1999 Oldsmobile Alero Exterior lighting Problems

“The car signal light works intermittently. Sometimes when I turn the signals on they come on. Then sometimes when I turn them on they do nothing. They don't come on at all.”

“In the last six months three out of 4 windows on my vehicle are now held up with duct tape so that they don't fall into the channel and I can't get them up. Luckily, only one of them managed to do that and a friend managed to get it back up for me. That occurred at the end of january 2006. I could understand one- maybe- but three!!! No. This is definitely a safety issue. I suspect the only reason that my one working window, the back passenger side, is still working is because I haven't tried to put it down- or the result would be the same. …”

“I'm experiencing the same problem that is described in NHTSA campaign # 03v327000. Specifically, my vehicle's hazard-light switches malfunction when there is a temperature change in the vehicle causing my turn signals to work intermittently or not at all. I contacted Oldsmobile customer service and was told that because I have a 1999 Alero, that model year was not included and therefore, they would offer no assistance with the repair. This problem frequently puts me in hazardous situations due to turn signals not working at times.”

“The hazard light switch works intermittantly on my 1999 Oldsmobile Alero. After looking into saw that there was a recall on many 2000 aleros for the same problem. When it stops I can normally get it to work for a few minutes longer by pushing the top of the switch down or wiggling it. The dealer wanted to charge me over $100 to replace it. I refused and purchased the switch myself for $30. Seems very odd that GM would recall many cars with the same switch and same problem but not others. Wanted to bring to your attention that this swtich is a problem in earlier models of the Alero as well.”

“Dt: 1999 with 22,000 miles on the car. When the consumer went to push the hazard switch it sunk into the dashboard. And couldn't get the flasher to go off. Consumer talked to the manufacturer, who was aware of the problem. Something broke behind the switch, when the switched was pushed. Consumer has already taken the car to the dealer and had repairs done.”