Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003277233 Incident Date: Aug, 14 2003
Consumer's City: BUFFALO Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ALERO Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3N52F62C2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 Complaint Type: CAG
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Problem malfunction indicator lamp: service engine soon light came on wednesday 8/20/03 just on the right side. i was returning home after driving approximate 30 miles when this light came on. call the dealer from which i brought this program car.call:bacon autoplex in palestine texas . purchased 7/14/03 with 14, 016 miles. called them about 3pm on 8/20/03. i filled up with gas ( which gauge indicated 1/2/ full) prior to the 30 miles then light came on. i was told that it wouldn't hurt to drive the car since no one was there(bacon) to test for the cause on 8/20/03. told(bacon ) that i was going to drive over 140 on 8/21/03. said that it would not hurt. the light went off 8/21/03 1/2 miles from my home. 8/22/03 about 11 am the light came on once again 15699 miles. call bacon 8/22/03 regarding the problem once again. they said that i could bring it over for testing which i did. found a code 440? what ever that was. bacon said it could be several things. did not make any attempt to further test. i did talk to the manager of bacon, still no attempt to test it further. manage did ask if i wanted another car. why would i want another olds alero ? iwas more then up set: i do not feel safe with this car. fail to do the testing for exact cause. appointment made but i don't think that it will be done at this time since for now they have not found the cause. the light comes on with fuel is 1/2/ full both times.