NHTSA Complaint #726133 — 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO

I PURCHASED MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO ON 4/20/00. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE CAR OVERHEATED. IT OVERHEATED APPROXIMENTLEY 10-12 TIMES AFTER THAT, EACH TIME WITH ME BRINGING IT BACK TO THE SELLING DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR BACK, SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS OK. NO MORE THAN 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE CAR WOULD OVERHEAT. IT SEEMED TO BE A MYSTERY TO EVERBODY. FINALLY, I SUGGESTED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO POSSIBLY CHANGE THE THERMOSTAT. THEY DID AND THAT ENDED THE OVERHEATING PROBLEM. NOW, A MONTH LATER, THE FACTORY WARRANTY IS UP- SO OLDS WONT HELP ME, THE DEALERSHIPS WARRANTY IS UP, SO THEY WONT HELP - THEY BLAME OLDS. I DO HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I DONT THINK IT COVERS A LOT OF THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. IVE ALREADY HAD TO PAY $250 BEFORE IT TOTALLY BROKE DOWN. AND BESIDES THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I GOT THE CAR WHEN IT WAS WITHIN THE "BUMPER TO BUMPER". THE ENGINE WILL NOT HOLD ANTIFREEZE (BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 2 WEEK), WE PUT IT IN AND 5 MIN. DOWN THE ROAD ITS GONE! ITS STARTED OVERHEATING AGAIN, AND RIGHT NOW IS TOTALLY UNDRIVABLE!! I HAVE TO USE MY WORKS COMPANY CAR (LUCKY THEY ARE SO NICE) TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK WITH. I BOUGHT A 1999 SO THAT I WOULD HAVE A RELIABLE CAR THAT I COULD TRUST TO NOT GIVE ME THESE KINDS OF DRASTIC PROBLEMS! - SO BAD THAT IT DOESNT EVEN WORK ANYMORE!! I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH OLDSMOBILE NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY ARE OF NO HELP!!! SO, I'VE COME TO MY LAST STRAW, IVE GONE TO A CONSUMER LAWYER TO HELP ME FIGURE THIS MESS OUT...OH YEAH, DID I MENTION THAT I AM A 20 YEAR OLD FEMALE - WHAT DO I KNOW??? - I HAVE SAVED ALL OF MY RECEIPTS, HAVE PICS, AND A FILE WITH OLDS. SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING!! I WANT REVENGE AND TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THIS!!! AND THE WAY THE LAWYER TALKS, I CANT SUE UNLESS THEY DONT CONTACT ME WHEN THEY RECIEVE THE LETTER OF DEMAND TO FIX THE CAR. BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL. I WANT MORE THAN THAT. IM READY FOR A BATTLE!!*AK