NHTSA Complaint #10358864 — 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, STEERING ABILITY HAD SEVERELY REDUCED TO NIL. . THERE WAS NO WARNING IN FEEL, JUST A CLUNK SOUND. AFTER IMMEDIATE STOP, STEERING WAS CHECKED AGAIN BY TURNING STEERING WHEEL. NO RESPONSE IN EITHER DIRECTION. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM AREA WHICH WAS SEMI BLOCKING TRAFFIC DUE TO THE INABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE. AUTO TECH HAD SAID THE SUB FRAME HOLDING KEY STEERING COMPONENTS WAS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAD JUST READ LOCAL NEWS INVOLVING, A NOW DECEASED WOMAN, HITTING A SCHOOL BUS NEARLY HEAD ON WHILE CHANGING LANES AND FOR SOME REASON CONTINUED INTO OPPOSITE TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR