Consumer Complaint Detail
OLDSMOBILE / ALERO / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011066 | Incident Date: Mar, 09 2005 |
| Consumer's City: FREDERICK | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ALERO | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 09 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 13 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driving a 2000 olds alero. the gear shift becomes inoperable, because the plastic button that is used to push in to operate the gear shift is completely broken on the inside. the peice has even fallen out of the gear shift making it very difficult to place the car in gear. have had to push thumb into head of gear shift to enable "pushing of interior release" to place the gear shift in position. never experienced any damage under my posession, and as far as i can tell the previous owner had not abused the gear shift either. can cause a "suprising"moment when you realize you can not engage the gear you are intending to use. recently i was backing up in the vehicle, when the "button "came off, and rolled under my seat. luckily i was in a parking lot that was not extremely busy at that time. i had to try to locate the button with my foot still engaged on the brake so the car would not continue to "back up". that's when i realized by sticking my thumb in the open area i could then engage my gear shift into drive. *ak |