Extended warranty was given to me at no charge for the problems with the transmission. However, this was for the factory defect that resulted in the problems that I had. Was told personally by Oldsmobile that cars will fail, and they were not willing to accept responsibility for the problems which I encountered due to a lack of transmission fluid in the transmissions, causing the replacement of some of the gears and miscellaneous parts. They also told me that a new transmission was not available, and that I would have to have them repair the current one to which I have had nothing but problems with. (before and after they fixed it). Most all, the repairs performed by Oldsmobile resulted in some future failure of something. The last time this car was brought in to them was when I was leaking transmission fluid due to a bad right axel seal. Previous repairs included the reverse lights not operating, the switch had come off the transmission and the lights would not illuminate as a result. The car came from the factory with only about 4 ounces of fluid in the transmission, resulting in the replacment of the gears (system holds 2 quarts!). shortly after the repairs fixed from a lack of fluid, the stick shift came disconnected when trying to shift from reverse to first gear, car stuck in reverse, had to be towed. My extended warranty is good until June of 2000. In which case I am afraid to own the car any longer. The gas tank door still does not operate properly, they can't seem to fix that!

- Minnetonka, MN, USA

Transmission failure.

- Franklin P, NJ, USA