1999 Oldsmobile Alero GX review from North America

The Alero's brakes went bad at 12,000 miles. Rotors had to be replaced by the dealer under the car's warranty. The brakes were then extremely hard to press, and were never fixed correctly. I had to have the rotors replaces again 10,000 miles later. Until I traded the car in, I had to buy new brake pads every 10,000 to 12,000 miles as a result of the faulty break system.

I did not have power windows, but early on the manual window handle started making a very loud scraping noise when I would roll down the window.

Gas mileage was not as efficient as I'd expect from a 4 cylinder.

The Alero had excellent pick up. In fact, those who rode with me wanted to bet that it was a 6 cylinder and said that I didn't know what I was talking about when I said it was a 4 cylinder.

The car clung to the road and rode very well around corners and curves.

I was extremely impressed with the way the Alero handled the road, but very dissatisfied with the brake system in particular.