NHTSA Complaint #10241010 — 2000 OLDSMOBILE ALERO

ON TWO OCCASIONS, I HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR WHEN I TURNED ON THE IGNITION BUT AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I WOULD START IT UP AGAIN AND IT RAN FINE. WHILE THIS HAPPENED, THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD LIGHT UP AND CONTINUE TO DO SO RANDOMLY. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLEARED THE SECURITY CODE ONCE BUT THE LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN AFTER ABOUT A MONTH WHICH MEANS THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED AND PREVENTING THE CAR FROM STARTING. THE ENGINE ALSO RANDOMLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS, EXITING THE FREEWAY RAMP, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT . THIS INCIDENCE HAS OCCURRED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. BEFORE IT OCCURS, THE ACCELERATION FROM THE GAS PEDDLE IS A LITTLE ROUGH AND THE ENGINE SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHEN STOPPED. I HAVE TO SHIFT THE GEAR TO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY TO RESTART THE ENGINE TO RUN AGAIN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! LUCKILY I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO CONTROL IT. BUT ITS REALLY DANGEROUS AND GETTING ANNOYING SINCE I NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO STALL AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON 5 OCCASIONS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM AFTER HAVING TRIED TO CLEAN THE FUEL INJECTOR WHICH DID NOT HELP. THEIR SCANNING SYSTEM COULD NOT PICK UP ANY ERROR CODES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. *TR