general problems of the 2000 Oldsmobile Alero

Driving on a gravel road at 30 miles per hour when steering and brakes did not work went in the ditch just about filliped the car the ins company said to bad can not do nothing the recall ended that night to late.

When I first bought this car the backseats were not attached to the car. The dashboard is pealing up all the way and the paint is gone from my gear shift. Both driver side and passenger windows have stopped working. The driver side I had to get fixed for inspection cost about $300. Tires and brakes need replaced constantly. Lights on the dash light up for no apparent reason. Blinkers don't work most of the time and when they do it is this horrible loud clicking noise. Cd player/radio stop working randomly. Ac only works on 3rd setting. Rear defrost does not work at all. Fog lights will not turn on and bulbs are brand new. Trunk will not open with button from inside car or keyless entry. My trunk randomly comes open for no reason and once would not latch to shut for a few days but then randomly latched shut. Car leaks water in the front and back. Recently my car won't start everytime it rains. I took it to an auto place and they ran it through the computer and couldn't find anything. Now it's at a windsheild place because the mechanic says its leaking water into fuse box. Glass place is saying that is not it either. I am at my wits end. It dries out and will start and as soon as it rains will not start. I don't want to pay another mechanic to have this fixed. I see where others have complained about fuses and waters leaks. I have had it towed twice in the last 2 weeks and had $600 worth of work done on my car. I cannot afford to buy a new car. I'm very aggitated that so many people have complained about this car and nothing has been done about it. I even complained to the bbb about the dealership I bought it from to no avail. Why is nothing being done?.

I have an 2000 Oldsmobile Alero which is a piece of crap since I first brought it home. I have had to change the brakes about 7 times!!! I have also had to fix all of the problems that were stated in the recalls. I fixed the recall problems before there even was any recalls because gm would not help me. Then later I would receive the recalls. Now my transmission is shot!! the ets system is not allowing the transmission to shift properly. We found a bolt laying in the transmission pan when we first serviced it. In the beginning we thought we only needed a transmission fluid and filter change but come to find out that bolt that was in our transmission pan filtered though the transmission allowing something to become loose in the transmission making it shift very hard. We had 2 mechanics look at it and both agreed that we needed to rebuild the transmission. I have only had the car for about 6 years but even in the beginning of owning this vehicle things started to go wrong. Now Oldsmobile is out of business and gm/Oldsmobile wont do anything to help me which is typical of gm. I have been on the phone with gm about 5 times now and they just keep telling me the same thing over and over. Basically I'm out of luck. Now it will cost 2000. 00 to rebuild the transmission and I do not have that. I will never purchase a gm vehicle ever again. I think that a foreign car like Honda or Nissan would be more reliable and wont be a piece of junk that isn't even worth 100. 00. Please help me I need a vehicle for work.

This is the third brake job , got car with 30,000 miles had it two years - have replaced both wheel bearings--car now has 55,000 miles. Have replaced drivers side window control switch and now its in for the door latch failure. Ever driven 30 miles to get to a dealer with your door bungie corded shut if that is not a safety problem what is ?? that is the drivers door by the way. I have most definitely lost faith in gm. My next vehicle may very well be a Hyundai accent, they have only one page of problems and they provide a warranty.

Coolant leaking from engine area, told intake manifold gaskets needed replacing. 3. 4l engine.

Consumer stated that when vehicle was taken to dealer for a check up tire pressure was not checked. Brakes were replaced on this vehicle twice within 20000 miles, and the wheels had cracks. Dealer and the manufacturer were informed of this with no remedy.

Brakes have been replaced twice within the last 12,000 miles. Currently, at 30,000 miles rotors must be replaced.

This car has been in at least 8 times or more for brake/rotor problems. There is a safety issue here. They can not fix these brakes and rotors and they are going to eventually fail. What does it take-deaths to get these people to understand they have a faulty system in these cars. Now they want me to up my warranty for $800. Why? they can not solve this problem. Get rid of what's on there and replace with something else. They built these cars, and should be able to come up with some method to stop the cost on these if not save lives. ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12-12-02 cut over to artemis***761631.

The brake rotors had to be replaced twice because the brakes wear very fast replaced brakes 4 times since I bought the car in August of 2001 even if there the lifetime warranty brakes. The drivers door window motor has to be replaced. Driver window keeps coming off track causing the window to fall. The interior light fell out and had to be put back. The low tire air pressure light, and others keep coming on and staying on even if the work has been done. The back window has a wire type defrost in the window itself that has burned in once place only leaving a burned look on the back window. The cruise control went out a week after I had the vehicle which I bought the vehicle at 30, 000 miles. The passenger side view mirror shatter going the a roadway about 35 miles an hour, almost causing eye damage to a very young child if I hadn't roll the window up in time due to child being seated in the back seat in a child seat. The mirror shattered in very tiny pieces for no apparent reason.

I have had non stop problems with my brakes since purchasing an Oldsmobile Alero 2000. I have had my front brakes and rotors replaced four times. The manufacturer isn't willing to do anything, as I have tried to contact them many times. The dealership admits something is defective, please help! scc **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****748352.