NHTSA — Electrical System: Wiring Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
43,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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1999 Oldsmobile Alero electrical problems

electrical problem

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1999 Oldsmobile Alero Owner Comments

problem #3

Oct 112004

Alero

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When it rains car either wont start, or guages will not work. Radio stops working. Brake lights go on and off. Fuse box was corroded, replaced worked fine for about 2 months and no is acting up again. Mechanics could find nothing else wrong. It was in the shop 4 times before they fixed the fuse box. Dealership tried to fix something that wasnt the problem and charge $450 more than the cost.

- Buchanan, MI, USA

problem #2

Jan 172005

Alero 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 129,000 miles
While driving to work on Jan 17 I turned on the rear defroster. Within a few minutes, two to three, I heard a popping sound. Just one time, so I started looking around the interior of the car. I noticed a hole between the rear passenger window and the rear window. My Alero was a 2 door. When I got when I could pull over there were flames coming from the hole. I was unable to put them out. I called 911. By time the fire trucks arrived the car was fully engulfed in flames and was beyond saving. The only thing left of it was the body and the engine.

- Knob Lick, MO, USA

problem #1

Aug 162003

Alero

  • miles
While driving at highway speed vehicle caught on fire without warning. As a result, vehicle was totaled.

- Newark, NJ, USA

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