NHTSA Complaint #10322942 — 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO

THE OLDS ALERO HAS A DEFECTIVE PASSLOCK THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM. IT SHOWS UP WHEN YOU INSERT YOUR KEY IN THE IGNITION, TURN IT, HEAR THE ENGINE CRANKING, ONLY TO FAIL TO START. THE DASHBOARD'S RED WARNING LIGHT, SECURITY, FLASHES ON AND OFF. IT BELIEVES IT IS BEING STOLEN, THUS SHUTTING OFF THE GAS TO THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY STATED 4 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR, WHICH I PURCHASE USED FROM A DEALER, I BELIEVE IM THE 2ND OWER. THIS ISSURE HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE EVERY 3 WEEKS OR SO. MY DAD ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY CONTACTS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSE, SO HE TIGHTENED THEM UP, THEN IT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THE ANOTHER STRANGE ISSUE CAME UP, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AS MY CAR SAT IN PARK FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, JUST OUT OF THE BLUE THE HORN STARTED TO "BLOW" LIKE THE ALARM WAS SET OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING SO IT WASNT THAT, ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT DID THIS TIL IT BLEW THE FUSE FOR THE HORN. AND NOW IM WITHOUT A HORN IN MY CAR, WHICH IS NOT VERY SAFE. SO I CHANGED THE FUSED, THE HORN WORKED FOR 1 DAY, THEN BLEW AGAIN, I CHANGED THE ACTUAL HORN AND ANOTHER FUSE, AND JUST 3 DAYS AGO, I HEARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MY HORN GOING OFF AGAIN FOR NO REASON, AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN, DRIVING WITH NO HORN. SO IM DRIVING MY CAR THAT HAS THIS ANTI-THEFT FEATURE AND I DONT KNOW IF ITS WORKING FROM 1 DAY TO THE NEXT, THE SECURITY LIGHTS STAYS ON MY DASHBOARD SO I KNOW SOMETHING IS APPARENTLY WRONG WITH IT, USUALLY THAT WHEN I KNOW, MY CAR WILL NOT START WHEN I SEE THAT LIGHT COME ON AND I HAVE TO DO THE TRICK WITH SITTING IN THE CAR WITH THE IGNIGTION ON FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND HUNDRED OF PEOPLE THT ARE, CONTACTED GM AND OLDS CORP, THEY SAY THERE IS NOT RECALL ON THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHNG WRONG WITH IT. SOMETHING HAS TO BE FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND APPARENTLY IS HAS BEEN GOIN ON FOR YEARS AND THEY WONT HELP.