Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
CONSUMER SMELLED A FUEL SMELL FROM UNDER THE HOOD. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER LOCATED A PIN SIZE HOLE IN THE RIGID PLASTIC SIDE OF THE FUEL RAIL. AN INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED ON THIS ISSUE, PE 030 050. *AK *TT *JB
THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM, OR THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH IT MADE FROM IS OF QUESTIONABLE INTEGRITY. I HAD A RETURN FUEL LINE WITH A CRACK THAT NEEDED REPAIR. TWO MONTHS DOWN THE LINE MY FUEL RAIL CRACKED. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS NOT A FIRE. GM AT THIS POINT DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND ONLY HAS 55,875 MILES TO DATE. GM'S RESPONSE IS IT IS NORMAL MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND THERE WILLING TO SELL ME A NEW CAR WITH A FACTORY WARRANTY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO ALL AURORA'S OR ANY GM PRODUCT WITH THE SAME FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM ON THE ROAD. KEVIN ELSWICK, CONCERNED CONSUMER. TO DATE, AWAITING FOR RETURN RESPONSE FROM GM. *LA
I HAVE A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA,WITH A 4.0 L GAS ENGINE. THE FUEL RAIL STARTED TO LEAK AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WAS OVER $700.00. I FEEL GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD CONTACT ALL OWNERS WITH VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS ENGINE. THEY SHOULD CHECK AND REPAIR ALL DETECTIVE FUEL RAILS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. *LA
RAIL INJECTOR TUBING FRACTURED THREE (3) TIMES. FIRST TIME MY WIFE DROVE IT 17 MILES AT 60 MPH NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON. LUCKILY THE CAR DID NOT CATCH FIRE, BUT IT TOOK WEEKS TO GET THE SMELL OF GASOLINE OUT OF THE CAR AND THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. HAD SOMEONE DROVE BY AND FLIPPED OUT A CIGARETTE OR A SMALL ELECTRICAL ARC IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE WENT OFF LIKE A BOMB. I CAUGHT THE TWO (2) OTHER FRACTURED TUBES BY CHECKING THE ENGINE BEFORE SHE DROVE IT AND WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME. FINALLY, I HAD IT REPLACED, AT A COST OF AROUND $400, BUT WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SAME THING WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. OLDSMOBILE ENGINE ENGINEERING REALLY FUMBLED THE BALL ON THIS DESIGN OF FUEL DELIVERY IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, PLASTIC TUBING TO CARRY FUEL TO THE INJECTORS (AT AROUND 50 PSI) IN A HOT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SAD PART IS THAT THE NEW REPLACEMENT PART WAS MADE OUT OF THE SAME MATERIAL. YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS BELOW; WAS THERE A FIRE? WAS THERE A CRASH? PROPERTY DAMAGE? REPORTED TO POLICE? A RATHER IRONIC SET OF QUESTIONS! HAD THERE BEEN A FIRE AT 60 MPH, I'M SURE A CRASH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, PROPERTY DAMAGE WOULD BE A GIVEN AND THE POLICE WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED. BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE,THE FRACTURED PLASTIC INJECTOR TUBING (WHICH CREATED THE WHOLE MESS) WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSUMED BY THE FIRE AND EVERYONE WOULD BE ASKING "WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS?" I BELIEVE I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE ANSWER TO THAT LAST QUESTION. SAD PART IS THAT I SEE MANY OF THE
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. THE FIRE INSPECTOR IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE OR WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM BECAUSE THE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD WAS MELTED TOGETHER. *PH
GAS FUMES SMELLING THE CAR. HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL RAILS REPLACED. CAR HAD 80,046 MILES. *LA
A GAS LEAK DEVELOPED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL ASSEMBLY, WHICH HAD A CRACK IN IT. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE FUEL LINE DEVELOPED ANOTHER LEAK, THIS TIME SPRAYING GAS ALL OVER THE ENGINE, CREATING AN EXTREME FIRE HAZZARD. I DID HAVE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS FIXED BEFORE THERE WAS AN ACTUAL FIRE, AT GREAT EXPENSE. ($578 THE FIRST TIME AND $731 THE SECOND TIME). *LA
STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING GAS. *AK
I JUST REPLACED THE FUEL RAIL AND A FUEL PRESSURE VALVE ON 10/16/2003 BECAUSE OF A LEAK. IT DIDN'T CAUSE A FIRE, BUT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. MY CAR IS A '95 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE REPAIR COST WAS $846.52.
