Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004016990 Incident Date: Apr, 25 2004
Consumer's City: LOUISVILLE Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ALERO Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3NL12E72C Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 25 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 26 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2002 oldmobile alero has failing intake manifold gasket which allows coolant to leak into engine. estimates to repair are over $800 and after researching the fact that tens of thousands of others have the same problems with various gm vehicles manufactured from 1995-2003 i'm at a loss as to why this hasn't been taken care of. gm released bulletin 03-06-01-010 in which it suggests replacement of a "new design intake manifold gasket" which was changed to "improve the sealing qualities of the gasket". if there was no problem with the original there's no need for a replacement. gm is unwilling to repair this yet it affects 3.1 and 3.4l v6 engines of some 14 different gm models not to mention a similar affliction with the 3.8l.*ak