Oldsmobile Aurora Complaints (1995)

321 consumer complaints on file.

#746672June 11, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DURING THE RECENT FLOOD IN HOUSTON, SOME WATER GOT INTO MY OLDS AURORA. NOW, ONCE THE DOORS ARE LOCKED, THEY CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE FRONT DOORS CAN BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE IF YOU HAVE A KEY! THIS PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH SOMEONE CAN LITERALLY BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR. ALL LOCKS SHOULD OPERATE MANUALLY! THE LOCKS IN MY CAR WORKED WELL BEFORE THE WATER SEEPED IN. NOW THEY WILL NOT OPEN THE DOORS AT ALL!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746601June 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888350May 16, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED PIN HOLES WHICH IS ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744494April 24, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
PLASTIC FUEL LINE AT ENGINE ATTACHMENT SPRANK PINHOLE LEAK SPRAYING STREAM OF GAS INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS IS DANGEROUS! DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. DESIGN DEFECT TO USE PLASTIC THAT IS BECOMING BRITTLE AND FATIGUED WITH AGE. AT LEAST 6 REPORTS ON 1995 BUT ONLY 1 ON 1996. SEE ODI ID'S: 558753, 865285, 877480, 872581, 866289, 738883, 869987, POSSIBLY 708825, 715202, 828327, 976637.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885974April 16, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FIRST, HEARD POP, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THEN THE DRIVER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT IN REVERSE GEAR THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744059April 14, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER STEERING WHEEL COVER, FROM OPENING WHERE STEERING WHEEL TURNS WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. DROVE HOME FOR APPROX. 5 MILES. SMOKE STOPPED WHEN KEY TURNED OFF. WILL CONTACT OLDS DEALER MONDAY 04/16. AFRAID TO DRIVE UNTIL CHECKED. I WONDER IF THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT THAT WILL BE FIXED FOR FREE?LE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742854March 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON...RPM'S RANDOMLY GO UP AND DOWN CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE AND/OR STALL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALSO, TRANS. JURKS BETWEEN 45-60MPH. DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. NOTHING CAN BE DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882546March 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT 15MPH AND LOWER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE; HOWEVER , PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560067March 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STALLS, THE DEALER REPLACED IGNITION RELATED PROBLEMS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740105January 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE RADIATOR CRACKED, CAR OVERHEATED, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, I EXPLAINED THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON AS OF 3RD DAY AFTER PURCHASE AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS SURGING AND BACK FIRE TYPE NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD DURING ACCELERATION AND THE CAR HAD NO POWER. THE FRONT RIGHT FOG LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING THE DAY OF PURCHASE AND TO REPLACE IT, I WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPLACEMENT BULB. THERE WAS NO BUYERS GUIDE ON THIS VEHICLE ON THE DAY I TEST DROVE THE CAR NOR ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE, I PURCHASED A ONE YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1295.00, AND WAS TOLD IT COVERED EVERYTHING. SERVICE MANAGER WAS CONTACTED ON THE DAY I PICKED THE CAR UP AFTER THE RADIATOR REPAIR, AND WAS TOLD THE OTHER ISSUES WERE NOT CORRECTED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE WARRANTY NOT HAVING TIME TO PROCESS. A FEW HOURS LATER, I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER TO REPORT THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING HOT , SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND HE BLEW IT OFF AS COOLANT BURNOFF AND IF IT CONTINUED TO RETURN IT ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, THIS WAS ON A FRIDAY. WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT THAT SAME FRIDAY NIGHT, YET IT WAS MINOR AND I DROVE THE CAR HOME FROM THE SCENE. I DROVE TO A REPAIR FACILITY ON MONDAY, AND THERE IS WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR REPAIR FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK WAS NOT DONE AND PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND I MET WITH THE SALES MANAGER AND SHOWED HIM THE PICTURES, YET HE STILL INSISTED THE REPAIR WAS DONE, I E-MAILED THE PHOTOS TO GM AND OLDSMOBILE WITH MY COMPLAINT. NO RESPONSE TO THIS DAY 01/29/01. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#740107January 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739898January 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TOOK CAR IN FOR SERVICE TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY COMPLAINING ABOUT JERK IN TRANSMISSION, DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG, NOW COMPLETE FAILURE. COMPANY ADVERTISERS CAR WILL NOT NEED TUNEUP UNTIL 100,000 MILES, THEY ARE RIGHT BECAUSE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. REVIEW OF SEVERAL INTERNET SITES INDICATE MANY OWNERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR AT THEIR COST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738883January 6, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
THE HEAT SHRINK FUEL LINES CONNECTING THE FUEL INJECTORS DEVELOPED A PIN HOLE LEAK AND SPRAYED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I REPLACED THE BAD SECTION OF THE FUEL RAIL LINE THE FIRST TIME AT 80,000 MILES. THE SECOND TIME HAPPENED YESTERDAY WITH A PIN HOLE LEAK IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE HEAT SHRINK TUBING OF THE FUEL RAIL CONNECTING THE INJECTORS. IT AGAIN SPRAYED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNTIL I SMELLED THE GAS INSIDE THE CAR. THESE DEFECTS SEEM TO ME TO BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME, I THINK THE FUEL LINE MATERIAL IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. I
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877480January 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SOME FUEL. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAKAGE WHERE PIPE (PART #25604920)WAS NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED TO FUEL INJECTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558753January 3, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
A NARROW STREM OF FUEL WAS SPRAYING FROM ONE OF THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES UNDER THE HOOD CAUSING FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558495December 28, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO THE LOWER HALF OF THE TILT KNUCKLE WAS BROKEN, WHICH ALSO ALLOWED THE STEERING WHEEL TO REST AGAINST THE SEAT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876031December 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE BLOCK HAS PREMATURELY CRACKED. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE ENGINE BLOCK SHOULD NEVER CRACK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875521November 27, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER HAS TRIED TO GET RECALL 9500V057000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00023 DONE. THE PARTS AREN'T AVAILABLE & DEALER IS NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL BE SHIPPED. CONSUMER WILL VERIFY VIN#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873659October 23, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED FUMES FROM THE IGNITION THAT CAUSED A FIRE. THERE WAS FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER WILL ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007023October 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES - "EVERYTHING IS FINE" - CAR IS STILL NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY (NOT RELIABLE). *AK *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734319
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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