A...
Mileage: 89,000
AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 35-45 MPH DOWN ROAD. GM PULLED DATA FROM COMPUTER AND HAS NOW SAID THAT THE CAR MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAGS, POTHOLE, BUSH, STICK OR SOMETHING. THEY HOWEVER WON'T HELP IN THE MATTER BECAUSE SOMETHING CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY, WELL I COULD HAVE TO...
Mileage: 82,000
MY CAR'S COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON THE FIRST TIME ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. AT THAT TIME I REPLACED THE COOLANT THAT WAS MISSING, ONLY TO HAVE THE LIGHT COME ON AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER. I AGAIN REPLACED THE COOLANT. I COULD NOT FIND ANY VISIBLE LEAKS UNDER THE CAR. I WAS DRIVING TO THE MECHANIC WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE...
Mileage: 81,198
TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Mileage: 63,960
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK
Mileage: 110,000
THE TURNING ON THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BURNT WIRE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THERE A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR GM VEHICLES WIT...
Mileage: 39,000
A LEAK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THAT IS ALLOWING COOLANT AND OIL TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. IT COSTS BETWEEN $600 - $800 TO REPAIR AND THIS IS A FAULTY PART IN A MAJORITY OF THE GM VEHICLES. THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED MARCH 2003 THAT ENTAILS THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE PROBLEM, YET GM HAS NOT OFF...
1999 ALERO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MANIFOLD LEAKING OIL AND FAILED FUEL INJECTORS. *MR THE FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN SUDDENLY AS THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE MANIFOLD AND INJECTOR PROBLEM OCCURRED WITHIN ONE WEEK. RECALL #3V473000 AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SUSPENSION. *SC *JB
1999 ALERO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MANIFOLD LEAKING OIL AND FAILED FUEL INJECTORS. *MR THE FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN SUDDENLY AS THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE MANIFOLD AND INJECTOR PROBLEM OCCURRED WITHIN ONE WEEK. RECALL #3V473000 AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SUSPENSION. *SC *JB
1999 ALERO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MANIFOLD LEAKING OIL AND FAILED FUEL INJECTORS. *MR THE FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN SUDDENLY AS THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE MANIFOLD AND INJECTOR PROBLEM OCCURRED WITHIN ONE WEEK. RECALL #3V473000 AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SUSPENSION. *SC *JB
I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY WARNING TO THE EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. UPON RETURNING HOME AT 11 P.M. MAY15, 2004 FROM MY PARENTS HOME, I TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED FILLING WITH SMOKE AND I SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE CAR AND TURNED OFF T...
Mileage: 62,310
1. CAR BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHT 2. #2 INJECTOR ELECTRICALLY FAILED 3. #2 INJECTOR REPLACED. *AK
LOOSING ENGINE COOLENT. NO VISIBLE LEAKING ON THE GROUND.*AK
Mileage: 40,000
BREAK VIBRATION CAUSED BY DISTORTED ROTORS ON 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO,BREAK ROTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR DISTORTION,LAST REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY APPROX 11,000.GM CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL WARE,REFUSES TO RERAIR UNDER WARRANTY THIS TIME. I FEEL THIS IS NOT NORMAL WARE AND I FEELTHIS...
THIS CAR HAS MANY PROBLEMS BUT THE WORST OF THEM IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING THAT BROKE IN HALF WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR BEFORE HITTING ANY OTHER DRIVERS. THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 70K ON IT AND THE SPRING SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. THE ST...
Mileage: 67,000
ALL 4 WINDOWS IN MY1999 ALERO ARE DEFECTIVE. 2 PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE ETCHING THE GLASS EVERYTIME THEY GO UP AND DOWN. DRIVER WINDOW INSIDE MECHANISM EXPLODED AND SHATTERED THE GEARS INSIDE. WINDOW FORTUNATELY IS STILL ON TRACK BUT NOT FUNCTIONING. BACK WINDOW HAS TO BE TAPED UP BECAUSE IT WILL N...
WHILE DRIVING 60 TO 70 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT REAR AXLE BROKE. *AK
EMERGENCY FLASHER SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE SWITCHES FAILED EVERY 30,000 MILES. WHEN THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS FAILED THE TURN SIGNALS ALSO BECAME INEFFECTIVE. *AK
Mileage: 30,000
DUE TO GM DEFECT TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, SERPENTINE BELT AND AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING GAS TANK AND HEATER CORE. . *AK
Mileage: 119,000
DUE TO GM DEFECT TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, SERPENTINE BELT AND AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING GAS TANK AND HEATER CORE. . *AK
Mileage: 119,000
DUE TO GM DEFECT TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, SERPENTINE BELT AND AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING GAS TANK AND HEATER CORE. . *AK
Mileage: 119,000
DUE TO GM DEFECT TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, SERPENTINE BELT AND AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING GAS TANK AND HEATER CORE. . *AK
Mileage: 119,000
DUE TO GM DEFECT TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, SERPENTINE BELT AND AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING GAS TANK AND HEATER CORE. . *AK
Mileage: 119,000
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH LIGHT CAME ON BY ITSELF AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO TURN IT OFF. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND A GENTLEMAN THAT HAPPENED TO BE A MECHANIC TURNED THE HAZARD LIGHTS OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL BUT IT ...
Mileage: 35,000
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. I HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER :03V327000 FOR 2000 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE IT MY SELF. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE 1999 MODEL YEAR? IF NOT WHY NOT?*AK
Mileage: 40,000
FRONT HUB BEARING WORE OUT PREMATURELY. AS A RESULT, A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRODUCED. *AK
Mileage: 107,000
LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILURE CAUSES NEAR COLLISION ON FREEWAY. WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A BUSY DAY MY COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND MY ENGINE STARTED PULSING STRANGELY. TRYING TO PULL INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE CAUSED SEVERAL CARS TO NEARLY SLAM INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR. THE PROBLEM WITH THE COOLANT WA...
Mileage: 68,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE FRONT HUBS AND WHEEL BEARINGS. ALSO, VEHICLE USED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND COOLANT.*AK
Mileage: 35,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE FRONT HUBS AND WHEEL BEARINGS. ALSO, VEHICLE USED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND COOLANT.*AK
Mileage: 35,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE FRONT HUBS AND WHEEL BEARINGS. ALSO, VEHICLE USED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND COOLANT.*AK
Mileage: 35,000
LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION INTO AN INTERSECTION.*AK
Mileage: 54,000
AT 50K MILES, LOW COOLANT LIGHT WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF SO PER THE MANUAL DEXCOOL/WATER MIXTURE WAS ADDED. THIS ALLEVIATED THE PROBLEM ONLY TEMPORARILY HOWEVER. LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON, AND LATER AT 61K, OIL LEAK WAS NOTICED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO BRING...
Mileage: 62,797
I OWN A 1999 OLDS ALERO. THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. I CHECKED AND FOUND THAT THE PLUG GOING INTO THE REAR DEFOGGER/RADIO MODULE WAS MELTED. I BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. I CHECKED WITH MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I ASKED ...
TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LAMPS ARE INTERMITTENTLY INOPERABLE.*AK
Mileage: 37,000
TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LAMPS ARE INTERMITTENTLY INOPERABLE.*AK
Mileage: 37,000
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED FIVE TIMES WITHIN 70,000 MILES. *AK
I BOUGHT MY ALERO IN MAY OF 2003, AND IT IS NOT MARCH 2004 AND I AM REPLACING THE MOTOR. STARTED OUT WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS, THEN WENT ON TO THE LEATHER UNDER THE WINDOWS AND ON THE DASH "BUBBLING" UP IN THE SUN. NEXT, I HAD COOLANT/OIL LEAKS AT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. LOW TRAC LIGHT CAME ON ALL THE TIME,...
Mileage: 96,540
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
1999 2 DOOR OLDS ALERO HAD BROKEN POWER WINDOWS. BOTH BROKE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. TOOK TO AUTO SERVICE AND IT COST $616 TO FIX. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL.*AK
I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WITH A 3.4L ENGINE. AT A COST OF $652.01, ON 28-OCTOBER-2003 I HAD SERVICE PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I WAS LOOSING COOLANT AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND IT WAS NOT LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. THE SEVERE CAUSE FOR CONCERN WAS AFTER I HAD REFILLED MY COOLANT RESERVOIR, DR...
Mileage: 72,936
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEALING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER ADDED POWER STEERING FLUID, THAT STOPPED THE NOISE. ALSO, CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING SOUND WHEN RIGHT TURNS WERE MADE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO ...
Mileage: 134,000
OLDS ALERO 1999 TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CAN GO TO NUETRAL FROM DRIVE WITHOUT PUSHING SHIFTER BUTTON.THE SHIFTER SHOULD HAVE A LOCK IN DRIVE SO YOU CAN NOT BUMP IT OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING.THE TRANS. IS AN AUTOMATIC FLORR MOUNTED SHIFTER.*AK
HEAD GASKET AND MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK ON A 1999 OLDS ALERO WITH 55000 MILES. *JB
Mileage: 54,500
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON CHECKING THE COOLANT LEVELS, IT WAS LOW. THE REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSIS IS A LEAK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH AN $800+ REPAIR COST. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF COOLANT, DEXCOOL, USED IN GM CARS IS LINKED TO CORROSION TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS...
TURN SIGNALS DO NOT ALWAYS FLASH OR CONTINUE TO FLASH WHEN ACTIVATED! I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OLDSMOBILE DEALER DURING THE FIRST YEAR (1999) THAT I HAD THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED. THE FLASHER IS SEALE...
THE OLDSMOBILE ALERO IS A PILE OF CRAP. SINCE I HAVE HAD IT I HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT END. MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT AT 70,000 MILES, I HAD A WARRANTY AND THEY DIDN'T FIX IT. MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL WENT OUT AND MY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH HASN'T WORKED SI...
Mileage: 60,000
CAR OVERHEATED. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. REAR OF INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *CB
Mileage: 48,536
WHEEL BEARING WORE OUT AT 52000 MILES. BATTERY TERMINAL POST BROKE OFF. BRAKE CALIPER MELTED AT 51000 MILES. TWO POWER STEERING LINES BURST AT 59000. THE COST OF THE REPAIR FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS AN ESTIMATE I GOT FROM A MECHANIC, BUT I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED. I'M HOPING FOR A RECALL ...
Mileage: 51,000
WHEEL BEARING WORE OUT AT 52000 MILES. BATTERY TERMINAL POST BROKE OFF. BRAKE CALIPER MELTED AT 51000 MILES. TWO POWER STEERING LINES BURST AT 59000. THE COST OF THE REPAIR FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS AN ESTIMATE I GOT FROM A MECHANIC, BUT I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED. I'M HOPING FOR A RECALL ...
Mileage: 51,000
WHEEL BEARING WORE OUT AT 52000 MILES. BATTERY TERMINAL POST BROKE OFF. BRAKE CALIPER MELTED AT 51000 MILES. TWO POWER STEERING LINES BURST AT 59000. THE COST OF THE REPAIR FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS AN ESTIMATE I GOT FROM A MECHANIC, BUT I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED. I'M HOPING FOR A RECALL ...
