2000 Oldsmobile Alero review from North America

Turn signals failed. Replaced by dealer.

A/C fan won't work on first two (low) settings.

Brakes have been reworked three times.

Driver side window failed after intermittent performance over first two years.

CD player comes on and tries to eject non-existent CD, then stops and radio comes on without me touching the on/off switch.

Dashboard cover has risen in a sea of wrinkles.

Yesterday my rear-view mirror fell off and is dangling free from the wire.

The manufacturer has obviously spent a great deal of time and engineering skill to make sure that the Alero is a truly marginal automobile. Why nickel dime the owner with shoddy parts/equipment at the expense of customer satisfaction down the road? What were they thinking. I love America and will look for my next vehicle form an American manufacturer, but if the Olds Alero is any indication of the state of the art in cars produced by American companies and their associated management teams (because I can't imagine a line worker putting out such crap. It has to be designed in.) then I don't know what I'm going to do. Maybe I'll walk. Costs less in the long run and at the rate I'm going now my Alero is going to implode one day with me in it, kind of like the house at the end of Poltergeist.