1999 Oldsmobile Alero

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 CAR TO GO MORE THAN 30 MPH ON A 50 MPH HIGHWAY VERY NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, BUT NOW I AM TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY "POSSIBLY BE BAD" OR IT "COULD BE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS." IN EITHER CASE, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE FOUND THE ERROR BEFORE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 65,000 MILES ON IT AND THOUGH IT WAS SLUGGISH FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY LURCH FORWARD WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE SUMMER THAT IT BECAME A FREQUENT AS OPPOSED TO A RARE OCCURRENCE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION. OF NOTE ALSO IS THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW ONLY ROLLS DOWN ON OCCASION AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT GO BACK UP, THE FAN ONLY WORKS ON THE HIGHEST 2 SETTINGS AND THE ENTIRE WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY (SOME SORT OF SENSOR) HAD TO BE REPLACED 1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY. WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK. AND, THE AIR CONDITIONER NO LONGER COOLS THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD I HAD A SLOW LEAK.*AK

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 NOT STAY UP AND WILL FALL INTO DOOR. I USUALLY AM THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR. HAVE NEVER HAD WINDOWS MALFUNCTION LIKE THIS. HELP. *AK

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 IF THEY HAD A REPLACEMENT PART SO THAT I COULD REPAIR THIS AND THEY SAID NONE WERE AVAILABLE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL SCRAP YARD AND WAS ABLE TO GET A REPLACEMENT END FROM A WRECKED ALERO. THIS WAS ONLY AFTER FINDING MELTED PLUGS IN TWO OTHER ONES THEY HAD. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY DUE THE DANGER OF A FIRE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *JB - 3/17/04- CONSUMER CALLED WITH THE CORRECT VIN#. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN UPDATED. *RP *SC *JB

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 WINDOW MOTORS FAILED /REPAIRED 3. TWICE ALTERNATOR FAILURE/REPAIRED W/2 SEPERATE ALTS

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: 754557,10016869,10032972,10039036,752099,563702,10011989. SERVICE BULLETINS: 010864018B, 010857007A,010864012B,010864018A,010864018. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON THESE CARS - WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS KIND OF DEFECT. *LA