Mileage: 51,000
WHEEL BEARING WORE OUT AT 52000 MILES. BATTERY TERMINAL POST BROKE OFF. BRAKE CALIPER MELTED AT 51000 MILES. TWO POWER STEERING LINES BURST AT 59000. THE COST OF THE REPAIR FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS AN ESTIMATE I GOT FROM A MECHANIC, BUT I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED. I'M HOPING FOR A RECALL ...
Mileage: 51,000
1. PERSISTANT SCRAPING NOISE FROM FT END SINCE 10/21/01. CAVENDAR MECHANICS EVALUTED PROBLEM 4-6 SEPARATE TIMES W/ DIFFERENT PROGNOSIS EACH TIME, LATER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON 3/18/02. CURRENTLY STILL HAVING SAME SCRAPING NOISE AND FLUID(REDISH) LEAKAGE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE 2. 3 WIN...
Mileage: 27,600
1. PERSISTANT SCRAPING NOISE FROM FT END SINCE 10/21/01. CAVENDAR MECHANICS EVALUTED PROBLEM 4-6 SEPARATE TIMES W/ DIFFERENT PROGNOSIS EACH TIME, LATER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON 3/18/02. CURRENTLY STILL HAVING SAME SCRAPING NOISE AND FLUID(REDISH) LEAKAGE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE 2. 3 WIN...
Mileage: 27,600
1. PERSISTANT SCRAPING NOISE FROM FT END SINCE 10/21/01. CAVENDAR MECHANICS EVALUTED PROBLEM 4-6 SEPARATE TIMES W/ DIFFERENT PROGNOSIS EACH TIME, LATER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON 3/18/02. CURRENTLY STILL HAVING SAME SCRAPING NOISE AND FLUID(REDISH) LEAKAGE FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE 2. 3 WIN...
Mileage: 27,600
LEAKING COOLANT, USES DEX-COOL.
Mileage: 80,000
LEAKING FUEL FROM/AROUND FUEL REGULATOR SPRAYING ON ENGINE
Mileage: 15,772
WITHIN MY 36,000 OF DRIVING FROM 50,222 TO 86,119 MY INTAKE GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. MY RACK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT THE RACK WAS REPLACED WHILE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE CAR. RECENTLY I REALIZED WHY WATER WAS GETTING INTO ...
WITHIN MY 36,000 OF DRIVING FROM 50,222 TO 86,119 MY INTAKE GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. MY RACK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT THE RACK WAS REPLACED WHILE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE CAR. RECENTLY I REALIZED WHY WATER WAS GETTING INTO ...
WITHIN MY 36,000 OF DRIVING FROM 50,222 TO 86,119 MY INTAKE GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. MY RACK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT THE RACK WAS REPLACED WHILE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE CAR. RECENTLY I REALIZED WHY WATER WAS GETTING INTO ...
2 DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DASH PULLED TO CORRECT CORR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, NO DASH LIGHT, NO HIGH BEAM LIGHT, ALL WITHING FIRST 6 MONTHS, 1-03 WATER PUMP REPLACED, AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ONLY 21000. MILES ON THE CAR..
2 DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DASH PULLED TO CORRECT CORR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, NO DASH LIGHT, NO HIGH BEAM LIGHT, ALL WITHING FIRST 6 MONTHS, 1-03 WATER PUMP REPLACED, AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ONLY 21000. MILES ON THE CAR..
2 DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DASH PULLED TO CORRECT CORR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, NO DASH LIGHT, NO HIGH BEAM LIGHT, ALL WITHING FIRST 6 MONTHS, 1-03 WATER PUMP REPLACED, AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ONLY 21000. MILES ON THE CAR..
ENGINE: 3.4L V6. THE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WATER PUMP FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE DEALER PICKED UP THE COST OF THE PARTS UNDER THEIR "GOODWILL" POLICY, BUT OUT OF POCKET COST TO ME WAS STILL OVER $800. THE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY 2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS, VIN [XXX] ALSO FAILED AND H...
Mileage: 40,000
CAR ENGINE COMPARTMENT COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAME AFTER 5 MILE DRIVE TO A SHOPPING MALL. CAR WAS CRUISING PARKING LOT LOOKING FOR SPACE WHEN FIRE ERUPTED.
Mileage: 75,000
WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
TURN SIGNAL INTERMITTENTLY DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH.*AK AFTER REPAIR WAS MADE, CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL FOR 2000-2001 MODEL YEARS FOR THE SAME DEFECT. HE BELIEVES GM SHOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. *PH
Mileage: 50,000
TURN SIGNAL INTERMITTENTLY DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH.*AK AFTER REPAIR WAS MADE, CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL FOR 2000-2001 MODEL YEARS FOR THE SAME DEFECT. HE BELIEVES GM SHOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. *PH
Mileage: 50,000
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH. *AK CONSUMER EXPERIENCE THE SAME FAILURE AS STATED IN RECALL FOR MODEL YEARS 2000-2003 BUT HIS VEHICLE IS A 1999. OLDSMOBILE WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE NOR REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS. OLD PART AVAILABLE....
Mileage: 62,000
TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. DEALER REPLACED THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH. *AK CONSUMER EXPERIENCE THE SAME FAILURE AS STATED IN RECALL FOR MODEL YEARS 2000-2003 BUT HIS VEHICLE IS A 1999. OLDSMOBILE WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE NOR REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS. OLD PART AVAILABLE....
Mileage: 62,000
DEFECTIVE DESIGN/LOCATION OF HOOD LATCH MECHANISM CAUSED TOTAL FAILURE OF HOOD LATCH AND RELEASE OF HOOD (RAISING HOOD INTO THE AIR AND TEARING IT OFF THE HINGES) DURING A LOW SPEED FRONT END IMPACT INTO A STANDARD INTERSTATE HIGHWAY METAL GUARD RAIL. THE DESIGN OF THE "NOSE" TRIM OF THE CAR IS S...
Mileage: 84,990
I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT IS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 03V327000. SPECIFICALLY, MY VEHICLE'S HAZARD-LIGHT SWITCHES MALFUNCTION WHEN THERE IS A TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN THE VEHICLE CAUSING MY TURN SIGNALS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. I CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ...
Mileage: 102,350
POWER STEERING FLUID RETURN LINE LEAKED AND LOST ALL FLUID, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. CONNECTION FROM METAL HOSE TO REINFORCED RUBBER HOSE HAD FAILED. *LA
Mileage: 40,479
GM V6 INTAKE MAINFOLD LEAK. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
THE FRONT LEFT ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 55,000 MILES. THE FRONT LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED SO FREQUENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 19,000
THE FRONT LEFT ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 55,000 MILES. THE FRONT LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED SO FREQUENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 19,000
ENGINE ABRUPTLY OVERHEATED. AFTER IMMEDIATELY PULLING OVER, THE ENGINE BEGAN SMOKING. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEARBY SERVICE CENTER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS FAULTY. *LA
Mileage: 46,000
WHILE DRIVING TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.*AK
Mileage: 55,000
REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL BEARING IN JUNE OF 2002. WHEEL BEARING IS GOING OUT AGAIN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAD AN OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE THAT HE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVERS WHEEL BEARING ON TWICE BEFORE GETTING RID OF THE CAR. *LA
Mileage: 60,000
THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH INTERMITTENTLY STOPS OPERATING. *AK
Mileage: 120,000
THE "COOLANT" LIGHT CAME ON - THEN THE CAR DIED & OVERHEATED...APPARENTLY COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE BECAUSE A GASKET FAILED...NOW THE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED AT 70,000 MILES. STARTING AT 3,000 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON & IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF DEALERSHIPS EVER SINCE!!!...
Mileage: 72,000
REAR FLOOR IN CAR IS SOAKED WHENEVER THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN. *LA
Mileage: 38,000
GLASS IN PASSENGER WINDOW FELL IN CHANNEL. I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT BACK UP BUT IT KEEPS FALLING IN AGAIN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS, COMPLAINTS AND DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM. HERE ARE THE DEFECT INVESTIGATION NUMBERS: 754557,10016869,10032972,10039036,752099,563702,1001...
Mileage: 68,000
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND CHECKED. NOTICED COOLANT WAS LEAKING ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC HAD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE.*AK
Mileage: 69,000
THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL HAS COME UNGLUED AND SHRUNK. THE DEALER SAID IT COST $900 TO FIX. I CONTACTED GM TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE SINCE SEEN 5 OTHER ALERO'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM WRITING ANOTHER COMPLAINT LETTER TO GM AFTER SEEING O...
THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE 1999 ALERO AS WELL AS THE 2000-2001 MAKE: OLDSMOBILE MODEL: ALERO YEAR: 2000 RECALL NUMBER: 03V327000 SUMMARY: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND T...
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
DASH MATERIAL IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE BASE, AIR BAG COVER IS COMING OFF OF THE DASH. DEALER STATES THAT IT WILL COST OVER $300.00 TO REPAIR. *JB
I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WITH A V-6 3.4 LITER ENGINE, AND IT USES DEX-COOL. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND AS INSTRUCTED IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL I HAVE BEEN REPLACING THE DEX-COOL/WATER MIXTURE IN THE OVERFLOW TANK. JUST RECENTLY MY ABS LIGHT AND LOW TRACK L...
I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WITH A V-6 3.4 LITER ENGINE, AND IT USES DEX-COOL. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND AS INSTRUCTED IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL I HAVE BEEN REPLACING THE DEX-COOL/WATER MIXTURE IN THE OVERFLOW TANK. JUST RECENTLY MY ABS LIGHT AND LOW TRACK L...
99 ALERO WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEMS. FIRST IT WAS A FAULTY WATER PUMP AND NOW THERE IS A LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILURE. *JB
Mileage: 60,000
DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR REGULATORS ARE FAILING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO WINDOWS. *JB
Mileage: 30,000
CAR WOULD NOT EXCEED BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. AT THE TIME I WAS ON MAJOR HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 65 MPH. TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY REPLACED WITH USED TRANSMISSION SUPPLIED BY PURCHASED WARRANTY TO AUTO SHOP. *JB
Mileage: 62,339
BOTH FRONT SIDE WINDOWS DO NOT ROLL DOWN. OWNER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED ON IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO START, AND IT IDLES VERY ROUGHLY. WHEN VEHICLE MAKES RIGHT TURNS THERE IS AN ANNOYING SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 21,000
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED ON IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO START, AND IT IDLES VERY ROUGHLY. WHEN VEHICLE MAKES RIGHT TURNS THERE IS AN ANNOYING SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 21,000
CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL PEELED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MATERIAL PEELED BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.*AK THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK AND BOTH DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS MOTOR BROKE. *PH *JB
CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL PEELED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MATERIAL PEELED BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.*AK THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK AND BOTH DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS MOTOR BROKE. *PH *JB
CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL PEELED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MATERIAL PEELED BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.*AK THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK AND BOTH DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS MOTOR BROKE. *PH *JB
COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. *AK
THE TURN SIGNALS FAIL AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES STOP AS IM SITTING AND WAITING TO MAKE A TURN . EMERGENCY FLASHERS DO THE SAME THING ,THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO . HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS ON GETTING HIT DOING LANE CHANGES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM .
THE TURN SIGNALS FAIL AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES STOP AS IM SITTING AND WAITING TO MAKE A TURN . EMERGENCY FLASHERS DO THE SAME THING ,THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO . HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS ON GETTING HIT DOING LANE CHANGES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM .
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.HAD WHEELS ALIGNED,TIRES BALANCED, TIE RODS ,BOTH FRONT AXLES, BOTH FRONT BEARINGS, FRONT DISC BRAKES(ROTORS AND PADS), BOTH FRONT STRUTS REPLACED. VIBRATION AT TIMES GETS BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE CONTROL. NONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 65,000
1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO/VIN #[XXX] SUMMER I LOST THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY CAR. IN NOV, I DEPLOYED WITH THE AF TO THE MIDDLE EAST. UPON RETURN I WAS DISAPPOINTED SINCE I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN THE AC DIDN'T WORK IN MY CAR. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR A RECHARGE AND FREON. AFTER THAT, IT WORKED...
Mileage: 70,000
THE MECHANISM THAT RAISES AND LOWERS THE SIDE WINDOWS ON MY 1999 ALERO GLS COUPE FAILED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO -- IN BOTH WINDOWS. THEY WERE REPAIRED AFTER FAILING, AND EVEN THE REPAIRED MECHANISM FAILED. THE WINDOW CAN NOT BE RAISED FROM ITS CURRENT LOWERED POSITION.*AK
I HAVE A 1999 V-6 OLDSMOBILE ALERO AND IT CONTINUALLY OVERHEATED. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH A FAULTY GASKET. *AK
Mileage: 55,000
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD.*AK.
TURN SIGNALS FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THEY EITHER FAIL WHILE THE LEVER IS ACTIVATED OR WILL NOT FUNCTION ON LEVER COMMAND. TURN SIGNALS FAIL AT VARIOUS TIMES AND THEN PROPERLY FUNCTION AGAIN WITH NO CONSISTENCY. VARIOUS SHOPS HAVE NO ANSWER TO PROBLEM, UNLESS THEY COMPLETELY FAIL.
Mileage: 58,000
WHILE PLACING CAR IN REVERSE THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND HAS NOT RAN SINCE. NOT HAPPY AT ALL STILL OWE A LOT OF MONEY AND CAR DOESN'T RUN!! NOT WORTH THE MONEY. *NLM
Mileage: 75,469
FRONT DRIVERS SIDE LEAKS WATER WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN. CAUSES DIFFERENT DASH BOARD GAUGES TO MALFUNCTION
THE CONSUMER NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS TOLD THE RIM WAS CRACKED AND THE TIRE LOST AIR. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS THE TIRES SLIPPED ON THE RIM AND HAD BROKEN THE SEAL. THE TIRE DEFLATED SOMEWHAT, AND CA...
COOLANT LEAKING AROUND THE ENGINE. MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS COMMON FOR THE 3400 ENGINE BECAUSE THERE IS NO GASKET, JUST A BEAD OF CAULK.*AK
Mileage: 55,000
THE COOLANT STARTED LEAKING INTO THE OIL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, PENCE OLDSMOBILE, APRIL 24, 2003, DUE TO ENGINE TICKING. ADVISED OIL APPEARED TO HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED IN 1 YR. I ADVISED THE SERVICE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3 MONTHS LESS THAN 3000 MILES. OIL WAS "GUNKY" AND THICK LIKE VASELIN...
Mileage: 63,000
DASHBOARD IS PEELING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK
Mileage: 50,000
DASHBOARD IS PEELING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK
Mileage: 50,000
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONT END COLLISION. CAR TOTALED.*AK
Mileage: 53,000
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONT END COLLISION. CAR TOTALED.*AK
Mileage: 53,000
DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR THE RAIN ENTERS THE PASSENGER CABIN THROUGH DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. *AK
I BOUGHT MY CAR WITH 14 MILES ON IT. IN THE FIRST YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE MOLDING ON THE DOORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY LEAKED. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY REGULATOR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO FOUND A BROKEN CLIP JUST SITTING INSIDE MY DOOR. YOU CAN'T...
Mileage: 12,000
I BOUGHT MY CAR WITH 14 MILES ON IT. IN THE FIRST YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE MOLDING ON THE DOORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY LEAKED. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY REGULATOR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO FOUND A BROKEN CLIP JUST SITTING INSIDE MY DOOR. YOU CAN'T...
Mileage: 12,000
I BOUGHT MY CAR WITH 14 MILES ON IT. IN THE FIRST YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE MOLDING ON THE DOORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY LEAKED. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY REGULATOR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO FOUND A BROKEN CLIP JUST SITTING INSIDE MY DOOR. YOU CAN'T...
Mileage: 12,000
I BOUGHT MY CAR WITH 14 MILES ON IT. IN THE FIRST YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE MOLDING ON THE DOORS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY LEAKED. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY REGULATOR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I ALSO FOUND A BROKEN CLIP JUST SITTING INSIDE MY DOOR. YOU CAN'T...
Mileage: 12,000
THE MATERIAL THAT COVERS THE DASH HAS PEELED AWAY AND THE DASH HAS LIFTED. *NLM
Mileage: 40,000
1999 OLDS ALERO 3.4L; STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, AT IDLE IN DRIVE, SPEEDOMETER PEGGED TO 140MPH, AND HELD FOR ~10 SEC. UPON CHANING OF THE LIGHT, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, AND THROTTLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE, SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURS WHEN THE SPEED LIMITER IS EXCEEDED. THE CONDITION OCCURED FOR AN ADDITIONAL...
Mileage: 48,750
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MECHANISM BROKEN. WINDOW FELL WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. WHAT WAS FOUND AFTER DOOR INSIDE PANEL TAKEN OFF WAS MANY BROKEN PLASTIC CLIPS. THESE CLIPS ATTACH TO THE WINDOW AND WINDOW REGULATOR. AFTER INVESTIGATION THROUGH SEVERAL OLDS DEALERS AND USED CAR PARTS DEALERS WAS TH...
Mileage: 51,000
THE PLASTIC COVER THAT COVERS THE BUCKLE HAS BROKEN OFF AND THE SEAT BELT IS HARD TO USE AS THE BUCKLE ALWAYS FALLS TO THE FLOOR. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO REACH THE BUCKLE TO HOOK UP. *JB
Mileage: 68,000
WE PURCHASED THIS CAR IN JULY 2002 FROM CLASSIC CHEVROLET IN OWASSO, OK. WE ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. IN DECEMBER THE CAR WAS HIT FROM THE REAR BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. IN JANUARY THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK. I CALLED THE WARRANTY PLACE AND GOT PERMISSION TO TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC, HE SA...
WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING ALL THE DIGITAL GAUGES FAILED BUT BECAME FUNCTIONAL A FEW DAYS LATER. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE BUT THE CAUSE WAS NOT FOUND AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *NLM.
Mileage: 25,000
WATER PUMP AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. VERY DISAPPOINTING. APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM 3.4L V6 ENGINE. RECONSIDER BEFORE PURCHASING CAR WITH THIS ENGINE. *JB
Mileage: 41,000
THE IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS TORQUE LOCK BUT THE CONSUMER DISAGREED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *NLM
WARPED ROTORS CAUSED NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *NLM
WE HAVE REPLACED BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *JB
Mileage: 75,000
ENGINE GASKETS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. *JB
Mileage: 20,000
FRONT SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN POSITION, FRONT DRIVER SIDE BEARING DEFECTIVE, DRIVER POWER WINDOW MALFUNCTIONS. *NLM
Mileage: 42,000
FRONT SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN POSITION, FRONT DRIVER SIDE BEARING DEFECTIVE, DRIVER POWER WINDOW MALFUNCTIONS. *NLM
Mileage: 42,000
FRONT SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN POSITION, FRONT DRIVER SIDE BEARING DEFECTIVE, DRIVER POWER WINDOW MALFUNCTIONS. *NLM
Mileage: 42,000
WE OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WE NOTICED A WEIRD ODOR EMANATING FROM THE TRUNK. FOR A WHILE WE THOUGHT IT WAS MILDEW, THOUGH IT GAVE MY WIFE A HEADACHE ONCE OR TWICE. WHILE SERVICING THE CAR FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM THE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED IT WAS MILDEW. AS THE WEATHER WARM...
WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER AND BELLS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES A WEEK. *NLM *TT
Mileage: 12,000
THE ENGINE LEAKED COOLANT FROM THE INTAKE GASKET. *NLM
THE PASSENGER FRONT POWER WINDOW "REGULATOR" FAILED CAUSING WINDOW TO FALL DOWN INTO DOOR. CONSUMER ALSO ADVISED TO REPLACE DRIVER'S WINDOW "REGULATOR" FAILED IN 10/01. *NLM
SECURITY LIGHT PREVENTS START OF ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE COMPUTER CHIP IN THE IGNITION IS NOT READING THE CODE ON THE KEY PROPERLY. AT TIMES THE MILEAGE SWITCHES OVER TO KILOMETERS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE RPM'S DO NOT REGISTER. THE LEVER FOR THE RPM'S JUST BOUNCES AROUND. *J...
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR, ANYMORE. ROARS LOUDLY RATHER THAN SHIFTS. WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AT 30+ MPH CAR ACTS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON - DECELERATES EXTREMELY SLOW. RPMS STAY AT 2200+ AT 35 MPH. ALSO NOW A LITTLE HIGHER ON TEMPERATURE GAUGE. ...
Mileage: 65,950
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR, ANYMORE. ROARS LOUDLY RATHER THAN SHIFTS. WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AT 30+ MPH CAR ACTS LIKE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON - DECELERATES EXTREMELY SLOW. RPMS STAY AT 2200+ AT 35 MPH. ALSO NOW A LITTLE HIGHER ON TEMPERATURE GAUGE. ...
Mileage: 65,950
THIS COMPLAINT IS SIMILAR TO COMPLAINT NUMBERS 563702, 712756, 724936. LATE LAST YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE KEY LOCK CYLINDER AND SECURITY CHIP IN THE IGNITION/KEY SYSTEM REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS (PROBLEM WITH FIDELITY WARRANTY SERVICE) AND NOW THE KEY CYLINDER WHICH WAS REPORTED...
Mileage: 72,000
TOOK VEHICLE OFF OF LOT AND NEXT DAY HAD SEVERE BRAKE VIBRATION. REPLACED PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. SAME THING HAPPENED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1999. PADS REPLACED AND ROTORS TURNED. *JB
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE BACKSEAT OF MY CAR STARTED ON FIRE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE REAR DEFOGGER MODULAR. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS IN THE BACK. IT COST 4,000 TO REPAIR. MY REAR DEFOGGER WAS REPAIRED AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER, IT WOULDN'T WORK AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE WI...
