Oldsmobile Aurora Complaints

785 consumer complaints on file.

#10066965April 9, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
DIFFICULTY GETTING VEHICLE TO START EVEN AFTER REPAIRS. (NAR) *PH DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063428April 8, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENTS OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE BURNING SMELL WAS FROM A PLASTIC BAG THAT HAD MELTED ON THE EXHAUST PIPE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR DID NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY, WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER INTO THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066742April 7, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH DRIVER SMELLED GAS COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066773April 7, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER SMELLED GAS COMING FROM THE VENTS. TVEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE POWER WINDOWS WERE INOPERATIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064215March 30, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
PIN HOLE IN INJECTOR FUEL LINE CAUSING GAS TO SPRAY ON ENGINE. STRONG ODOR IN CABIN. COVERED PIN HOLE WITH RUBBER FUEL LINE AND CLAMP. WAITING ON LATEST RECALL ACTION . I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065144March 29, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
WHILE STARING UP THE VEHICLE A GASOLINE ODOR WAS COMING INSIDE VEHICLETHROUGH THE VENTILLATION SYSTEM. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING GASOLINE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065151March 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE IS PUMPING GAS ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063987March 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON...RPM'S RANDOMLY GO UP AND DOWN CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE AND/OR STALL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED ROUGHLY AND NOW WILL CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR TO ACCELETRATE BEYOND 40 M.P.H. TOOK CAR IN FOR SERVICE TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY COMPLAINING ABOUT JERK IN TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE FIRST, NOW 37,000 MILES LATER OUT OF WARRANTY AND COMPLETE FAILURE . COMPANY ADVERTISERS CAR WILL NOT NEED TUNEUP UNTIL 100,000 MILES, I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR ONLY 60K MILES AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TUNED UP TWICE AT $600+ A POP. AT THAT POINT CAR WAS STALLING NOT DELIVERING THE POWER THAT IT USUALLY DOES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064010March 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE SHIFT SOLENOIDS ON ALL THE 1995 AURORA AND ABOVE GO BAD WHILE DRIVING. IM MY CASE I WAS GOING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR SHIFTED IN SECOND GEAR AND WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ADDITION TO THE TERROR I WENT THRU WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS ALSO NO WHERE TO PULL OVER AS IT HAPPENED ON THE BRIDGE. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND WRECKED.THOSE ARE 2 SHIFT SELENOIDS THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, THAT THE DEALER HAD TO REMOVE THE PAN TO GET TO IT. USUALLY ONE GOES BAD BUT THEY REPLACE BOTH SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE THE PAN OPEN. IT TAKES ABOUT LESS THAN A HALF AN HOUR TO REPLACE. THE PARTS ARE SUPPOSEDLY MADE OUT OF PLASTIC AND OLDSMOBILE IS VERY AWARE OF THIS AND THEY KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. THEY GET THOUSANDS OF AURORAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR THAT PROBLEM. I BELONG TO EDMUNDS.COM AND I MUST'VE READ AT LEAST 50+ COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THIS ALWAYS OCCURRS AS SOMEONE IS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR SHIFTS IN SECOND GEAR WITHOUT WARNING AND NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. A FEW PEOPLE STATED THAT THEY ALMOST WRECKED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064022March 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. IN JANUARY 2004 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE THE CAR SHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS ABRUBT CHANGE IN GEARS/RPM/ENGINE NOISE NEARLY CAUSED ME TO GET IN A ACCIDENT. THE SHIFT SOLENOID INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND THE CAR DEFAULTED TO 2ND GEAR. ITS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DEALER UPDATE IN 96 OR 1997 FROM GM, WHO BASICALLY ADMITTED A DESIGN FLAW. THIS FLAW ALOWED A FILTER TO SLIDE IN AND OUT OF PLACE CONSTANTLY SMACKING THE SHIFT SOLENIOD WHICH EVENTUALLY CASUED IT TO SNAP. THE UPDATE WAS A L SHAPED BAR TO HOLD THE FILTER IN PLACE. THIS ALSO COST ME ABOUT $400 TO FIX. IF GM RELIEZED THIS SAFTEY FLAW IN ALL OF THERE OLDSMOBILE AURORA'S UP TO 97, AND CADILLACS I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BECOME A RECALL, THIS TYPE OF FALIURE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY HURT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063838March 25, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
