Used 2001 Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A) Consumer Reviews
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mikend33, 12/23/2004
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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My wife has driven this car almost 100 miles a day for a year with no problems. Still runs just like the day we bought it. We have since moved closer to her work. We would buy another Oldsmobile if they were still making them.
Nice Car
Pete, 06/24/2008
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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I have owned my Alero since 2001 and it had 37 miles on it. It has been a great car overall with very few issues other than the standard that any 7 year old car needs. It has been a good family car, commuting car and its fun to use the V6 to get up and go when needed. Gas mileage has averaged in the high twenties and even by todays V6 standards that still seems good to me.
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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)
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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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Rick, 12/15/2005
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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I love my Alero, I did have some brake issues at first, but GM replaced the brakes and rotors and I have not had any problems since. I have over 70,000 miles and love the 2.4L engine. I just replaced the original tires. Overall this is a good car.
Terrible Resale Value
Jay , 07/04/2005
Oldsmobile Alero GL1 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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I have had every single problem that you can think of from brakes going to the check engine light going on and off. I bought this car new and traded in a 97 Nissan Maxima that worked and sounded better then the new car. I tried to take the car back to the dealership because I knew I made a mistake but they would have no part of it. I paid $21,000.00 for a car that I can not get a Happy Meal and five bucks for today (poor resale value). I really do not like this car, and I rather go into more debt and get rid of it then to drive it another day.