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Re: [Alero] Wavy door panels (again)

I have a '99 Alero coupe and it happened on my drivers door. It was still under warranty and they fixed it, I didn't need whole new door panels though, and haven't had trouble since. The mechanic said that he'd seen a lot that have done this.
 
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From: Tom Mathes
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: [Alero] Wavy door panels (again)

I wrote a while back that all 4 door panels in my 2001
GL2 had to be replaced since the door panel became 'wavy'
where the door meets the glass.  The problem was the substrate
material in the door warped pretty badly at the top.

I've been looking at other Aleros in parking lots, both
coupes and sedans, to see if this is a common problem or
my car was unique.  I never saw one until today.  A sedan
had the exact same problem on all 4 doors like mine.  This
was a base model sedan (GL?) with a tan interior, like
mine.  Dunno which model year though.

So, this may not be a widespread problem, but my car is
definitely NOT unique in having the problem.  Has anyone
else encountered this issue?  I sure hope it's a limited
issue, like Darmie's rippled dash problem.  I'm hoping
that it just was a bad batch of door panels.

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Tom Mathes                  E-mail: tom_mathes@...
Texas Instruments            Phone: (919)-233-1174, ext. 227
111 Corning Rd., Suite 120      Fax:   (919)-233-1176
Cary, NC  27511  USA


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Tue Aug 13, 2002 9:35 pm

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I wrote a while back that all 4 door panels in my 2001 GL2 had to be replaced since the door panel became 'wavy' where the door meets the glass. The problem...
Tom Mathes
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Aug 13, 2002
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The rear doors of my 2000 GL sedan are like this. ... From: Tom Mathes To: Alero@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:06 PM Subject: [Alero] Wavy...
Greg Hopkins
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Aug 13, 2002
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I have a '99 Alero coupe and it happened on my drivers door. It was still under warranty and they fixed it, I didn't need whole new door panels though, and...
Rachel Cram
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Aug 13, 2002
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... Sigh. Then this has been going on for more than 1 year. Is the car under warranty? If so, they should fix it. I had the dealer replace all 4 panels in ...
Tom Mathes
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Aug 14, 2002
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I've had the same problem with the rear doors on my 4 door '01 GL2 as well. I've got the gray interior. Did the dealer fix your's under warranty? ... ...
Justin Blomenberg
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Aug 14, 2002
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... So how did they fix the problem? The warping I'm seeing is in the substrate material in the door panel, and I don't know how they can fix it short of...
Tom Mathes
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Aug 14, 2002
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Honestly, I'm not sure. Whatever they did, only took about 3 hours as I had my car back that same afternoon. It was the same sort of problem you are describing...
Rachel Cram
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Aug 14, 2002
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... This is curious, since in my car the issue wasn't the vinyl covering the door panels, but the substrate material itself. There was no way to stretch out...
Tom Mathes
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Aug 16, 2002
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Tom I had a similar problem, with the water seeping into the car. It was bad enough that when it rained, the water entered into the cabin and dripped on top of...
Rey Sosa
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Aug 16, 2002
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... The issue in my car is it leaks at the bottom of the door panel. It was never a weatherstrip issue nor a sunroof leak problem, but rather the water...
Tom Mathes
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Aug 17, 2002
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The door panels of my mom's Alero coupe 2001 are a little wavy. bruce ... From: mathes@... [mailto:mathes@...]On Behalf Of...
Bruce Leibowitz
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