Three problems related to car will not start have been reported for the 1999 Oldsmobile Alero. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Secuirty light on 1999 Oldsmobile Alero comes on and car will not start for over 10 mins. This causes me to fuel my car with the car engine running because I do not want to take the chance of it not starting. Sometimes it takes 3 trys before it starts and that is over 30 minutes of wait time. One day it may not start at all. Ongoing problem with the other Alero owners. Oldsmobile needs to issue a recall on this problem.
Passlock system-car will not start 2-3 times a week have talk to people that had their key tumblers changed and still have the same problem . Have to wait 10 -15 minutes for security light to go out before to car will crank. I didn't ask for the passlock system but have no way to override it. Have found similar complaints on the web forums.
The vehicle is equiped with an ignition system, that has a security chip inside the key, which is read by the ignition system, and then the car is started. I have experienced two problems with the system,in which the car will not start and the "security" light on the dash starts blinking, this happens with both original keys. When I called the road side assistance people they tell me to leave the keys in the ignition for 15 minutes. I have talked to other people who own gm vehicles, and they seem to have had the same problem, I think it deserves to be looked into. Thank you.