I've changed my power window motors twice, both in the driver's door, one year apart.
Had to get a new head gasket over a year ago. Now the oil is sitting in the holes where the screws are.
Had to change the front wheel bearings, brake pads, rotors, calipers and some of the seals are broke open I noticed.
Let's see, just put a new battery in it, and now I've got that damn battery light popping up at least once a day. Thought it was cuz I needed a battery, but still does it, so I thought maybe the starter had a bad connection; checked that, it was fine so I changed the alternator, nope, still does it.
Besides that, minor things like I fixed both door jams and quarter panels because of rust, which is now coming right.
Back speakers blew and my leather seats fell apart worse than a pleather jacket.
DO NOT BUY ANY OLDSMOBILE ALERO!!! Nothing but problem after problem. You fix one thing and another thing happens.
So you might be saying, yeah, it's a car, they break, well look around on the web, I bet that 90% of these people all have had the same exact problems.
I've spent more fixing the car than I paid for the damn thing. Honestly, consider another car, coming from a very unsatisfied buyer.
You bought an 8 year old car and you expect it to be problem free?
Oh, and maybe you shouldn't have bought an Oldsmobile. Just another example of why GM's in their current state.