Mileage: 41,000
THE HORN WAS INOPERATIVE.*JB
POWER STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE FOR GRINDING NOISE. IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN FOR WHINING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. SINCE OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP CLOSED THEIR DOORS AFTER 36 YEARS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED THROUGH THEM IS NOT VALID AND HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. BBB A...
Mileage: 39,151
1999 ALERO 3400 SFI ENGINE W/39186 MILES. LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMES ON. PONTIAC DELAERSHIP SAYS LOWER INTAKE GASKET LEAKING. ORANGE ANTIFREEZE DEXCOOL GETTING INTO ENGINE OIL. OIL LOOKS LIKE COFFEE W/CREAMER. CAR NOT DRIVEN SINCE 12/02/2002 DUE TO OLDS DEALER CLOSING DOORS AFTER 36 YEARS AND UNAB...
Mileage: 39,151
I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO WITH A 3.4L V6 ENGINE THAT LEAKS COOLANT FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. MY DEALER IS JIM MUIR OLDSMOBILE, WHO PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY CLAIM NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH THE PROB...
Mileage: 79,500
UPPER OR LOWER INTAKE GASKET LEAK. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3.4L V-6. NOTICED COOLANT LOSS WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES!!!!
Mileage: 30,000
FEEL BRAKES ON VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE REQUIRING MULTIPLE REPAIRS AS A RESULT. DO NOT THINK THEY ARE SAFE EVEN AFTER REPAIRED GIVEN THE REPEAT FREQUENCY OF SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, GLASS PANES ON ALL FOUR SIDE WINDOWS HAVE LONG MECHANICAL SCRATCH MARKS, WHICH SOMETIMES CATCH GLARE OF SUN/HEADL...
FEEL BRAKES ON VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE REQUIRING MULTIPLE REPAIRS AS A RESULT. DO NOT THINK THEY ARE SAFE EVEN AFTER REPAIRED GIVEN THE REPEAT FREQUENCY OF SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, GLASS PANES ON ALL FOUR SIDE WINDOWS HAVE LONG MECHANICAL SCRATCH MARKS, WHICH SOMETIMES CATCH GLARE OF SUN/HEADL...
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING GAS FUMES FILLS THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION`. PH
HAVE REPLACED ROTARS AND PADS ON FRONT 3 TIMES AT PINEBELT. THERE IS A SERVICE REPORT OUT (#00-05-23-002A). GM PROTECT PLAN TELLS ME THEY DON'T PAY FOR THAT AND THE DEALER TELLS ME I WILL PROBABLY PAY. I NEED HELP FROM SOMEWHERE. THE FRONT IS VIBRATING TERRIBLY AND THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. A...
THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAS COME DETACHED. IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIFT THE SEAT UP, AND I CAN SEE NO WAY TO RE-ATTACH IT. IT SEEMS UNSAFE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DT
TURN SIGNALS DO NOT ALWAYS OPERATE OR CONTINUE FLASHING WHEN ACTIVATED BY LEVER WHETHER THEY FUNCTION OR NOT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND PRESENTS A DANGEROUS ROAD HAZARD! DT
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET BLOW OUT. *MR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TRYING TO USE THE HAZARD BUTTON THE BUTTON WILL GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE HAZARD LIGHT TO STAY ON EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING CAUSING THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN QUICKLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE KNOB ON THE SHIFT COLUMN FELL OFF AND COULD NOT BE PLACED IN GEAR. (ALL DONE WITH THE CONSUMERS FOOT ON THE BRAKE) CONSUMER HAD IMMEDIATELY TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER-IN WHICH HE AND A SERVICE TECH SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF (CONSUMERS FOOT ...
WITHIN 47000 MILES CONSUMER HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO WARPING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
ABS BRAKE LIGH ILLUMINATES AND REMAINS ON WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. BRAKES WILL LOCK UP. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK
FRONT ROTORS TURNED 3 TIMES IN FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, THEN REPLACED BY DEALER. APPROX. 3,000 MILES LATER, NEW ROTORS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. ROTORS ARE MADE OF DEFECTIVE MATERIAL, OR FRONT BRAKES ARE WORKING TOO HARD/GETTING TOO HOT AND WARPING ROTORS EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES. SHOCKED TO SEE ...
CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE TO THE LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE REPLACED IN 2000. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE REPLACED IN 2000. *SLC
CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE TO A LEAKING WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF COOLANT FOUND ON HER GARAGE FLOOR. *SLC
THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL INJECTORS. *JG *NM
THE CAR HAS WORN OUT TWO SET OF BRAKE PADS IN 30000 MILES, TWO SET OF ROTORS, AND ONE SET OF CALLIPERS. I CALLED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ANY NEED TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THEY COULD CHECK OUT THE BRAKES. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME WHAT T...
ONE FAILED DUE TO THE OTHERS FAILURE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
ONE FAILED DUE TO THE OTHERS FAILURE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
ONE FAILED DUE TO THE OTHERS FAILURE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
TIRES ARE MAKING ADDNORMAL THUMPING SOUND / DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE THEY WILL NOT TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION AT THIS TIME. *AK
CALIPER MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN APPLIED. I HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL NEW BRAKE PADS AND 2 SETS OF ROTORS BEFORE A MECHANIC FOUND THE PROBLEM AND HE SAID IT HAPPENED A LOT ON THIS MODEL.*AK
THE BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISE AND FAIL WHEN APPLIED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS FOUR TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *YH *NM
WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH OR OVER STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE VIGOROUSLY, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK
THERE IS NO RESPONSE WHEN BRAKING. DEALER REPLACED WORN OUT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. AT THIS TIME FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK
ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
ROTORS ARE TOO THIN TO HANDLE HEAT GENARATED BY DISC PADS,RESULTING IN OUT OF ROUND CONDITION. *AK
TERRIBLE BRAKE SYSTEM-VERY SCARY FAMILY CAR. *AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 40 MPH AND HIGHER THERE IS VIBRATION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 40 MPH AND HIGHER THERE IS VIBRATION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, MOSTLY AT HIGH SPEED. ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 13000 MILES, REPLACED AT 16000 MILES. THEY WERE WARPED. AT THIS TIME ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE THAT COMES FROM BRAKE AREA. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE BRAKES PULSATE AND CONSUMER HAS TO USE EXCESSIVE EFFORT IN PUSHING THE PEDAL DOWN BEFORE BRAKING ENGAGES. THE BRAKES ALSO SQUEAL WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED, PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE PADS AND ROTORS WERE ...
I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICAL TO BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY 3 TIME STARTING IN JULY 2000, SEPT 2001 AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP (SCHAUMBURG OLDS) AND THIRD TIME TO MARTIN J KELLY. FIRST TWO TIME, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES I GOT A PULSATION AND VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE PEDAL. THE THIRD...
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE VIOLENTLY HAS HAD BRAKES REPAIRED TWICE AND HAVE NOTIFIED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.*JB *TT
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. *TS *NLM ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****761430
WHEN BACKING UP AND APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE WAS $ 2500.00, NO INJURIES.*AK
CONSUMER STATES CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN OVER ANY SURFACE THAT IS NOT TOTALLY SMOOTH, THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. *YD
CONSUMER STATES POWER LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN WHILE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND WHILE DRIVING. *YD
CONSUMER STATES POWER LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN WHILE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND WHILE DRIVING. *YD
CONSUMER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM ABOUT 6 TIMES. MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN. HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR THE OCCURRING PROBLEM. *AK
DEALER REPAIRED ROTORS TWICE, REPLACED ROTORS ONCE AND THEY ARE WARPED AGAIN. *AK
THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE HAD FAULTY ROTORS AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE DRIVES ERRATIC AT TIMES. NLM
BRAKES FAILED AND SHAKED THE WHOLE CAR. REPAIRED FIVE TIMES. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BROKEN.
BRAKES FAILED AND SHAKED THE WHOLE CAR. REPAIRED FIVE TIMES. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BROKEN.
THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET & OIL PUMP DRIVE O-RING SEAL IS LEAKING COOLANT INTERNAL & IS MIXING WITH OIL, ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YRS OLD, THE INTAKE GASKET AND O-RING SEAL SHOULD NOT LEAK FLUID; THIS MUST BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE...
THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET & OIL PUMP DRIVE O-RING SEAL IS LEAKING COOLANT INTERNAL & IS MIXING WITH OIL, ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YRS OLD, THE INTAKE GASKET AND O-RING SEAL SHOULD NOT LEAK FLUID; THIS MUST BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE...
THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET & OIL PUMP DRIVE O-RING SEAL IS LEAKING COOLANT INTERNAL & IS MIXING WITH OIL, ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YRS OLD, THE INTAKE GASKET AND O-RING SEAL SHOULD NOT LEAK FLUID; THIS MUST BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE...
THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET & OIL PUMP DRIVE O-RING SEAL IS LEAKING COOLANT INTERNAL & IS MIXING WITH OIL, ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YRS OLD, THE INTAKE GASKET AND O-RING SEAL SHOULD NOT LEAK FLUID; THIS MUST BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE...
WHEN GOING UP A HILL GAS GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY, AND LIGHT DOWN NEAR CONSUMER'S FEET ILLUMINATES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ALL OF WINDOWS EXCEPT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW HAVE SCRATCHES ON THEM. DRIVER FEELS THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE DOOR PANEL CAUSING THE SCRATCHES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATED WHEN GOING UP A HILL, THE FUEL GUAGE INDICATOR GOES TO EMPTY. THEN A LIGHT ILLUMINATES NEAR BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL. *AK *YH
BOUGHT CAR NEW WITH 23MILES.IN LESS THAN 3 MTHS, FRONT STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED.CAR NOW HAS 21000MILES AND HAVE ALSO HAD ROTORS SANDED AT LEAST 3 TIMES, EVENTUALLY REPLACED.GEAR SHIFT BROKE RIGHT OFF,STUCK IN PARKING LOT UNABLE TO SHIFT.EXTERIOR PAINT MOULDINS AT DOOR/WINDOW CLOSURE CHIPPED AWAY,HAD...
BOUGHT CAR NEW WITH 23MILES.IN LESS THAN 3 MTHS, FRONT STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED.CAR NOW HAS 21000MILES AND HAVE ALSO HAD ROTORS SANDED AT LEAST 3 TIMES, EVENTUALLY REPLACED.GEAR SHIFT BROKE RIGHT OFF,STUCK IN PARKING LOT UNABLE TO SHIFT.EXTERIOR PAINT MOULDINS AT DOOR/WINDOW CLOSURE CHIPPED AWAY,HAD...
BOUGHT CAR NEW WITH 23MILES.IN LESS THAN 3 MTHS, FRONT STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED.CAR NOW HAS 21000MILES AND HAVE ALSO HAD ROTORS SANDED AT LEAST 3 TIMES, EVENTUALLY REPLACED.GEAR SHIFT BROKE RIGHT OFF,STUCK IN PARKING LOT UNABLE TO SHIFT.EXTERIOR PAINT MOULDINS AT DOOR/WINDOW CLOSURE CHIPPED AWAY,HAD...
CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM POWER STEERING SYSTEM. DEALER DETERMINED POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON 4 FEB 2002, AT FIRST START, CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE, IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER. POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JB
WATER PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CAR STOPPED, IT WAS NECESSARY TO APPLY AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS ALSO A PULSATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. DIAGNOSIS: PAD AND ROTOR FAILURE. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP, "NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE PADS AND ROTORS PER BULLETIN." ON MY INVOICE I...
WHEN IT RAINS, THERE APPEARS A PUDDLE OF WATER ON EACH SIDE OF THE FLOOR IN THE BACK SEAT. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY LEAKS, BUT IT STILL LEAKS. *AK
THIS IS ABOUT THE THIRD TIME THAT I HAVE BROUGHT THE ALERO IN FOR REPAIR FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE SERVICE DEPT CLAIMS THAT THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE THEY CAN NOT RECONSTRUCT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS ARE: DURING AND AFTER IT RAINS THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR IS WET, THE TRUCK POPS OP...
BRAKES PULSATE DURING LIGHT BRAKING. CAR SHAKES BADLY. WARPING SOUND CAN BE LOULDLY HEARD FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE IN ANY WET CONDITIONS. TIRES ON VEHICLE ARE BRAND NEW. CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED. BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONCE FOR SAME ISSUE IN JUNE 01. CORRECTED PROBLEM FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. P...
I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 21 MONTHS AND IN THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD 3 GAS LEAKS REPAIRED.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW. WHILE LOWERING IT I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG, AND IT SCARED ME SO I STOPPED. TRIED TO ROLL THE WINDOW BACK UP BUT I COULD HEAR PIECES OF GLASS MOVING AROUND SO I STOPPED. THE GLASS BROKE AND THE WINDOW WOULD ONLY GO BACK UP 7...
WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THERE IS VIBRATION THAT EMERGES DURING ACTIVATION OF BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS NINE TIMES BECAUSE OF WARPING. *AK *JB
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT BRAKES ARE BAD, DEALERSHIP MADE REPAIRS. *TT
CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION IS NOISY, SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, CAUSES VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE, AND RPMS TO GO UP, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO BRING BACK IF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS REOCCURED, CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK, BUT DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIX. *TT
CONSUMER STATES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED. *TT
BECAUSE THE WINDOW HAD BROKEN, IT WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN, CONSUMER HEARD ALL OF THE WORKS INSIDE THE WINDOW FALL. *TT
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SECURTY PASS-LOK SYSTEM BECAME DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. *TT
CONSUMER STATES THAT DOOR LOCKS MAY LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. *TT
THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE BRAKES ARE VIBRATING AGAIN WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON HAVE BEEN ON AT LEAST 6 TIMES. THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES.
THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE BRAKES ARE VIBRATING AGAIN WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON HAVE BEEN ON AT LEAST 6 TIMES. THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES.
THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE BRAKES ARE VIBRATING AGAIN WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON HAVE BEEN ON AT LEAST 6 TIMES. THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES.
CONSUMER STATES THAT DOOR LOCKS MAY LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. *TT
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE DESIGN FLOW, INTAKE GASKET FAILED CAUSING WATER TO GET INTO ENGINE. JB
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE DESIGN FLOW, INTAKE GASKET FAILED CAUSING WATER TO GET INTO ENGINE. JB
ENGINE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *JB
WINDOWS FAILED TWICE. *JB
TWO SEAT BELTS FAILED. *JB
POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. *JB
RACKN PINION FAILED. *JB
ONE TIRE FAILED. *JB
TRUNK LEAKS. *JB
TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *JB
SQUEEKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *JB
SQUEEKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *JB
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE GOING INTO GEAR AT 45 TO 50 MPH, BUT VEHICLE WILL EVENUTALLY GO INTO GEAR. MOST PROBLEM IS WHEN GOING INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH A FACTORY REBUILT ONE. ALSO, AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE LOT RE...
THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHILE TRYING TO ROLL UP THE WINDOW. THE BODY SHOP DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE THE GLUE COMING UNSEALED FROM THE WINDOW AND ITS CLIP ON ONE SIDE OF THE WINDOW AND THE OTHER CLIP BROKE FROM THE PRESSURE. THE 4 CLIPS ARE NOT AVAILA...
THE PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE ADEQUATELY. IT ROLLS FORWARD AND BACKWARD ANYTIME IT IS ADJUSTED AND MUST BE MANUALLY LOCKED INTO PLACE AFTER EACH ADJUSTMENT TO PREVENT ROLLING. THE POSSIBLE DANGERS INCLUDED LOSING FOOTING WHEN STEPPING INTO THE VEHICLE TO SIT DOWN AND THE SEAT ROLLS B...
BATTERY DIED @ GAS STATION(6YR/75K REPL MODEL)/WHEN RPL'D FOUND ACID ON ABS MODULE/BRAKE LINES UNDER BATTERY.GM CASE #C05363927-GM WON'T REPAIR OR PAY FOR DIAG OF BRAKE SYS OR REIMBURSE $75 FOR BATTERY THAT WAS UNDER 2.5 YRS OLD(LABEL ON BATTERY SAYS 6YR-75000 MILE BATTERY).MULTIPLE OCCURENCES NOTED...
BATTERY DIED @ GAS STATION(6YR/75K REPL MODEL)/WHEN RPL'D FOUND ACID ON ABS MODULE/BRAKE LINES UNDER BATTERY.GM CASE #C05363927-GM WON'T REPAIR OR PAY FOR DIAG OF BRAKE SYS OR REIMBURSE $75 FOR BATTERY THAT WAS UNDER 2.5 YRS OLD(LABEL ON BATTERY SAYS 6YR-75000 MILE BATTERY).MULTIPLE OCCURENCES NOTED...
PREMATURE WEAR OF ROTORS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHILE STOPPING. DEALER REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED GEAR SHIFT LEVER CAME APART, CAUSING TRANSMISSION NOT TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
POWER STEERING HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE.*JB
PARKING BREAK DOES NOT HOLD ON ANY SLIGHT GRADE, ALSO ABS LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*JB
PARKING BREAK DOES NOT HOLD ON ANY SLIGHT GRADE, ALSO ABS LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*JB
PARKING BREAK DOES NOT HOLD ON ANY SLIGHT GRADE, ALSO ABS LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*JB
PARKING BREAK DOES NOT HOLD ON ANY SLIGHT GRADE, ALSO ABS LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*JB
CONSUMER STATES TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*JB
CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT 50,000 MILES.*JB
BATTERY EXPLODED, CAUSING ACID TO LEAK ONTO POSITIVE TERMINAL. . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
BATTERY EXPLODED, CAUSING ACID TO LEAK ONTO POSITIVE TERMINAL. . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
BATTERY EXPLODED ,CAUSING ACID TO LEAK ONTO POSITIVE TERMINAL, RESULTING IN DASHBOARD LIGHTS GOING OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
BATTERY EXPLODED ,CAUSING ACID TO LEAK ONTO POSITIVE TERMINAL, RESULTING IN DASHBOARD LIGHTS GOING OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ROTORS WARPED, VIOLENT SHAKING ON HARD BRAKING. DESPITE RELATED SERVICE BULLETIN (00-05-23-002) OLDS REFUSES TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY - CONSIDERS "WEAR" RATHER THAN DEFECTIVE PART OR DESIGN. OLDS POLICY CHANGED FROM FULL 36,000 MI. COVERAGE OF THIS REPAIR (ROTOR REPLACEMENT) TO 12 MO. WARRANTY DUE T...
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS SENOR LIGHT AND THE TRACKING LIGHT HAVE CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRUNCHING NOISE FROM BRAKES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS RE...
ABS SENOR LIGHT AND THE TRACKING LIGHT HAVE CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRUNCHING NOISE FROM BRAKES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS RE...
ABS SENOR LIGHT AND THE TRACKING LIGHT HAVE CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRUNCHING NOISE FROM BRAKES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS RE...
ABS SENOR LIGHT AND THE TRACKING LIGHT HAVE CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRUNCHING NOISE FROM BRAKES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS RE...
DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AND PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE UNLESS DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED.*AK
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
SUN ROOF ASSEMBY FAILED, REQUIRED 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE/REPAIR. BRAKE PADS REPLACED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AT LOW MILEAGE. SEAT BELT ON DRIVER LATCH IS LOOSE ON SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. BATTERY LEAKED CAUSING FAILURE TO START, BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NO OTHER COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED BY...
THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT BRAKES. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OVER 60, THERE WAS A LOT OF VIBRATION COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE GMC TAKES CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT STATED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT FRONT ENTIRE WHEEL CAME OFF THE AXLE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *SLC
ROTORS REFACED AND PADS REPLACED WITH ONLY 22500 MILES ON VEHICLE (ALL AT MY EXPENSE). I FIND IT VERY ODD THAT ROTORS HAVE TO BE REFACED WITH ONLY 22K MILES ON A VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS ASKED 4 1/2 MONTHS AGO TO CHECK THE BRAKES AND THEIR IDEA OF CHECKING THE BRAKES CONSISTED OF DRIVING THE CAR, WHI...
FRONT ROTORS WARPED EVERY 5000 TO 10000 MILES. DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT ROTORS ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED BULLETIN.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SHAKES VERY BADLY WHEN TRYING TO STOP, BRAKING DISTANCE IS MUCH LONGER BECAUSE OF BRAKE DEFECT. *SLC
ROTORS WARPED AT AROUND 40,000 MI. I HAD THEM TURNED AT AROUND 45,000 & THE PROBLEM WAS TEMORARILY FIXED UNTIL ABOUT 50,000 MI. I HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED AT AROUND 53,000 MI. & THE PROBLEM HAS ONCE AGAIN RECURRED AT 55,000 MI. I NOTICED IN CHECKING COMMENTS ON THIS VEHICLE AT MSN CARPOINT.COM THA...
AT 4,571M ON 01/13/2000 DEALER MACHINED ROTORS TO REMOVE SHIMMY FROM FRONTEND. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER NEW CARS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO BE DRIVEN IN THE CITY FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ON 06/19/2000 AT 8,725M. SECOND TIME AROUND DEALER INSTALLED NEW FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS PER TSB F...
BRAKES WORN, ROTORS SCORED, DEALER TURNED ROTORS, IN AUGUST 2000 DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, NOW JUNE 2001 BRAKES AND ROTORS BAD AGAIN. DEALER SAYS NOT A PROBLEM WITH CAR, LUCKY I'M GETTING THAT MUCH USE OUT OF THE BRAKES.*AK
BRAKES WORN, ROTORS SCORED, DEALER TURNED ROTORS, IN AUGUST 2000 DEALER REPLACED ROTORS, NOW JUNE 2001 BRAKES AND ROTORS BAD AGAIN. DEALER SAYS NOT A PROBLEM WITH CAR, LUCKY I'M GETTING THAT MUCH USE OUT OF THE BRAKES.*AK
THE ROTORS ON MY 1999 ALERO HAVE HAD VIBRATION PROBLEMS BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2000. AT 12458 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AT 24664 MILES, ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. AT 30964 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. I NOW HAVE JUST OVER 38000 MILES AND THERE IS SEVERE PULSATIO...