FUEL LINE FITTINGS CRACK AND RELEASE HIGH-PRESSURE SPRAY OF FUEL ONTO HOT MANIFOLD AND EXHAUST CREATING NOXIOUS FUMES AND FIRE RISK. *LA
WE HAVE A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WE HAD A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP RETURN LINE. AT THE TIME THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT THE DEALER DID NOT SAY THERE WAS ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS, BUT WE KNEW BETTER. FUEL LINES THAT SPRING LEAKS ARE VERY DANGEROUS, AND NORMALLY INDICATE FAULTY ENGINEERING. WE NOW HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON REGARDING THIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US FOR ANY INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE. ALSO, WE ONLY HAD THE RETURN LINE THAT WAS LEAKING REPLACED, WE DID NOT HAVE THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL FEED LINE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LEAKING AT THE TIME. SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS? PLEASE ADVISE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK
I SMELLED GASOLINE IN MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LEAKY FUEL RAIL. THE MECHANIC SAID IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME WITH AURORAS. 09-2003. *AK
MAJOR FUEL LEAK ON TOP OF MY ENGINE FROM THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. I AM REPLACING THIS COMPONET TODAY...MY MECHANIC WAS VISIBLE SHAKEN WHEN HE SAW THE GUSHING OF GASOLINE FROM THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. HE SAID I WOULD HAVE A FIRE ANYTIME...BAD SYSTEM.*AK
MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK ALONG THE FUEL RAIL WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE. MY MECHANIC STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KEPT THE CAR FROM CATCHING ON FIRE.*AK
FUEL RAIL TUBING SLIT OPEN, SPRAYING GASOLINE ALL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR IN DANGER WITHOUT REALIZING IT. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER.*AK
I OWN A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA (VIN [XXX]). DUE TO FUEL LEAKS, ABOUT A MONTH AGO I HAD THE FUEL RAIL REPLACED AT E & D AUTO SERVICE IN DEARBORN MI. TODAY I READ IN THE DETROIT NEWS ABOUT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF THIS FAILURE. THE LEAKS WERE IN THE PLASTIC SECTION OF THE RAIL AS DESCRIBED IN THE DETROIT NEWS ARTICLE: HTTP://WWW.DETNEWS.COM/2003/AUTOSINSIDER/0311/03/AUTOS-314583.HTM *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
WHILE HAVING MY OIL CHANGED IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT MY FUEL LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VERY SMALL PIN HOLE BUT A STEADY STREAM OF FUEL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE INJECTOR LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ALSO. I NEVER PAID ATTENTION BEFORE BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GM WOULD USE PLASTIC FOR A FUEL LINE ANYWAY MAYBE THIS IS STANDARD I'M NO MECHANIC BUT AT WHAT GM WANTS FOR THE PARTS AND THEN TO HAVE THEM PUT ON MAYBE I SHOULD BE. OF COURSE GM IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BUY THE FUEL PARTS TOO IMAGINE THAT! WELL HOPEFULLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND GM WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEFECTS. *LA
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED. *AK
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FUEL LINE SYSTEM WAS LEAKING GASOLINE OVER THE HOT ENGINE DUE TO A FAULTY FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
FUEL LINE AND FUEL RAIL FAILURE CAUSING GASOLINE TO BE SPRAY ONTO ENGINE. FUEL RAIL FAILURE CAUSED LARGER AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE TO VAPORIZE INTO A CLOUD APPEARING AS STEAM. ANY ELECTRICAL SPARK COULD HAVE CAUSED EXPLOSION AND FIRE. *JB
EVERY FOURTH DAY TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE, AND IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT GEAR. GMC MECHANIC STATED PCM VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED ROUGHLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE MOUNTS AND WELL AS INTERNAL TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. CAR NOW SHIFTS ABRUPTLY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE NOT SHIFTING ON SOME OCCASIONS. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME OF PRESSURE CONTROL SWITCH FAILURE REQUIRING COMPLETE OVERHAUL OR RAPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS MOTOR MOUNT REPLACEMENT. ASIDE FROM THIS MOST RECENT PROBLEM, THE RADIATOR, AIR COMPRESSOR, AIR CONDITIONING HOSES AND BLOWER FAN CONTROL MODULE, ALTERNATOR, IGNITION COIL PACK AND LOWER CRANKCASE GASKET HAVE ALL FAILED WITHIN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. CAR CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 115,000 MILES ON IT AND PROBABLY WON'T LIVE TO ACCUMULATE MANY MORE. TOTAL PIECE OF CRAP FROM GM. (OH THAT SICK GM FEELING!). *AK
BRAKES COMLPETELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.*AK
FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE. WHILE AT AN OIL CHANGE SHOP THE OWNER ASKED ME TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD. HE SHOWED ME GAS SHOOTING THE FUEL LINE. I WAS LUCKY, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED LATER AS I WAS DRIVING AND CAUSED A FIRE AND/OR BLEW UP. *JB
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT SLIPPED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT FIRST INDICATION OF THIS TAKEN TO DEALER SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. ALSO BACK SEAT BELTS WILL NOT GO BACK IN.. *NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE 10 MPH, SMELLED GAS ODOR, THEN IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE CLOSE TO THE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.
