1995 Oldsmobile Aurora complaints

THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL RAIL WHICH WAS TOO CLOSE TO SPARK PLUGS, COULD EASILY START FIRE.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT; TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR; DTC #76 INDICATES A PRESSURE SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 52,000 MILES. NO TRANSMISSION SHOP WANTS TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HAS BROKEN TWO ENGINE MOUNTS WHEN PUTTING TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE DUE TO THE HARDNESS OF THE OPERATION. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN ENGINE (CAR) IS COLD, IS STARTED, AND PLACED INTO REVERSE. CLEAR CODE AND ALL IS NORMAL UNTILL THE NEXT TIME.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN AT 60 MPH LEAVING THE CONSUMER WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ALSO FAIL AT TIME OF ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHUTDOWN.

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 75 MPH IN WYOMING, THE CAR BEGAN AN GRADUAL INCREASE IN SPEED - THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT TOUCHED. TOUCHING THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES DID NOT STOP THE SPEED INCREASE. TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH DID NOT STOP THE INCREASE. AFTER HAD BREAKING AND AFTER REACHING A SPEED OF 90 MPH, THE UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION FINALLY STOPPED. AFTER THAT WE DID NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF WYOMING WITH NO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, IF WE HAD BEEN IN CITY TRAFFIC WE WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE CRASHED INTO SOMEONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HEARD A LOUD NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION HAD CRACKED AND COULD NOT BE FIXED. INSTEAD, NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION, UPON CHANGING GEARS, SLIPS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER FOUND THAT CYLINOIDS WERE BAD, ALSO ,THERE WAS A VERY STRONG SMELL, AS IF SOMETHING WAS BURNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THEN, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE FOR UNKNOWN REASON. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *YH

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILURE RESULTING IN TICKING SOUND IN DASH, BRAKE LIGHTS BLINKING AND CRUISE CONTROL DROPPING OUT. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT 55,290 MILES WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL ONLY OPERATE IN REVERSE OR SECOND GEAR, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMERS LANE, HITTING VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT PASSENGERS DID, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

ENGINE OIL LEAKING IN THREE PLACES, WATER PUMP SYSTEM AND BELTS FAILED . NLM

PLASTIC FUEL LINE DEVEPLOPED A PIN HOLE AND GAS SHOT OUT ONTO HOT ENGINE. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED ON AUG 15 2001. *AK *SLC

NYLON (ITT AUTOMOTIVE) FUEL LINES DEVELOPED PIN-HOLE LEAK WHICH SPRAYS A VERY FINE MIST OF GASOLINE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE - WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RECALL? - OR AT LEAST SOME HELP FROM GM TO PAY FOR THE $800 IN REPAIRS... PLEASE RESPOND WITH ADVICE. *AK

CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT FUEL LINES HAD SMALL HOLES IN THEM, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NYLON FUEL LINES THAT FEED INTO FUEL INJECTORS DEVELOPED A HOLE, AND WERE LEAKING FUEL. LOCAL REPAIR SHOP PERFORMED THE SERVICE ON VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

A FUEL LINE UNDER THE HOOD WAS SPRAYING GASOLINE. IT WAS NOT FROM A FITTING. IT WAS SPRAYING FROM A HOLE IN THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE TUBBING. FOR A PLASTIC FUEL LINE TO BEGIN SPRAYING GASOLINE FOR NO APPARENT REASON IS BIZZARE. I FEEL OLDSMOBILE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS AND SHOULD PAY FOR PARTS AND LABOR FOR THIS DEFECT.*AK

SMELL OF GAS WAS COMING INTO VEHICLE. CONSUMER CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND GAS SPUTTING OUT. CONTACT DEALER.*AK

FUEL RAIL PLASTIC CONNECTOR SPRUNG FUEL LEAK; SPRAYING FUEL OVER HOT ENGINE; COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE AND EXPLOSION; LUCKY IT DID NOT. I SEE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM, WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. WHAT WILL MANUFACTURER DO FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF REPAIR EXPENSES?*AK

FUEL LINES LEAK AT THE FITTINGS, CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY OVER ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL LINES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK

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!

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED PIN HOLES WHICH IS ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

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

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.

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

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.

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT 15MPH AND LOWER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE; HOWEVER , PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STALLS, THE DEALER REPLACED IGNITION RELATED PROBLEMS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

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-MAI

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

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

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

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

A NARROW STREM OF FUEL WAS SPRAYING FROM ONE OF THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES UNDER THE HOOD CAUSING FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NLM

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

ENGINE BLOCK HAS PREMATURELY CRACKED. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE ENGINE BLOCK SHOULD NEVER CRACK. *YH

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

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED FUMES FROM THE IGNITION THAT CAUSED A FIRE. THERE WAS FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER WILL ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES - "EVERYTHING IS FINE" - CAR IS STILL NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY (NOT RELIABLE)

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

GAS FUMES WERE SEEPING INTO VEHICLE. VEHCILE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINES. 2 LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER HASN'T NOT BEEN RESPONDING BACK TO CONSUMER REGARDING THE PROBLEM.*AK

HOT FUEL SPRAYED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, IN LARGE AMOUNTS, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

CONTACTED DEALER & OLDSMOBILE & NHTSA - NO RESOLUTION!! NOSAFETY DEFECTS LISTED.

BOTH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT RETRACT IN HOUSING MECHANISM WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE SLACK IN THE BELTS. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED RETRACTOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OR BLINK LIKE FLASHERS WHILE DRIVING. FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM SEEMS NOT TO BE GETTING NECESSARY FUEL AT ALL TIMES. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING ON THE MOLDING AND I HAVE BEEN NOTICING SPOTS IN THE PAINT MORE AND MORE EVERY WEEK. HAD PROBLEM WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MADE LOUD NOISES AND MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION SHUT DOWN ON THE INTERSTATE WAS DRIVING 70MPH THEN ALLL OF A SUDDEN IT SHUT DOWN TO 35MPH AND IT WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. AIR CONDITION VENTS ARE STUCK IN CLOSE POSITION AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GETTING AIR THROUGH THEM AT ALL.

FRONT RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER'S RESTRAINT BELT IS FULLY EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT ALWAYS RETRACT WHEN UNCOUPLED. APPERAS THAT THE RETRACTION SPRING MAY NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH TENSION TO ENABLE THE SEAT BELT TO ALWAYS RETRACT. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT ITSELF TWISTS AND FOLDS DURING RETRACTION WHICH MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 00V057000

I THINK THE MANUFACTURE FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE INSIDE AIR CIRCULATION SWITCH FOR THE A/C ON THE 1995 AURORA, THE 97 AND UP MODELS ALL HAVE THAT INSIDE AIR CIRCULATION SWITH, THAT MEANS THAT THE DRIVER FOR THE 95 MODEL HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO RECEIVE OUTSIDE AIR WHICH INCLUDES FUMES, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO EXHAUST FUMES AND COULD BECOME DEADLY FOR THEM, PLUS IT DOESN'T COOL AS GOOD WITH OUTSIDE AIR, WHICH COST MORE FUEL AND MAKES THE SYSTEM WORK HARDER C CI. *AK

FUEL RETURN HAD A HOLE WHICH CAUSED A GASOLINE LEAK TO SPRAY ONTO ENGINE BAY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSES A FIRE. THEN, A FUEL LINE CRACKED, CAUSING THE GASOLINE TO SPRAY ONTO ENGINE. THEN TO THE FLOOR WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK