# 2002 Olds Alero **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237 "2007-07-26T13:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yvette\_McNeill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@Yvette\_McNeill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yvette_McNeill)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/1 "2007-07-26T13:45:29Z")
I own a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero and the blinkers sometimes stop working. Is this a fuse problem or is this an electrical wiring problem? I’d like to get your take on it before I go to a mechanic because they oftentimes overcharge women. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/2 "2007-07-26T14:46:20Z")
Likely a wiring problem. Fuses do not heal themselves and the don’t often fail without something else failing and causing them to fail. ---
**Author:** ![homer2804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@homer2804](https://community.cartalk.com/u/homer2804)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/3 "2007-07-26T22:08:56Z")
If your Alero is set up like my Intrigue it is the hazard light switch. Instead of a typical flasher unit the hazard unit incorporates the flasher for turn signals. If your hazard swith is mounted on dash near A/C vents the following can help. Click on and off a few times if signals don’t work. They may come back. Part is about $30 I believe. Not hard to change. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/4 "2007-07-27T18:24:43Z")
Before spending too much, read your owner’s manual and see if replacing the directional bulbs is within your capabilities. If it is, replace them front and rear. Your description is exactly how my mom would have desribed the directionals (which she called the “blinkers”) not working properly, and 99% of the time this is a simple bad bulb. - mountainbike ---
**Author:** ![Yvette\_McNeill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@Yvette\_McNeill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yvette_McNeill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/5 "2007-07-28T00:49:56Z")
Thank you! I will investigate! ---
**Author:** ![Yvette\_McNeill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@Yvette\_McNeill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yvette_McNeill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/6 "2007-07-28T00:50:24Z")
Thank you! I will investigate! ---
**Author:** ![Yvette\_McNeill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@Yvette\_McNeill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yvette_McNeill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/7 "2007-07-28T00:50:44Z")
Thank you! I will investigate! ---
**Author:** ![Yvette\_McNeill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@Yvette\_McNeill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yvette_McNeill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/8 "2007-07-28T00:51:38Z")
Thank you! I will investigate! And I’ll call them “Directionals”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/9 "2007-07-28T04:09:53Z")
They oftentimes overcharge men too. Let us not be sexist. ---
**Author:** ![Psy2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Psy2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Psy2010)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-olds-alero/2237/10 "2010-06-27T22:38:19Z")
This is actually a known Alero problem, along with the window master controls.