2002 Oldsmobile Alero: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 27, 2014 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · OH

Car shut off and lost power to steering and braking due to ignition failure. Car would randomly shut off while driving. Issue was faulty ignition and was replaced by local mechanic.

Filed Jan 25, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · OH

The car has broke down and wouldn't restart, fuel pump, ECM? Modulator fuses. Powering steering leaks all the time and sometimes locks up. Rear defroster won't work. Driver's side controls for windows, locks, stopped working. Drivers side window drops down and breaks-repaired 3 times and just happened again. Belt broke, lost power barely able to get it off the road. Front passenger wheel thumps, pops, etc. Had fixed and still has the same problems. I've maintained routinely, but it continues to keep breaking down. The handle to put in gear/park has broke. A lot of plastic parts, clips etc crumbling apart, knobs, light switches, window tracts. All out of pocket. Recall for windows, rear defrost, power steering, fuel pump, belt breaking, front hubs/wheels/steering !!!!!

Filed Apr 17, 2009 · Engine · 150,000 miles · PA

The event is unexpected, there is nothing definitive that leads up to the failure. The failure is that the engine shuts down while driving. It has happened 4 times in the last nine months. Once it was able to be restarted after just a few minutes; another time I had to wait about 45 minutes to restart it then it shut down again after driving 12 miles down the road. Each time it was taken to a garage and placed on the diagnostic, it doesn't show a problem exists, therefore, to date, no repairs have been made since no one knows what the problem is . There hasn't been any injury at this time due to this problem, but if this continues a serious occurrence is inevitable; I.e. Losing power while driving down the highway at 65mph.

Filed Apr 17, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 181,000 miles · GA

Tl*- the contact owns a 2002 oldsmobile alero with a current and failure mileage of 181,000 miles. While driving at 35 MPH began decelerating and the vehicle lost power with no warning in the middle of the road. The weather was sunny and 75 degrees. She was able to restart the vehicle after 30 minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who informed her that the vehicle was part of recall 07e021000 for fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices. The recalled failure could result in a fire, but the contact had not experienced the recall failure to date. She spoke with delphi, gm and oldsmobile dealers, and none of the dealers were willing to complete the recall work free of charge. *ak the consumer stated the dealership is asking for additional monies besides the $417.21 that was already paid. The consumer stated the vehicle is still in the dealerships possession and she wants the vehicle returned with the problem fixed. The consumer stated that on 06/07/07 the dealership informed her to pick up the vehicle that it was ready when consumer came to pick up vehicle the manager informed her he does not feel safe returning the car to her and the dealership is requesting an additional $262.00 for an ignition switch. Updated 06/25/07

Filed Apr 3, 2007 · Engine · 84,000 miles · IL

Tl* - the contact owns a 2002 oldsmobile alero. While driving at 40 MPH on a very nice day the timing chain sheared off which caused the engine to lose power. The timing chain failure warped all of the rods and heads. The failure mileage was 84,000, and the current mileage was 87,363.

Filed Feb 12, 2006 · Engine · 65,200 miles · IL

Timing chain broke on 2002 oldsmobile alero with 65,000 miles in feb. 2006. Experienced a ticking noise day before and was driving at about 55 MPH when chain broke and lost power. Auto repair service indicated it will cost at least $1500 to replace chain and additional parts. Also indicated oil pan would have to be removed as fragments were detected inside.