2000 Oldsmobile Alero LX review from North America

The first thing that went wrong was with the door on the passenger side. It refused to open at random times, and of course when I took it to the dealer it wouldn't act up, and they couldn't find anything wrong. Never figured out the problem... just seemed to resolve itself.

Next problem was with the pressure gage in the gas tank. It kept setting my service engine light off. They fixed it once, then 2 weeks later I had to take it back to have them fix it again.

Next the horn went dead. It started off as not honking when the steering wheel was turned, but then became worse until the horn didn't work at all. It took the dealer nearly 2 weeks to fix this problem. Luckily it was under warranty. However when I returned my rental car, the dealer didn't take the car back like they said they would, and I was charged another $50.

Then I was having this awful squeaking noise in the brakes. I took it in once and they said there was nothing wrong, even though you could hear me coming from miles away. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and took it in again. Again they told me that nothing was wrong. I had to argue with them for quite a while to finally get them to fix the problem.

My most recent problem is that the low coolant light keeps coming on randomly. And also on occasion my car just flat out won't start. If I leave it alone for 15-20 minutes, then it will start. But as always..."nothing is wrong with my car."

I strongly recommend buying the extended warranty for this car. The dealers give you the run around on the car's problems. They waste your time, and charge crazy amounts for labor only to say that nothing is wrong. I get lights coming on in my car all the time, and little kinks pop up frequently. Nothing extremely serious has happened yet, but lots of little annoyances.

Driving this car is great... it handles wonderfully, and turns on a dime. It's got quite a bit of get up and go.