Nope it is not a BS reason. It's a common toubleshooting answer. Had you read your Owner's Manual You'd have known this.

 

Yeah, the sensor on my mom's alero is all screwed up and it thinks the gas cap is off 24/7. So for over a year now my mom has been cruising around with the check engine light on. Its such a pretty orange

 

4 Clicks on the gas cap when your replacing it. Remember you need 4 clicks.

 

14 clicks won't help that hopeless heep of Oldsmobile.

 

FWIW I have a 2003 Alero with the Ecotec.

It's got 49k on it's and the only think that has gone wrong with it was the O2 sensor with we got fixed under the 39/39000 certified used car warrenty.

*RANT*
Of course getting the bitch ass service advisor to do it under warrenty was another story cause he was a mega dick. He said that VIS said the car didn't have any warrenty left, which was a lie because it did. Many phone calls to the dealer and finally to Olds HQ to get something I was entitled too. Olds HQ took care of the issue in about um 10 minutes on the phone. Wish I didn't waste my time with the dealer guy for so long.

 

DUDE! thats my old car that got written off in January, I loved that car! 2003 Alero 2 Dr with the ecotec and 5-speed manual! You take your car to the track ever? I have yet to find another 2003 ecotec 5-speed alero to have run the 1/4 mile besides me.

My mom's alero is 1999 and is the 3.4L V6 auto.

 

I now have the same problem with my 05 SS. It has 1800kms on it. Left from an intersection about a half hour ago, got that stupid message. Engine Power Reduced and the check engine light. NO POWER. Got it home and let it sit for about 20 minutes, tried it again, works fine but the check engine light is now on. Looks like the PCM needs to be reprogrammed?

This is getting old. It was in the garage for 2 days the first week I got it because of a bad wiring harness going to one of the injectors. It was rubbing against an AC line and it rubbed away the wire casing and it was grounding out.

I love GM quality control...*cough cough

 

Same crap happend to me this morning 3500 miles on it. Coming down the onramp on the highway all slow and ****, downshift from 3rd to 2nd, and BAM!!!! almost get wrecked by a semi!!!! nothing stupid RDC ENG Power code and won't go over 2000rpm. people were pissed at me and honkin and ****. this sucks i am gonna buy a SRT-4

 

That's nothin!
Picked my car up June 27... so far 9100 miles.

Scott

 

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mine did this abotu 2 weeks ago, but has been fine since then.........should i take it in just for ***** and giggles?