Oldsmobile Aurora Complaints

785 consumer complaints on file.

#8018721September 16, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL, THEN, NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS CRACKED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018499September 12, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IN USE HEAD LIGHTS WILL JUST COME ON AND OFF. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018513September 12, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING FUEL TANK HAD CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. CONSUMER CAN STRONGLY SMELL GAS FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767060September 12, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FAILURE OF COMPUTER WHICH CONTROLS FUEL INJECTION. PROBLEM IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT LOW SPEEDS, AS WHEN APPROACHING OTHER AUTOS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR VERY SLOW SPEED DRIVING. WHEN PRESSURE IS RELEASED FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE FUEL CONTROLLER INCREASES FUEL FLOW FOR 0.3 TO 1.0 SECOND THEN SLOWLY REDUCES FLOW TO NORMAL IDLE SPEED. ENGINE SPEED INCREASES IN THIS PROCESS (WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NUETRAL TO OBSERVE IT) 500 TO 1500 RPM. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE AT ELEVATED AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. (ABOVE 80 DEGREES, F.) THIS IS A HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND SEVERAL TIMES REAR-END COLLISIONS HAVE BEEN NARROWLY AVERTED. COMMUNICATION WITH OLDSMOBILE'S CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE HAVE BEEN MET WITH RUDENESS AND THE PLAINLY STATED POSITION THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLES OUT OF WARRANTY OR OWNED BY AFTERMARKET OWNERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766651September 3, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL RAIL LEAKS, OLDS DEALER CAN NOT GET PART FROM GMC. DEALER SAW 3 FAILURES LAST MONTH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017388August 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN AT THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND AT A REPAIR SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND NO ONE COULD LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766313August 27, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THE FUEL RAIL IS COMPOSED OF PLASTIC SECTIONS OF TUBING CONNECTING THE FUEL INJECTORS. THESE SECTIONS DEVELOP SPLITS ALLOWING FUEL TO SPRAY ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR. BOTH TIMES I REPLACED THE BAD SECTIONS WITH RUBBER HOSE AND CLAMPS. I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED EVERY ONE OF THESE CARS WILL DEVELOP THE PROBLEM AT SOME POINT IN TIME, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765681August 15, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
HEADLIGHTS CHATTER ON AND OFF AT ANY TIME, CAR RUNNING OR OFF. SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THIS WAS THE TENTH ONE HE HAD SEEN IN THE LAST TEN WEEKS. QUOTED $700 FOR HEADLIGHT SWITCH REPLACEMENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015916August 9, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP OR PANIC STOP BRAKE PEDAL GOES HALF WAY TO FLOOR BEFORE VEHICLE WILL STOP. ABS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765400August 8, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764749July 26, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE CAR IS RUNNING OR SITTING STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF, WHILE IN MOTION THERE WILL AT TIMES BE A NOISE COMING FROM THE DASH AREA. THE DIMMER LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WILL FLICKER. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE NOISE IS TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS ON. DURING THE TIME THE CAR IS JUST SITTING, DAY OR NIGHT THE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. COULD THIS BE A SENSOR OR A LOOSE FUSE?? CAR TAKEN TO JACK HAYES IN AKRON BUT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THAT TIME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AM WAITING FOR THEM TO CALL ME BUT I WILL IN THE MEANTIME CALL THEM BACK BUT WAS WONDERING IF I COULD GET ANY FEEDBACK REGARDING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. THE PLASTIC BOOT UNDER THE FRONT BUMPER HAS JUST DROPPED OFF DUE TO EVIDENTLY COMING TO CLOSE TO PARKING CURBS. WOULD APPRECIATE SOME FEEDBACK SOON BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOOSE POWER WHILE IN TRAFFIC. REGARDS. JOANNE OAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764742July 25, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PROGRAM BEGAN W/ "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COMING ON. TOOK TO DEALER (6/10/02); CODE INDICATED AIR PUMP SEIZED UP & FOUND 50 AMP AIR PUMP FUSE BLOWN. TRACED TO CIRCUIT. REPLACED EXHAUST VALVE, SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP & SAI VACUMM CONTROL SOLENOID. CAR RETURNED 6/12/02. WHEN ARRIVED HOME, SMELLED BURNING AND HEARD NOISE UNDER HOOD RUNNING LIKE A SMALL MOTOR. RETURNED TO DEALER THAT EVENING: SMELL AND NOISE GONE. CALLED DEALER NEXT DAY TO REPORT AND AGREED W/ THEM MAY HAVE BEEN 'BREAK-IN' OF PARTS. "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN FOLLOWING WEEK. TOOK TO DEALER 6/21 AND FOUND SAME PROBLEM AND REPLACEMENT PARTS HAD ACTUALLY BURNED AND MELTED. NEW PARTS ORDERED: AIR PUMP, RELAY, CONNECTOR AND REPLACED IN VEHICLE. ON WAY HOME, SMELLED STRONG BURNING SMELL. PULLED OFF INTERSTATE TO TURN AROUND TO RETURN TO DEALER. UPON GOING ON SURFACE STREETS, ANOTHER DRIVER YELLED MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. PULLED OFF ROAD INTO A LUMBER YARD PARKING LOT AND CAR BURST INTO HUGE FLAMES INCL. 3 SMALL EXPLOSIONS. FIRE DEPARTMENT INDICATED FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE AND STARTED AT WIRING BOX. ALSO REPLACEMENT PARTS POSSIBLE SOURCE OF FIRE. CAR TOWED BACK TO DEALER. DEALER CONTACTED GM WHO CONTACTED ME. CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY (5 YR/60,000 MILES).GM INDICATED AFTER SPEAKING W/ DEALER, THEY WOULD PURCHASE VEHICLE BACK AND PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, GM TO DATE HASN'T PROVIDED ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION STATING THEIR VERBAL COMMITMENT TO GIVE US ANOTHER CAR. PHONE CALLS TO THEIR OFFICE GO UNANSWERED. THE CAR HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DEALER'S LOT (COVER UP?) AND NO ONE CAN TELL US WHERE IT WENT. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY CAN'T EVEN INVESTIGATE IF WE DECIDE TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THEM. GMAC IS STILL SENDING US CAR PAYMENT DUE NOTICES & WASNOT INFORMED THE CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND IS COMPLETELY TOTALLED. WE ARE VERY DISSATISFIED W/ GM'S RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM AND THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS, DANGEROUS DEFECT. GM'S CLAIM #: S1-10752551. I HOPE YOU CAN BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764532July 21, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE PLASTIC AND METAL FUEL LINE DISCONNECTED SUDDENLY AND SHOWERED GASOLINE OVER THE ENGINE AND STOPPED THE MOTOR. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE WHILE ON A BUSY STREET. THERE WAS NO EARLIER INDICATION OF A LEAK OR PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014397July 19, 2002
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HGHWAY AT 65MPH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF. CONSUMER NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, GETTING VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013914July 15, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, CRUISE SET,AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. BEFORE CONSUMER COULD SLOW VEHICLE DOWN IT HAD ACCELERATED TO 90 MPH. CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BY APPLYING BRAKES HARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763975July 9, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
I AM REPORTING THIS NOW BECAUSE THE CAR IS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AFTER BEING REPAIRED IN OCTOBER 2001. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763403June 24, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
GAS LEAK/FUMES FROM HIGH PRESSURE RETURN FUEL LINE. VEHICLE COULD INGNITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011959June 17, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING SMELLED GAS, STEAM WAS COMING FROM HOOD. PULLED OVER, THERE WAS GAS ALL OVER THE TOP OF ENGINE.CONTACTED DEALER. FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM BROKE AND WAS LEAKING GAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761996May 17, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY PLASTIC HOSE DEVELOPED A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LEAK, SPRAYING GASOLINE ON TOP OF ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009991May 16, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *JB CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITH NO STEERING OR BRAKES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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