2000 Oldsmobile Alero Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 27about this part
- Share
- 5%of 557 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 64,950miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 27 complaints about the air bags of the 2000 Oldsmobile Alero, 5% of the 557 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 64,950 miles. 15 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Takata recall, followup and concern. Today is I want to greet every one a happy 4 of july. Celebrating that we want people of united states are safe and no one get injured due company and manufacturer branch of services neglecting to do the order of NHTSA recall and some owners complained about the vehicle problem that treaths to the safetiness and lives of others. …”
NHTSA complaint #11002985, filed 2017-07, 15 miles“On 10/07 I was involved in a head on collision while operating a 2000 olds Alero which I purchased new. The air bags never deployed. The vehicle is a total loss and everyone that saw the car agrees the air bags should have deployed. Do you know of any other problems and where I might turn for answers and what recourse I may have.”
NHTSA complaint #10139112, filed 2005-10, 40,000 miles“While parking my vehicle, I stopped the car and for no reason the air bags deployed. Attempted to go through GM and they advise the frame of my vehicle has been repaired. My vehicle has never been repaird as it was never in an accident.... Gm refuses to pay for my vehicle.”
NHTSA complaint #10114649, filed 2005-03, 71,289 miles“Involved in a head on collision where another car turned in front of my vehicle at approx. 20 - 30 MPH. Airbags failed to deploy and I received deep lacerations on my forehead from my head going through the windshield. Both front airbags deployed on other vehicle.”
NHTSA complaint #10045966, filed 2003-11, 34,960 miles“While driving into a gas station in my 2000 Oldsmobile alera at about 2 to 6 miles an hour my air bags deployed. I hit nothing nor did I fall into a hole in the road. Since there was no reason for the bags to deploy I wrote Oldsmobile chairman of the board g robert wagoner, jr requesting assistance. His staff have stone walled my efforts to get assistance. I was sent to sullivan Oldsmobile for inspection. The inspection was at best useless. They did not put the vehicle on a lift to check the undercarriage yet they tell me the bags deployed because of this. …”
NHTSA complaint #10114497, filed 2005-03, 66,000 milesAir bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2000 Oldsmobile Alero
136 complaintsExterior lighting
131 complaintsElectrical system
89 complaintsEngine cooling
81 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
49 complaintsFuel system
31 complaintsBody and structure
29 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
25 complaintsSteering
22 complaintsVehicle speed control
18 complaintsSuspension
17 complaintsTires
17 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2000 Oldsmobile Alero
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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