STARTED CAR WHILE DRIVER'S DOOR STILL OPENED, RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THEN SUDDENLY REAR WINDOW IMPLODED. 90% OF GLASS SHATTERED INTO PIECES AND FELL INTO BACK SEAT OF CAR. MY CAR WAS PARKED AT MY JOB'S PARKING LOT FROM 9:00AM TO 7:00PM. IT WAS 80F-85F DEGREES WEATHER THIS DAY. IT WAS HOT IN MY...
ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED 5 TIMES, PLEASE RECALL. ALSO, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WORE OUT CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND VAGUE STEERING FEEL. *AK
ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED 5 TIMES, PLEASE RECALL. ALSO, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WORE OUT CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND VAGUE STEERING FEEL. *AK
TWICE I HAVE HAD GET MY ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED, MY GAS GAUGE EVERYTIME I FILL UP IT BOUNCES UP AND DOWN AND THE CLEAR COAT ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE IS COMING OFF. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED WITH AND MANY ON THE INTERNET ...
TWICE I HAVE HAD GET MY ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED, MY GAS GAUGE EVERYTIME I FILL UP IT BOUNCES UP AND DOWN AND THE CLEAR COAT ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE IS COMING OFF. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED WITH AND MANY ON THE INTERNET ...
ROTORS WARPED. *AK
SCRATCHES ON WINDOW GLASS WHEN EVER POWERING UP OR DOWN. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHILE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS UNDER VEHICLE WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT VEHICLE COMMENCED TO SMOKE SEVERELY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD GONE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH, DUE TO THIS CONDITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
STEERING AND BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. ROTORS WERE SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE. DEALER PUT ROTORS ON A MACHINE TO SMOOTH THEM OUT. BUT, PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. DEALER SAID THEY WERE WARPED. FIRST TIME WAS AT 23000 MILES. *AK *JB
DURING RAIN, CAR LEAKS THROUGH FUSE BOX ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AND ALSO INTO BACK FLOORBOARDS ON BOTH SIDES. THIS OCCURS THROUGH SUNROOF ASSEMBLY SOMEHOW. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR ON 6 OCCASIONS AND FAILED EACH TIME.
TURN SIGNAL FLASHER IS BEHIND DASH AND MUST BE REPLACED BY SERVICE CENTER. *AK
VEHICLE KEEPS SHAKING WHENEVER APPLYING BRAKES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH. *AK
VEHICLE KEEPS SHAKING WHENEVER APPLYING BRAKES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH. *AK
WATER PUMP IS LEAKING SOME KIND OF LIQUID, AND ENGINE IS ALWAYS GETTING HOT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT PROBLEM.
BATTERY WENT DEAD WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
BRAKES WARPED FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS TIME DEALER REPLACED BOTH ROTORS AND PADS AND SAID THAY HAD A BULLITIN 00-05-23-002 THE ROTORS ON THIS CAR ARE A MAJOR DEFECT. *AK
I HVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE DID OVER 7,000 DOLLARS REPAIRS ON IT SO FAR THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ALERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
I HVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE DID OVER 7,000 DOLLARS REPAIRS ON IT SO FAR THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ALERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
I HVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE DID OVER 7,000 DOLLARS REPAIRS ON IT SO FAR THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ALERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
I HVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE DID OVER 7,000 DOLLARS REPAIRS ON IT SO FAR THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ALERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
I HVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE DID OVER 7,000 DOLLARS REPAIRS ON IT SO FAR THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ALERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER ON DRIVERS SIDE DOES NOT STAY ON WINDSHIELD. DURING RAIN STORM, GOING 60MPH ON INTERSTATE, WIPER STARTS ACROSS WINDSHIELD, GOES IN A SEMI CIRCLE, OUT AWAY FROM GLASS THEN HITS WINDSHIELD. IT GOES BACK AND DOES THE SAME THING, NEVER CLEARS THE GLASS FROM RAIN. IF A TRUCK GOES BY AND...
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE ROTOR ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE HAS WARPED. I HAD IT REPLACED AT AROUND 34000 MILES (JANUARY 2000) AND NOW, AT 63,500 MILES, IT IS NEEDING REPLACING AGAIN. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN LIGHTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AT 55-70 MPH, THE SAME AS WHAT BROUGHT ME INT...
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE ROTOR ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE HAS WARPED. I HAD IT REPLACED AT AROUND 34000 MILES (JANUARY 2000) AND NOW, AT 63,500 MILES, IT IS NEEDING REPLACING AGAIN. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN LIGHTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AT 55-70 MPH, THE SAME AS WHAT BROUGHT ME INT...
BROKEN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET MAY CAUSE TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AS FLUIDS THEN MIX. ROOT CAUSE IS DETERMINED TO BE USE OF BI-METAL ENGINE COMPONENTS (I.E. ALUMINUM HEADS ON CAST IRON BLOCK) RESEARCH SHOWS THIS PROBLEM CAN AFFECT *EVERY* BI-METALIC GM ENGINE PRODUCED FROM 1980'S THROUGH LATE MODELS.
ON FOURTH SET OF NEW ROTORS, JUST LEFT SHOP, PROBLEM RETURNS ONE WEEK! HELP! CAR IS DANGEROUS! DEALER NEW ABOUT IT TO. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK
CONSUMER HAS POOR STEERING CONTROL. INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V320000 FOR STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND VIBRATION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS.*AK
POWER STEERING FAILED ON VEHICLE WITH JUST OVER 41,000 MILES. *AK
THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE @ ONLY 40,000 MILES. THEY ARE NOW NEEDING REPLACEMENT AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHY THE ROTORS KEEP WARPING.*AK
THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE @ ONLY 40,000 MILES. THEY ARE NOW NEEDING REPLACEMENT AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHY THE ROTORS KEEP WARPING.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE AND RESULTED IN PROPERTY DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES, THE CONSUMER IS REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
REAR VIEW MIRROR LOOSE AND THE SUNROOF ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM
REAR VIEW MIRROR LOOSE AND THE SUNROOF ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM
SEAT BELT COVER IS LOOSE. NLM
THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. NLM
THE FUEL INJECTOR FAILED. NLM
THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. NLM
CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD ROARING NOISE COMING FROM WHEELS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT BEARINGS IN WHEELS DID NOT HAVE ANY LUBRICATION. *AK
A REAR DEFROSTER DEFECT CAUSED A FIRE IN REAR OF VEHICLE. FIRE OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH PASSENGERS IN REAR SEATS. DISCOVERY OF CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DETERMINED BY ADJUSTER AND DEALER. *AK
FIXED SECOND TIME, HEAT ONLY COMES OUT PANELS (NOT FLOOR OR DEFROST), DEALER SAYS CONTROLLER IS BAD. *AK
WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS. DEALER STATED THAT RIMS ARE BENT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS. DEALER STATED THAT RIMS ARE BENT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE BAD, AND POSE A RISK. *AK
ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED FOR WARPING EVERY 5000 MILES OR SO.HAVE HAD MANY OTHER ITEMS REPAIRED ON THIS VEHICLE*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND OCCUPANT USED BRAKES TRYING TO STOP. ONCE VEHICLE WENT UP TO 80RPMS, SHIFTED GEARS AND IT WENT BACK DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED WOULD STEEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT WORK AS THEY SHOULD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED A COUPLE OF TIMES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED WOULD STEEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT WORK AS THEY SHOULD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED A COUPLE OF TIMES.*AK
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS ARE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY, BELT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GET CAUGHT IN DOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SEAT BELTS MEET SPECIFICATIONS, AND NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE DONE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES,RESURFACED 1. STILL NOT FIXED,UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AND AWFUL NOISE. ROTORS TOO THIN KEEPWARPING HAVENT HAD CAR BUT FOR 8 MONTHS STILL SAME PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS. *AK
INTERIOR DOOR TRIM ON ALL FOUR DOORS HAS LIFTED AND DETACHED AWAY FROM THE DOOR THIS HAS HAPPENED TREE TIMES ON ALL DOORS. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
THE INTERIOR TRIM PIECES AND DOOR PANELS WERE REPLACED DUE TO WARPING. *MJS
THE AXLE ASSEMBLY AND BOOTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED CONTINUALLY DUE TO BREAKAGE WHICH CAUSED LEAKAGE. *MJS
THE OIL PAN GASKET AND THE INTAKE GASKET WERE REPLACED FAILURE CAUSING LEAKAGE. *MJS
THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION PROBLEMS. *MJS
THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION PROBLEMS. *MJS
THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE BATTERIES REPLACED WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, BATTERIES FAILED AND LEAKED ACID. *MJS
FUSE BOX CONTINUES TO FILL WITH WATER DURING RAIN STORMS, DEALER HAS MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TWICE, DELIVERED BY CUSTOMER ONCE. THIS IS THE 7TH COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE FOR ELECTRICAL FAILURES. OLDSMOBILE IS UNINTERE...
ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME 11/13/00 AT 11340 MILES. FIRST REPLACED 07/10/00 AT 8500 MILES. I HAVE ONLY HAD CAR FOR 9 MONTHS. PLEASE HELP WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ON THIS CAR. *AK
DEALER INFORMED THAT ALL ROTORS WERE RUSTED AT 1,330 MILES. DEALER MADE NECESSARY REPAIRS. *AK THE CUSTOMER QUOTED AN "OUTO DOCTOR" ARTICLE THAT STATES TOO SMALL BRAKE ROTORS CAUSE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING. *YH
ELECTRIC JUST DIED. IF IT'S THE BATTERY, IT SHOULDN'T BE. THE BATTERY REPLACED THE ORIGINAL AND IS 2 MONTHS OLD.*AK
BRAKES WERE DAMAGED BY LEAKING + TERM. ON BATTERY, BRAKE LINES WERE DAMAGED. *AK
BRAKES WERE DAMAGED BY LEAKING + TERM. ON BATTERY, BRAKE LINES WERE DAMAGED. *AK
CAR WOULD NOT EXCEED BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. AT THE TIME I WAS ON MAJOR HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70MPH. TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY REPLACED BY AN OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP.*AK
THE CAR HAS HAD FIVE COMPLAINTS ISSUED TO THE DEALER IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS, REGARDING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK, AUTOMATIC TRUNK LATCH, POWER FAILURES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT ATTEMPTING REPAIRS, FINDING IN THE LAST TWO COMPLAINTS THAT WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE FUSE PANEL. THE PREVIOUS C...
THE CAR HAS HAD FIVE COMPLAINTS ISSUED TO THE DEALER IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS, REGARDING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK, AUTOMATIC TRUNK LATCH, POWER FAILURES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT ATTEMPTING REPAIRS, FINDING IN THE LAST TWO COMPLAINTS THAT WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE FUSE PANEL. THE PREVIOUS C...
WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE GRAUDAL STOP STEERING WHEEL SHAKED, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER NOTED A NUT WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL HAS COME APART, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. ALSO, RECALL NUMBER 98V320000 DEALT WITH SAME PR...
DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP IS DIM. CAN BE SEEN FROM ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER, DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BUT CANNOT PROVE. DEALER MADE AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND SAID THE BULBS WERE WITHIN SPECS AND THAT THEY COULDNT DO NOTHING MORE. CONTACTED...
WHEN IT RAINS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GETS FOULED. IN ONE CASE MY SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 140 MPH BUT I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. IN ANOTHER CASE EVERTIME I TOUCHED THE BREAK THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WOULD RELOCK (EVEN IF THEY WHERE LOCKED AND I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH) IN THE SAME TIME THE INTERIOR DOM...
I DID NOT HAVE THE CRUSE CONTROL SET, NOR WAS I USING IT. AS I ENTERED AN INTERSECTION AFTER I STOPPED, I TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR UNAIDED AND SPED ME INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON TWO DIFFERENT OCASSIONS ON MY WAY TO WORK. I AM SO AFRAID OF THIS CAR THAT I A...
WHEN EXITING A RAMP AND APPLYING BRAKES EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS, CAUSING ENTIRE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
MANUFACTURERS ROTORS ARE NOT BUILT TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CAR. THEY CONTINUALLY WARP AND FAIL AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND NEED TO BE DONE ONCE AGAIN.*AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTERS WARP CAUSING VIOLENT SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED
THERE WAS NOISE WHILE DRIVING COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED WITH REM TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND LEAKAGE.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS TORQ AXIS HYDRALIC TRANSMISSION MOTOR MOUNT DEFECT. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO TRANSAXLE FAIURE.. BRAKES MAKING NOISE DU...
THERE WAS NOISE WHILE DRIVING COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED WITH REM TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND LEAKAGE.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS TORQ AXIS HYDRALIC TRANSMISSION MOTOR MOUNT DEFECT. VEHICLE MAKES NOISE DUE TO TRANSAXLE FAIURE.. BRAKES MAKING NOISE DU...
THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND BY MY HUSBAND ON EACH OCCURANCE, I AM SCARED FOR OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFTY OF OTHERS BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS IF MY HUSBAND DID NOT STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF THINGS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR CONSUMERS AND OTHERS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF THE BRAKES FAIL DUE TO THIS PROBL...
THE AC DELCO BATTERY WHICH CAME ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH THE VEHICLE, TERMINALS ARE LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE BATTERY INSTEAD OFF ON TOP, PULLED OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY, BUT WITH SAME DESIGN. *AK
WHILE APLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD SLOWLY GO TO THE FLOOR IF YOU PUMPED IT IT WOULD COME BACK AND PEDAL PRESURE FELT MUSHY. WHILE GOTNG DOWN A HILL, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK TO GMC DEALER AND HE SAID BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED AND WARRANTY WOULDNT COVER REPAIRS. IT COST 2100$ TO FIX IT THIS CA...
WHILE APLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD SLOWLY GO TO THE FLOOR IF YOU PUMPED IT IT WOULD COME BACK AND PEDAL PRESURE FELT MUSHY. WHILE GOTNG DOWN A HILL, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK TO GMC DEALER AND HE SAID BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED AND WARRANTY WOULDNT COVER REPAIRS. IT COST 2100$ TO FIX IT THIS CA...
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES DUE TO THE SEAT LEANING TO THE RIGHT AND THE SEAT RECLINING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT SEEMS TO STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS...ON GOING PROBLEM
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES DUE TO THE SEAT LEANING TO THE RIGHT AND THE SEAT RECLINING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT SEEMS TO STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS...ON GOING PROBLEM
ACID FROM THE POSITIVE POST TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY LEAKED ONTO THE BRAKE LINE. THE ACID ATE A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO ESCAPE. THIS CAUSED LOST OF BRAKING ABILITY WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. THE ...
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH SUDDEN DEACCELERATION WHILE GAS PEDAL WAS STILL PRESSED, AND RPMS WERE BETWEEN 5 AND 6000. THAT HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER HAD FIXED THE ROTORS AT THAT TIME.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH SUDDEN DEACCELERATION WHILE GAS PEDAL WAS STILL PRESSED, AND RPMS WERE BETWEEN 5 AND 6000. THAT HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER HAD FIXED THE ROTORS AT THAT TIME.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH SUDDEN DEACCELERATION WHILE GAS PEDAL WAS STILL PRESSED, AND RPMS WERE BETWEEN 5 AND 6000. THAT HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER HAD FIXED THE ROTORS AT THAT TIME.*AK
BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS CAUSED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AND HEAVY SHIMMER. *YH
BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS CAUSED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AND HEAVY SHIMMER. *YH
THE WIPERS WILL STOP SUDDENLY FOR NO REASON DURING DRIVING WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP, ALSO THE LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START THE CAR.
I PURCHASED MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO ON 4/20/00. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE CAR OVERHEATED. IT OVERHEATED APPROXIMENTLEY 10-12 TIMES AFTER THAT, EACH TIME WITH ME BRINGING IT BACK TO THE SELLING DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR BACK, SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND I WAS...
EACH AND EVERYTIME I STEP ON THE BRAKES I FEAR LOSING CONTROL. WHENEVER I STEP ON THE BRAKES THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE OR PULSATE OR BOTH, AT TIMES IT BECOMES REALLY HARD TO STOP. (MY EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE NOT IN WORKING ORDER AS WELL) I MADE TWO ATTEMPTS GOING ON A THIRD TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM (PL...
THIS PROBLEM ARISES FROM SOMETHING IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE STRUTS OR WHEEL WELL RUBBING AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE FRONT TIRES AND ABRATING THE THREAD AND STEEL BELTING AWAY UNTIL THE TIRE FAILS. THIS PROBLEM MAY ARISE FROM CONTACT WITH THE WHEEL WELL WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS, AS THE TIRE DID NOT FAIL ...
ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 10 THOUSAND MILES AND SEVERAL MONTHS APART THE IGNITION CYLINDER FROZE LEAVING THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO START AND THE DRIVER STRANDED. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT DEALER DURING SERVICE AND CUSTOMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF FAILURE. SECOND FAILURE HAPPENED IN CUSTOMERS DRIVEWAY AND R...
WHEN EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD ROLL OR JERK. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBELM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD ROLL OR JERK. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBELM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY VIBRATED AND TREMBLED. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE SITS IN HEAVY RAIN REAR FLOOR FLOODS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS GOING AT A FAST PACE AND BRAKES ARE GENTLY PRESSED, VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE VERY LOUDLY AND SHAKE. THIS CAUSES DIFFICULTY FOR CONSUMER TO SLOWDOWN WHILE COMING OFF AN EXIT OR HIGHWAY, AND MAY RESULT IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. *AK
PASSENGER'S SEAT WON'T LOCK IN PLACE. CUNSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT IN CASE OF A COLLISION THE OCCUPANT IN THE SEAT WILL PLUNGE FORWARD INTO THE WINDOW BECAUSE THE SEAT NOT SECURE. *AK
1)THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FEELS WEAK AND A SUBSTANTIAL VIBRATION OF THE ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT PANEL OF THE CAR OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CAR DOES NOT STOP SUFFICIENTLY UNLESS BRAKES ARE FULLY DEPRESSED. 2)THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY START MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS CURREN...
1)THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FEELS WEAK AND A SUBSTANTIAL VIBRATION OF THE ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT PANEL OF THE CAR OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CAR DOES NOT STOP SUFFICIENTLY UNLESS BRAKES ARE FULLY DEPRESSED. 2)THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY START MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS CURREN...
WATER LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. DEALERS SAYS COMING FROM SUNROOF. SUPPOSEDLY FIXED LEAK TWICE. 1ST TIME,ALSO REPLACED FUSE BLOCK. WEEK LATER, WATER STILL GETTING IN FUSE BLOCK. 2ND TIME, FIXED LEAK-CLAIMED SCREW FOR SUNROOF NOT PROPERLY SEALED AND IN WRONG POSITION. ...
WATER LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. DEALERS SAYS COMING FROM SUNROOF. SUPPOSEDLY FIXED LEAK TWICE. 1ST TIME,ALSO REPLACED FUSE BLOCK. WEEK LATER, WATER STILL GETTING IN FUSE BLOCK. 2ND TIME, FIXED LEAK-CLAIMED SCREW FOR SUNROOF NOT PROPERLY SEALED AND IN WRONG POSITION. ...
WATER LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. DEALERS SAYS COMING FROM SUNROOF. SUPPOSEDLY FIXED LEAK TWICE. 1ST TIME,ALSO REPLACED FUSE BLOCK. WEEK LATER, WATER STILL GETTING IN FUSE BLOCK. 2ND TIME, FIXED LEAK-CLAIMED SCREW FOR SUNROOF NOT PROPERLY SEALED AND IN WRONG POSITION. ...
THE STEERING SHAFT WAS STRIPPED, REPLACED UNIT DUE TO NOISE, DURING REPAIR WE FOUND OUT THE CONDITION OF THE SHAFT, THE RECALL (98V-320) INDICATES THE SAME FAILURE. *MJS
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CAR LOT AT 5MPH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS\WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED, CAR JERKS.
THE BOLTS T HAT HOLD THE HUB CAPS ON HAVE PLASTIC INSERTS.THEY SEEM TO HAVE MELTED AND FUSED TO THE STUD.BECAUSE OF THIS I AM UNABLE TO REMOVE HUP CAPS TO REMOVE WHEELS TO ROTATE E. *AK
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING & EVENTUALLY STOPPED & WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. DEALER PUT NEW TRANSMISSION IN ON 04-17- 2000, IT LOCKED UP ON 5-29-2000. VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY GEAR. TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER. DEALER WILL ATTEMPT TO PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN. ALSO, BRAKES WERE GRINDI...
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING & EVENTUALLY STOPPED & WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. DEALER PUT NEW TRANSMISSION IN ON 04-17- 2000, IT LOCKED UP ON 5-29-2000. VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY GEAR. TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER. DEALER WILL ATTEMPT TO PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN. ALSO, BRAKES WERE GRINDI...
WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES;MECHANIC SAID, THE ROTOR IS WARPED AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES UNDER NORMAL WERE./POWERSTEERING MAKES NOISE WHEN CAR IS IDLING; MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE OIL IS LOW./I FIND WATER ON THE BACK SEAT FLOOR AFTER IT RAINS
WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES;MECHANIC SAID, THE ROTOR IS WARPED AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES UNDER NORMAL WERE./POWERSTEERING MAKES NOISE WHEN CAR IS IDLING; MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE OIL IS LOW./I FIND WATER ON THE BACK SEAT FLOOR AFTER IT RAINS
WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES;MECHANIC SAID, THE ROTOR IS WARPED AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES UNDER NORMAL WERE./POWERSTEERING MAKES NOISE WHEN CAR IS IDLING; MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE OIL IS LOW./I FIND WATER ON THE BACK SEAT FLOOR AFTER IT RAINS
WARPED FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS---HAD TO BE TURNED---STARTING TO REOCCUR PREMATURELY. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS WENT BAD IN LESS THAN A YEAR! *AK
BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHANGED 4 TIMES. ROTORS WERE ROTATED & NOT CHANGED. DEALER SAID THAT BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED TOO MUCH. SERVICE MANAGER DISMISSED THE CHARGE BECAUSE OF DISPUTE. *AK
THE CAR TREMBLED HORRIBLY UPON DECELERATION FROM HIGH SPEEDS AND/OR UPON A HARD STOP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AT APPROXIMATELY 16K MILES, COMPLAINING OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. NOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS MORE SEVERE, AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER (AT 20K MILES) AND TOLD...
THE VEHICLE INTERIOR FLOOR IS STAYING WET. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED, HOWEVER IT IS NOT AND WE ARE TAKING THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN. WE HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND WILL CONTACT YOU WITH FURTHER INFORMATION WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE PULSATES/VIBRATES AND THEN VEERS TO THE RIGHT.*AK
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE PULSATES/VIBRATES AND THEN VEERS TO THE RIGHT.*AK
WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR CONTINUES AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT
HORN DOES NOT ALWAYS FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND EXCESSIVE EFFORT HAS TO BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO HONK. DEALER SAYS IT'S MADE THIS WAY. *AK *ML
AT ANY TIME WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING DOWN CONSUMERS DRIVEWAY. NLM
EXPERIENCED VIOLENT VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING. DEALER IS REPLACING BOTH FRONT ROTORS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW 5 MONTHS AGO AND FEEL THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 1800 MILES. *AK
THE LEFT REAR CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BOLT CAME OFF CAUSING THE ARMS TO DISENGAGE FROM THE SPINDLE SUPPORT.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) YH
WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE PULLED LEFT AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL RESULTING IN ACCIDENT.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) YH
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME AJAR, NOT ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY. REPETETIVE PROBLEMS WITH REAR DEFROSTER. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT INACCURATE. *AK.ET. THERE WERE TWO INCIDENT OF CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF INTERIOR TRUNK RELEAS...
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME AJAR, NOT ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY. REPETETIVE PROBLEMS WITH REAR DEFROSTER. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT INACCURATE. *AK.ET. THERE WERE TWO INCIDENT OF CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF INTERIOR TRUNK RELEAS...
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME AJAR, NOT ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY. REPETETIVE PROBLEMS WITH REAR DEFROSTER. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT INACCURATE. *AK.ET. THERE WERE TWO INCIDENT OF CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF INTERIOR TRUNK RELEAS...
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME AJAR, NOT ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY. REPETETIVE PROBLEMS WITH REAR DEFROSTER. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT INACCURATE. *AK.ET. THERE WERE TWO INCIDENT OF CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF INTERIOR TRUNK RELEAS...
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME AJAR, NOT ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY. REPETETIVE PROBLEMS WITH REAR DEFROSTER. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT INACCURATE. *AK.ET. THERE WERE TWO INCIDENT OF CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF INTERIOR TRUNK RELEAS...
THE CAR'S BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 1500 MILES RESULTING IN A LOSS OF BRAKING. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN MACHINED AND/OR REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. WHEN BRAKING WITH THE WARPED ROTORS, THE ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSORS HIT THE "BAD" SPOT ON THE ROTORS AND ASSUME A LOCK-UP IS EMMINENT. T...
THE CAR'S BRAKE ROTORS WARP EVERY 1500 MILES RESULTING IN A LOSS OF BRAKING. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN MACHINED AND/OR REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. WHEN BRAKING WITH THE WARPED ROTORS, THE ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSORS HIT THE "BAD" SPOT ON THE ROTORS AND ASSUME A LOCK-UP IS EMMINENT. T...
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AND TAKES LONGER TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS REPLACED ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES. BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
BOTH FRONT SEATS HAVE A RAZOR SHARP EDGE UNDER THE FRONT SEATS WHERE THE REAR PASSENGERS PUT THEIR FEET. MY DAUGHTER, WHILE WEARING SANDELS CUT HER FOOT ON IT. LEATHER SHOES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED ALSO. THE FACTORY WILL NOT ALOW THE DEALER TO DEBURR THE EDGES. THEY SAY IT WOULD VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW. MATER...
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES EXCESSIVELY. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES SINCE JANUARY 1999. DEALER CAN'T A FIND PERMENANT SOLUTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING WENT OUT DUE TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP BEING FAULTY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER HAS REPLACED PUMP, AND NOW IS ALSO REPLACING TRANSMISSION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING WENT OUT DUE TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP BEING FAULTY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER HAS REPLACED PUMP, AND NOW IS ALSO REPLACING TRANSMISSION. *AK
THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT KEEP THE CAR FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS WHEN ON A SLIGHT GRADE. DEALER TRIED TO FIX BY REPLACING PART. PROBLEM PERSISTS. THEY ARE AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO FIX. THIS COULD BE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE SKIDDED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A FRONTAL IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE SKIDDED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A FRONTAL IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
EACH TIME THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED TOO HARD VEHICLE MAKES A SHARP LEFT TURN OR PULLS TO THE LEFT. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CAR TO DRIVE, EVEN TO PASS WHILE ON HIGHWAY IT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
UPON HEAVY ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT AND CONTROL IS LIMITED. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY DEALER, HOWEVER, THEY SAY THIS IS "NORMAL." THIS CONDITION IS SO SEVERE THAT I FEEL IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION ESPECIALLY IF THE DRIVER IS NOT PREPARED FOR IT.
I DROVE THE VEHICLE OVER A SNOW MOUND CREATED BY THE SNOW PLOWS AFTER A PASS ALONG THE STREET. AFTER THAT THE VEHICE MADE A TERRIBLE SCAPPING NOISE. I STOPPPED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES TO CHECK AND SEE IF ICE OR SNOW WAS PACKED UP IN THE WHEEL WELL OR UNDER CAR. AFTER GETTING BACK TO WORK ONE OF THE ...
POSSIBLE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR PROBLEMS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRANK BUT NOT START ON 3 OCCASIONS. NLM
POSSIBLE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR PROBLEMS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRANK BUT NOT START ON 3 OCCASIONS. NLM
POSSIBLE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR PROBLEMS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRANK BUT NOT START ON 3 OCCASIONS. NLM
THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED AND REPLACED WHICH HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE IS JERKING AND LURCHING FORWARD. ALSO, WHEN TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL ITEMS KEEP COMING ON, AND BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WEAR OUT. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE IS JERKING AND LURCHING FORWARD. ALSO, WHEN TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL ITEMS KEEP COMING ON, AND BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WEAR OUT. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE IS JERKING AND LURCHING FORWARD. ALSO, WHEN TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL ITEMS KEEP COMING ON, AND BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WEAR OUT. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS. *AK
VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED FOR THE THIRD TIME BECAUSE THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A BAD CONNECTION WITH THE SENSOR. THE SECOND TIME THERE WAS MOISTURE IN THE SENSOR. THE CURRENT PROBLEM HAS NOT BE DETECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ON THREE OCCASIONS I HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR TO MY DESTINATION AND WHEN I GO TO GET BACK IN THE CAR IT WON'T START. IT HAVE LEFT ME STRANDED EACH TIME AND A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED. THE DATES THIS HAPPENED WAS 8/22/99, 9/14/99-9/17/99 & 9/22/99-CURRENT. THE DEALERSHIP STILL HAS MY CAR TO THIS DATE. THEY...
LUGS AND NUT CAME OFF WHEEL CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO SEPARATE WHILE DRIVING.
THE STEERING KNUCKLE BROKE SLICING THNE BRAKE LINE CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL AF VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAD NO BRAKES AND NO STEERING ABILITY. NLM
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 7 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'SER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH AN IGNITION SYSTEM, THAT HAS A SECURITY CHIP INSIDE THE KEY, WHICH IS READ BY THE IGNITION SYSTEM, AND THEN THE CAR IS STARTED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM,IN WHICH THE CAR WILL NOT START AND THE "SECURITY" LIGHT ON THE DASH STARTS BLINKING, THIS HAPP...
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A GRAVEL ROAD STEERING/ WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BROKE, FACING OUTWARD. DEALER SAID AXLE/ SPINDLE AND STRUT WERE BROKEN. *AK
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A GRAVEL ROAD STEERING/ WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BROKE, FACING OUTWARD. DEALER SAID AXLE/ SPINDLE AND STRUT WERE BROKEN. *AK
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A GRAVEL ROAD STEERING/ WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BROKE, FACING OUTWARD. DEALER SAID AXLE/ SPINDLE AND STRUT WERE BROKEN. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY BRAKING, CONSUMER ALSO RECIEVED LACERATIONS TO THE TOP OF THE FOOT WHEN SHE PUT HER FOOT OUT THE DOOR TO ATTEMT TO STOP VEHICLE. NLM
WHEN MAKING A HARD LEFT / RIGHT TURN, THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ACTIVATES, CAUSING IT TO LOCK AGAINST THE CONSUMER'S BODY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PUMPS; CONSUMER HAD THREE POWER STEERING PUMPS REPLACESD WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
WHEN TAPPING THE BRAKES TO TURN SPEED CONTROL OFF, THE CAR ACCELERATES. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *ML
SIDE MIRROR SPRING MOUNTS BREAK ON ROUGH ROADS AT LOW SPEEDS. *AK
NO SUMMARY
NO SUMMARY
RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LUGS AND HUBS COMING OFF VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKE CABLE WAS CUT AND VEHICLE WAS WITHOUT BRAKES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED . *AK
RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LUGS AND HUBS COMING OFF VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKE CABLE WAS CUT AND VEHICLE WAS WITHOUT BRAKES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED . *AK
RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LUGS AND HUBS COMING OFF VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKE CABLE WAS CUT AND VEHICLE WAS WITHOUT BRAKES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED . *AK
WHILE PARKING POWER STEERING ASSIT WENT OUT. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHP. GM WA SUNCOOPERATIVE, REFUSING TO OFFER ANY EXPLANATION FOR THIS DISASTER. THEY DID, H...
WHILE PARKING POWER STEERING ASSIT WENT OUT. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHP. GM WA SUNCOOPERATIVE, REFUSING TO OFFER ANY EXPLANATION FOR THIS DISASTER. THEY DID, H...
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
REAR MAIN SEAL OIL LEAK., OIL BLOWING ONTO EXHAUST PIPE. *AK.
VEHICLE GETS WET FROM WATER LEAKS THAT COME FROM WINDSHIELD WHICH CAUSE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTED IN INSTRUMENT PANEL AND OTHER COMPONENTS TO FAIL. NM
RIGHT FRONT SEAT LATCH DOES NOT LOCK IMMEDIATELY WHEN MOVED.