2002 Oldsmobile Alero

CAR WOULD NOT START IN PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS ON THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT FINALLY STARTED SO DROVE TO CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD IT'S MY KEY AND TO GO HOME AND USE MY OTHER KEY. AFRAID TO BE STRANDED, SO DID NOT GO ANYWHERE UNTIL SUNDAY. SUNDAY MORNING WENT TO AND FROM CHURCH FINE USING THE SECOND KEY, SO THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. IN AFTERNOON, WANTED TO HEAD OUT OF TOWN, SO WENT TO GET GAS. AFTER FILLING MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. TRIED USING BOTH KEYS, NEITHER WOULD WORK. WAITED FOR 45-60 MINUTES, PERIODICALLY TRYING, WITH NO LUCK. WALKED HOME SINCE LIVE NEARBY. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, WALKED TO GAS STATION TO TRY MY CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME IT STARTED, SO DROVE HOME. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. LOOKED UP GMC WEBSITE AND IT'S SAYING MY CAR IS NOT ON THE "RECALL" LIST, YET I'M HAVING THIS PROBLEM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. ALSO, APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO, WAS DRIVING IN CHICAGO. PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY TO LET MY DOG GO TO THE BATHROOM AND SUDDENLY FOUND MY REMOTE KEYS WOULD NOT WORK AND I COULD NOT GET INTO MY CAR!!! EVENTUALLY, I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

THE CAR INITIALLY WOULD NOT START, GOOGLED HELP LEFT IN START POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES THEN STARTED. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF MID TRAFFIC, THOUGHT IT WAS STOLEN. TAKEN TO GM DEALERSHIP PUT IN NEW PASSCODE KEY, TOLD IT WAS OK. LEFT DEALERSHIP CAR CUT OFF, TAKEN BACK, SAID IT WAS FUEL INJECTORS, HAS ALL OF THEN CHANGED. CAR CUT OFF, READ ON INTERNET THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING ERROR. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REIMBURSE MONEY AND CAR CONTINUES TO NOT CRANK AT TIMES AND CUTS OFF, THINK IT IS STOLEN. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE SOLD WITHOUT WARNING FUTURE DRIVERS. NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE. *TR

CAR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, WOULD NOT START, SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING, TOOK TO SHOP COST 800.00 FOR NEW FUEL PUMP, THEN A MONTH LATER SAME DEAL COME TO FIND OUT IT: IT'S THE IGNITION SWITCH HAVING TO DUE WITH THE SECURITY, SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT START SOMETIMES IT CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS ITS VERY DANGEROUS NOT TO MENTION THE 800.00 SPENT FOR A FUEL PUMP I GUESS I DIDN'T NEED. YOU CAN RESET IT. WORKS ONLY TEMP. LEAVE THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION UNTIL THE SECURITY LIGHT GOES OUT THEN GO STRAIGHT TO START, MOST THE TIME THIS WORKS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE CAR TO SHUT OFF AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH HAS HAPPEN TO US. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON AND IN ANY GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED OVER A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INDICATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,988.

ATTEMPT TO START CAR AND IT WON'T START. TURNING THE KEY TO THE START POSITION AND LEAVING IT ON FOR 10 MINS. APPARENTLY THIS ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO RESET. ALSO YOU CAN BE DRIVING THE CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SHUTS DOWN TOTAL. THIS IS A EXTREME DANGEROUS AND CAN GET SOME ONE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLER. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED BUT IT STILL CONTINUES AND WE CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER EXPENSE. VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TURN SIGNAL WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY AT TIMES CAUSING ME TO BE ON THE ROAD/ HIGHWAY AND IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT A WORKING TURN SIGNAL. GM WILL NOT COVER REPAIR UNDER THE SPECIAL POLICY EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS ONE OF THE CARS COVERED UNDER THE SPECIAL POLICY DUE TO MY CAR BEING 1 YEAR OVER THE 10 YEAR CAP. I WAS NEVER AWARE OF THIS DEFECT UNTIL NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.