Used 2001 Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A) Consumer Reviews
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Alero: A Lemon for Every Regreting Owner
Mr. Nvrownaoldsagain, 10/17/2002
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
I have about 34K on this car it is my wifes. It has been in the shop WAY too many times for minor repairs. Although once for the transmission slamming into gear when we were moving cross country. The paint is falling off the door trim and its been 2 months and the dealer can not get the part from GM? It had 3 mirrors put on the drivers side because of shaking and they cant fix that. When it is not in the shop it does ride nice, is comfortable and stylish. But it's poor build quality makes us despise the car.
My last GM product
tkt2ride, 06/14/2005
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
This car has been in the shop more than any vehicle I have ever owned. All 4 electric window regulators (motors) replaced. Brakes are simply defective. Passlock/key caused four trips to the shop. Turn signals. Battery. Three radios.
This sad old Alero
Brian, 03/18/2008
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
This is the worst vehicle that I have ever owned. Thank God we bought a extended warranty. The starter went bad, fly wheel cracked, passenger electric widow stopped working, leaked gas from the engine, power steering started to leak, oil was getting into radiator, passenger door leaked when it rained, passlock theft security went bad. We traded car off before the extended warranty was up. Vehicles like this make you really think about ever buying a GM vehicle again. You pay good money for a vehicle and this is what you get.
Running rough no power won’t go and dies
Barbara Thompson, Saint Louis, MO, 12/31/2018
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I have a 2001 Oldsmobile alero. I drove 10 min away from where I was, turned the car off an hour later all of a sudden my car sounded rough. Didn’t want to stay running. I backed up put it in drive and it didn’t want to go. I had my gas petal to the floor. After I got down the road a ways it would feel like it would release and would go then it go back to the stage where I didn’t want to go. I stopped at a stop light and it died. I started it again and it died again on me. I had to keep pressing the gas petal and holding on to the break with my left foot til the light turned green it still didn’t want to go til after I guess 2 miles and it feel like it would released again and let it go. It’s like something is holding it back. I got home and put it in park and took my foot off the brake pedal and gas pedal. I listened to the car and it would try to die then the idle would go up. Then it would try to bog out again. As I was listening to it do this over and over, I watched the RPM gauge and it would floats way up then back down. I was reading other similar problems and how they had the fuel pump replaced and some saying having a security system problem but last year I had the almost identical problem with my 2001 Mazda. I changed the spark plugs and wires thinking it just needed a tune up but I still had the same problem during at a stop light in drive and when idling in park it would fluctuate on the rpm gauge. Bogging our and then idling real high then back down over and over. Turned out it was the fuel pressure regulator on my Mazda which was a recall from the manufacturer back in 2004 I found online. If anyone has the same problem. There’s a test you can do to find out if it’s bad or not and I’ll try to get back on how we did this to find out that it was in fact the fuel pressure regulator. I’m gonna try this on my alero and see if this is the same problem. Something for others to check out with the same problems or similar.
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sam , 08/22/2009
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Bought it ad 59000 miles drove it until it had 85,000 miles and then it was time to sell or drive off a cliff. All the window regulators went out, the fan speed control stopped working, the breaks started to make a creeking noise. I have had 3 different mechanics tell me the engine design is terrible, it has already cost me $850 and there are still problems. They can pin point the problem to many variables. Don't buy not worth the stress.