2003 Oldsmobile Alero

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE TO THE VEHICLE ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE IN THE GM RECALL. WHEN STARING THE CAR AT TIMES THERE IS A DELAY WITH DASH BOARD LIGHTS COMING ON. ALSO WINDOWS NOT WORKING ,RADIO, AND SENSOR LIGHTS. I WAS TOLD BY TECH IT MAY BE AN IGNITION PROBLEM BUT WHEN IT WAS ON THE COMPUTER SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEP COMING ON THEN HE SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN WHICH HE WOULD NEED TO BREAK MY STEERING COLUMN THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. THE CAR ONLY HAS 152000 MILES. *TR

THE BLINKERS STOPPED WORKING, BUT REALIZED THERE WAS A SHORT WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS AS SOON AS I WOULD PUSH THE HAZARD LIGHTS IN A LITTLE THE BLINKERS WOULD START WORKING. RECENTLY PUSHING THE HAZARD LIGHTS DOES NOT MAKE THE BLINKER BLINK, NOR DOES IT CAUSE THE HAZARD LIGHTS TO WORK ANYMORE. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 ALERO. *TR

2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECURITY SYSTEM STARTED FLASHING FOR NO REASON. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PASSLOCK SENSOR AND CONNECTOR. *JB UPDATED 12/03/12. *JB UPDATED 04/03/14 *JB UPDATED 12/03/14. *JB

APPROXIMATELY 2 PLUS YEARS AGO MY HORN STOPPED WORKING. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR. CAR WAS PURCHASED USED, HOWEVER I DID PURCHASE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE HORN WAS CONNECTED TO AIRBAG MODULE AND THAT THE CONTACTS WERE SHOT. TO GET MY HORN BACK I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A PERFECTLY GOOD, I HOPE, AIRBAG MODULE AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1100.00. THIS A B.S. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR A NEW AIRBAG MODULE. I AM STILL WITHOUT A HORN. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HAVING A HORN IS IMPORTANT. IN MY MIND THIS IS SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM? TO ME THIS IS A 'BLATANT' SAFETY HAZARD. WILL MY AIRBAG WORK PROPERLY IF I EVER NEED IT???? *TR

THIS ALL STARTED ESTIMATED IN APRIL 2010. WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON I KNOW IT WILL NOT START THE NEXT TIME I GET IN IT. IT COULD NOT START ONCE OR 3 TIMES. IT VERY SCARY SITTING IN MY CAR WITH THE KEY TURNED ON FOR 10 MINUTES. THEN I CAN TURN IT OFF AND TURN BACK ON AND IT WILL START. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT AND HE PUT A NEW FUEL PUMP ON IT, THEN IT DID IT AGAIN AND THE NEXT TIME HE FIRXED IT BY RESETING THE COMPUTER BUT IT DID LAST. I TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE WAY I FOUND OUT HOW TO FIX WAS I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO. HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPAINTS LIKE THIS? *TT

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. LAST WEEK, WENT TO THE DMV TO TAKE A DRIVING TEST AND THE HORN WOULD NOT START. BROUGHT THE CAR BACK HOME, CHECKED THE FUSE BOX. THE HORN FUSE HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR. PUT A NEW FUSE IN AND THE HORN WOULD NOT STOP. I MUST ALSO INCLUDE THAT DUE TO THIS FAILURE, MY KEYLESS CAR ENTRY/LOCK WILL NOT BEEP. ALSO, I ASSUME THAT MY CAR ALARM WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. BROUGHT CAR TO THE MECHANIC, APPARENTLY IN ORDER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, THE AIRBAG MUST BE REMOVED, COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1800 TO REPAIR. OBVIOUSLY, I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY THIS PRICE AND NOW WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A MAKESHIFT HORN OPTION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR