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.
1999 Oldsmobile Alero electrical complaints
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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
The interior trim pieces and door panels were replaced due to warping.
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 uninterested, as is the dealer.
Electric just died. If it's the battery, it shouldn't be. The battery replaced the original and is 2 months old.
Brakes were damaged by leaking + term. On battery, brake lines were damaged.
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.
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 repairs to the vehicle could not be made free of charge. Owner has taken vehicle elsewhere for repairs.
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.
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 required towing. Tow truck owner mentioned he had seen this problem on other alero's recently.
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. Relocated screw and sealed unit. Another week, another leak. Water getting into fuse block again, causing stereo amplifier to make loud humming noise, while car is off. Consumer removed fuse for amplifier to stop humming. Contacting dealership on monday.
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 currently unable to start. The battery has been checked and is fine. No recharging of battery occurs even after jump-starting and running the engine for a lengthy period of time. 3) left rear door panel has parts that are falling off and loose. 4) parking brakes are weak and fail to prevent rolling on inclines. Additionally, there has been a recall placed on this model for failure to conform to federal/canada motor vehicle saftey standard 201, "occupant protection in interior impact."
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
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.
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 happens with both original keys. When I called the road side assistance people they tell me to leave the keys in the ignition for 15 minutes. I have talked to other people who own gm vehicles, and they seem to have had the same problem, I think it deserves to be looked into. Thank you
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.
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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, however, provide consumer with a loaner for three weeks.
Possible electrical failure resulted in instrument panel and other components to fail. Nm
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