HEAT SHRINK FUEL INJECTION LINE BETWEEN #6-#8 INJECTORS DEVELOPED A HOLE AND SPRAYING FUEL ONTO INTAKE AND IGNITION WIRING. THE CAR SMELLED OF GAS INSIDE AND THE MOTOR WAS HARD TO START AND BACKFIRES SOME. I'VE DONE A TEMPORARY REPAIR AND HAVE NOT BOUGHT ALL NEW RAIL TUBING. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AT THIS POINT. IT IS TOO COSTLY FOR OWNERS TO REPAIR FOR SUCH A SMALL PROBLEM.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THESE FUEL LEAKS, AND FIRES AND WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. I HAVE A 95 AURORA, SHOULD I EVEN BE DRIVING IT???????????? *JB
CONSUMER STATESTHAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND THE THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL. DEALER NOTIFIED.
THE 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA WAS PARKED. AFTER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, HAD BACKFIRED AND THE STORE OWNER TOLD HER THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDERNEATH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.
THE PLASTIC FUEL INJECTOR RAIL LEAKED AT THE #1 AND #3 INJECTORS WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO SPRAY ONTO THE COIL WIRES AND RESULT IN A STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE DESIGN IS POOR AND THE MATERIALS ARE WEAK. NLM
NO SUMMARY. DT
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE TURN SIGNAL TO GO OUT. TS
THERE WAS A SMALL PIN HOLE LOCATED IN THE FUEL RAIL, WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE.*JB
WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT HAD CAME ON. THIS CAUSE THE LOST OF STEERING CONTROL. THEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. TS
THE TIE RODS WERE BAD. *JG
THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PLASTIC TUBE BETWEEN EACH FUEL INJECTOR LINE, AND IS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THERE IS NO FUEL RAIL BUT A PLASTIC TUBE BETWEEN EACH FUEL INJECTOR, INSPECTION REVEALED A PRIOR LEAKAGE IN THIS AREA WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PATCHED, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *SCC
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
FUEL RAIL LEAKS, OLDS DEALER CAN NOT GET PART FROM GMC. DEALER SAW 3 FAILURES LAST MONTH. *AK
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.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
GAS LEAK/FUMES FROM HIGH PRESSURE RETURN FUEL LINE. VEHICLE COULD INGNITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING.*AK
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
FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY PLASTIC HOSE DEVELOPED A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LEAK, SPRAYING GASOLINE ON TOP OF ENGINE.*AK
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
CONSUMER STATES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER, THEY ALSO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET BECAUSE COOLANT WAS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE OIL COMPARTMENT. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *JB CRACK IN THE CYLINDER WALL CAUSED THE ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE RENDERING THE ENGINE USELESS. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE CUSTOMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAD A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *YH
FUEL LINE IS LEAKING FLUID INTO ENGINE.*AK
ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN HAS LOOSENED. STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF. TO WNERS KNOWLEDGE, THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH AND THE STEERING COLUMN HAS NEVER BEEN SERVICED. *AK
THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR OF THE FUEL RAIL RUPTURED AND GASOLINE WAS SPRAYED ON HOT ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY!!! MY WIFE AND SON WERE DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED...THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE.
OIL LEAKS BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER CRANK CASE IN ENGINE. ALSO, OIL BLOWS BACK ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YD
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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