2003 Oldsmobile Alero

AFTER BUYING MY 2003 ALERO, I NOTICED A LAG IN THE IGNITION SYSTEM. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY AND HAD THEM KEEP IT FOR 3 DAYS. NO PROBLEM FOUND, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. SO I LIVED WITH THIS PROBLEM. BUT NOW MY CAR IS RANDOMLY ACCELERATING WHILE I AM DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD OR SITTING IN PARK. IF YOU PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THE RPMS JUMP UP TO ALMOST RED LINING. IN PARK THE RPMS GO UP TO 3.5-4.5 RPM, AND IN DRIVE IT IDLES AT AROUND 50 MPHS. WITHOUT EVEN HITTING THE ACCELERATOR MY CAR DRIVES AT 50 MPH! AFTER MONTHS OF THIS OCCURRING I FOUND OUT THAT MY SPECIFIC CAR'S VIN WAS RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT REASON. I CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TELL ME TO BRING IT IN. AFTER 1 1/2 HOURS OF WAITING THEY TELL ME THAT GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE RECALL FIX. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON THE PHONE AND NO ONE WILL HELP ME. I AM READING AND THIS IS HAPPENING TO TONS OF PEOPLE. HOW CAN THEY LEGALLY GET AWAY WITH THIS??? I NEED HELP. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WHO DRIVES HER 6 YR OLD DAUGHTER AROUND IN THIS DEATH TRAP. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO HOME FROM WORK ON JUNE 8, 2005 WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT STARTED ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN. MY FOOT WAS NOT EVEN ON THE ACCELERATOR! THEN WHEN I TRIED TO STOP MY CAR DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. I HAD TO THROW THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT MY CAR FROM RUNNING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I PULLED OVER ONTO A SIDE ROAD AND PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND THE ENGINE KEPT RACING. I TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF, I TRIED SWITCHING FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL TO PARK. NOTHING WORKED. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES MY CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND WHEN I CALLED TO SEE IF THEY WERE FINISHED FIXING MY CAR I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG; SO MY BOSS AND I TOOK IT INTO OUR OWN HANDS. WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALEROS WHERE IN HOT AMBIENT CONDITIONS (IT WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES THAT DAY) THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARM MAY STICK AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE BRACKET AND NOT RETURN TO THE ENGINE IDLE POSITION WHEN THE OPERATOR LIFTS HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I BROUGHT THE REPORT WE FOUND WITH ME TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT HE REFUSED TO HELP. HE SAID HE COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER. HE ALSO COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I LEFT AND CALLED OLDSMOBILE DIRECTLY. THERE WERE JUST AS HELPFUL AS MILLER SUBARU DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD I COULD GET A SECOND OPINION FROM ANOTHER GM DEALERSHIP, BUT IT WON'T GET FIXED UNLESS THE PROBLEM IS DUPLICATED. I KNOW MY SPECIFIC CAR WAS NOT RECALLED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM MUST BE MORE WIDE SPREAD THEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT SINCE I ACTUALLY HAD THE PROBLEM WHEN MY CAR WASN'T RECALLED. I WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AND POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND/OR INJURY, BUT OLDSMOBILE AND MILLER SUBARU HAVE BEEN TOTALLY UNCOOPERATIVE THUS FAR.

THROTTLE STICKING ON 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO GL. *BF WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER PRIOR TOT HE ACCIDENT ABOUT THE THROTTLE STICKING. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT ABOUT A RECALL FOR THROTTLE STICKING AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. *NM