Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 10/20/2009 | 101500 | 1 | |
| Trac off light and anti-lock light on, car jerks into drive, and while changing gears. has to replace sensory, drive shafts, etc. brakes don't work, car jerks after 3000 rpms, dangerous, and can cause crash. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2007 | 98000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 oldsmobile alero. the directional signal would work intermittently. there is a recall nhtsa campaign id 03v327000 however the manufacturer stated this vehicle was not included. the failure mileage was 98,000 and current mileage was 107,000. the vehicle identification number was unavailable. | |||
| 03/07/2005 | 25 | 15 | 04/02/2002 |
| On march 3, 2005 my 2000 oldsmobile alero gl v6/3.4l would not start. on march 4, 2005, all 3 distributor coils were replaced as well as all 6 spark plugs. the car worked fine until march 7, 2005 when while driving the car for about 10 minutes, the car shut down. it coasted to the side of the road and i could not get it to start again. in both instances the car seems to try to start but is unsuccessful. in my online research, this appears to be a very common problem with no known resolution for other owners of the alero. additionally, after the window fell into the driver side door, on october 19, 2004, i had the mechanism for the driver side window replaced. in december 2004, the same window failed to work at all. i have not had it fixed again. the water pump was replaced after a sudden coolant leak completely depleting the system in november 2003, and the same situation occured again requiring the water pump to be replaced again in february 2005, a little over a year later. one of the cigarette lighters stopped working in june 2004. the service engine light, tire pressure light, and coolant light come on intermittently with no apparent problem. the interior dome light is touch and go, meaning if i touch the case, it may or may not go on or off. the front brake system has been replaced more times than i can count on my one hand in the nearly 3 years that i have owned it. the signal lights would stop functioning and buzz hideously until i pressed the hazard button. water has collected in the front passenger floorboard and in the trunk from seal failure. the engine seems to burn oil quickly. *ak | |||
| 06/06/2000 | 6000 | 3 | 12/31/1999 |
| The brake rotors turned twice and replaced once. this caused the brake pads to have to be replaced. the drivers door automatic window motor had to be replaced twice and now the passenger door window was doing the same thing. the interior light fell out and had to be put back in. the sun visor came loose and had to be tightened again. the cd player had to be replaced. a backlash of electricity caused a fuse to be replaced. the car died on a highway and towed to the dealership. the intact manifold leaked, it was tightened up and one month later the same problem happened again. the drivers side seat belt did not detract automatically. *tt | |||