I HAVE HAD MY 2002 AURORA FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER ALMOST A DOZEN TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS. NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE ENGINE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY I PICKED IT UP AT THE DEALER. IT HAD A DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB AND THEY HAD TO REPAINT THE CAR. REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD TWICE BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MOST ANNOYING THING IS A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR WHICH THEY CANNOT FIX. I HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR FOR THIS AT LEAST 6 TIMES. THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE (LIKE A LOUD CLOCK) COMING FROM UNDER THE CENTER OF THE DASH. THERE IS A SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE CAR WHEN YOU FIRST ACCELERATE FROM A STAND STILL. TO DATE, NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO FIX THE CAR. THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER CONSTANTLY. MOST OF THE TIME THE DEALER SAID THEY CANNOT RE-CREATE THE NOISES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063840March 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE ALWAYS STALLS WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. HAD THE VEHICLE AT OLDSMOBILE NUMEROUS TIMES AS WELL AS OTHER SERVICE FACILITIES. THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. CAR STALLING IN CONGESTED INTERSECTIONS HAS CREATED A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND OTHER VEHICLES. NUMEROUS TIMES CAME VERY CLOSE TO IMPACTING OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS OR OTHER VEHICLES IMPACTING ME IN THE REAR AS THE VEHICLE "LURCHES" ONCE RE-ESTABLISH IT STARTING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064817March 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CONSUMER NOTICED ENGINE OIL ON THERE DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS DUE TO THE OIL LEAKING THOUGH THE ALUMINUM CASTING OIL PAN. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063704March 23, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE---APPARENTLY STARTED AS I APPROACHED MY HOME ---BURNED IN GARAGE---TOTAL LOSS OF CAR---GARAGE DAMAGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064732March 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE SMOKE CAME FROM THE MOTOR WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062460March 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES CONTINUE TO VIBRATE AND ROTORS WEAR PREMATURELY. REPLACED PADS, TURNED ROTOR THREE TIMES IN 75000 MILES, PROBLEM OF VIBRATION AND SHAKING REAPPEARED AFTER 15000 MILES EACH TIME BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062317March 16, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
FUEL LEAK DEVELOPED IN MY 95 AURORA. FUEL WAS SPRAYING ON THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED STRONG ODORS IN THE GARAGE AND OPEN AIR. IT WAS FIXED BY A GARAGE CLOSE TO WORK. THEN THE FUEL RAIL FAILED AGAIN, THREE MONTHS LATER IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT MY COST. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062318March 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY AURORA OLDSMOBILE STALLS WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING I AM CONCERNED WITH THIS PROBLEM ALSO LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF WHEN NO POWER IS GOING TO CAR THIS HAS BEEN CHECKED AND NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062207March 15, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
FUEL RAIL RUPTURED ON MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. GASOLINE EVERYWHERE. COST TO REPAIR WAS $516.09. REPAIR CENTER SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A RUPTURE THIS BAD BEFORE THE FIRE. LUCKILY A FIRE DID NOT START.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062240March 15, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
I HAVE A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA THAT HAD THE PLASTIC FUEL RAIL CRACKED. THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT IN AND HAVE THE WHOLE RAIL REPLACED. THE ESTIMATE ON THE REPLACEMENT WAS: $295.00 FOR THE FUEL RAIL AND ABOUT $175.00 FOR LABOR. I ENDED UP FIXING THE PROBLEM WITH SOME 5/8 FUEL LINE THAT I PURCHASED FOR AROUND $4.00. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST YEAR WITH IT LEAKING, BUT I AM SCARED THAT THE OTHER PLASTIC TUBES COULD BREAK AT ANY TIME. A FRIEND JUST E-MAILED ME ABOUT THE REPORT YOU HAD ON MSNBC AND I SAW WHERE YOU REPORTED 123 CASES. I WOULD THINK THAT NUMBER WILL GROW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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