1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEEL.*MR...CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO PREMIER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES , AND THEY RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF STEERING RACK ANS PINION AND STEERING PRESSURE HOSE DUE TO LEAKING STEERING FLUID/EPAIRMENT OF TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH/ REPLACEMENT OF VALVE COVER GASKETS AND ENGINE MOUNTS/ REPAIRED COOLANT LEAK. CONSUMER PURCHASED A WYNNS USA EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH DID NOT NOT COVER ALL REPAIR WORK NEEDED. *AK

Mileage: 133,389

1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEEL.*MR...CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO PREMIER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES , AND THEY RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF STEERING RACK ANS PINION AND STEERING PRESSURE HOSE DUE TO LEAKING STEERING FLUID/EPAIRMENT OF TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH/ REPLACEMENT OF VALVE COVER GASKETS AND ENGINE MOUNTS/ REPAIRED COOLANT LEAK. CONSUMER PURCHASED A WYNNS USA EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH DID NOT NOT COVER ALL REPAIR WORK NEEDED. *AK

Mileage: 133,389

TRIED TO START VEHICLE, VEHICLE BACKFIRED. A FEW MINUTES LATER, I NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR, AND THE ICE ON THE VEHICLE WAS MELTING. I OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A BLANKET.*AK

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING SMELLED OF STRONG GAS FUMES IN/OUT. FUEL WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMURSEMENT.THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK DID NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR, THE FUEL PUMP LOST PRESSURE, THE SERPINTINE BELT CRACKED, AND THERE WAS EXTENDED CRANKING WHEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WARM. RECALL# 04V110000 *SC

A RECALL FOR THE OIL WAS RECEIVED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME REPAIRS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE OIL LEAK CONTINUED. *AK

Mileage: 99,000

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT O THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND SURGED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IDLE SPEED MOTOR AND EGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I WAS ON THE FREE WAY WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN AS I SLOWED DOWN MY CAR LOST POWER AND CONTROL. I SKID ACROSS THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST GOT KILLED. IT STARTED BACK UP TEN MIN LATER AND TOOK IT TO SHOP THEY SAID CODE WAS INPUT SPEED SENSOR AND EGR VALVE. COST 2000$ FOR REPAIR PLUS LABOR. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE WAS SPURTING GAS ONTO THE ENGINE. . VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V100000 DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 122,000

VEHICLE IS PUMPING GAS ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

Mileage: 120,000

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

Mileage: 110,900

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE SMOKE CAME FROM THE MOTOR WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 8,000

DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL RAIL AT 50,000 MILES/62,000 MILE'S AND AGAIN AT 66,000 MILES, BUT PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. *AK (BLADDER LEAK, GAS LEAK, FLUID LEAK, FLUID COOLANT LEAK) THERE WAS A STRONG GAS SMELL, TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THE ENGINE HESITATION AS IF IT WERE GOING TO BACKFIRE, OVERHEATING, BANGING NOISE WHEN THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED WHICH WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE PER PCM. THE REG/FILTER AND THROTTLE SEALING WAS REPLACED. *SC

Mileage: 50,000

ON JANUARY 28, 2004 MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD JUST LEFT THE CAR AFTER PULLING THE CAR TO THE TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY AND MY WIFE WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE CAR TO GO TO WORK WHEN SHE SAW A FLASH, THEN SMOKE. THE CAR SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT INJURED. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS DECLARING THE CAR A TOTAL LOSS. MY SECOND CAR.... A 1997 SEVILLE STS...ALONG WITH THE AURORA IS MENTIONED IN A REPORT POSTED ON MSNBC ON NOV. 4TH. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ADDRESS MY LOSS (DEDUCTIBLES), NOR ADDRESS THE LOOMING POTENTIAL FOR THE SAME TO OCCUR WITH THE SEVILLE (IVE REQUESTED AN INSPECTION / REPAIR OF THE FUEL RAIL.) I FIND GMS POSITION EXTREMELY DISCONCERTING GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY, OR LOSS OF LIFE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. I ALSO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENTIRE PROGRESSION OF THE FIRE AND WILL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO YOU SHOULD YOU WANT THEM.*AK

Mileage: 112,730

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD BACK FIRE AND MISFIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. ON ONE OCCASION THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL REGULATOR, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL DIDN'T RUN PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 65,000

PURCHASED AURORA USED, BUT HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE START. IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE STARTING UP EACH TIME; GAS PEDAL SHIMMIES AND VIBRATES BETWEEN 65 & 70 MPH; COOLANT SYSTEM FAILURE; CAR CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING; AND PAINT CHIPS OFF.

I AM HAVING CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH LOSING POWER BETWEEN 1500 AND 3000 RPMS AT ANY SPEED. THE CAR WILL SPUTTER AND JERK THEN ONCE OUT OF THE RANGE OF 3000 RPM THE CAR SEEMS TO REGAIN THE POWER THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE EARLIER. THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS NEVER SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ONLY COME ON THREE TIMES THEN GONE OFF AGAIN NOT TO RETURN UNTIL MONTHS LATER. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM YET. BUT I AM AFRAID THAT ONE TIME I WILL BE TRYING TO GET ACROSS AN INTERSECTION AND I WILL LOSE POWER AND GET HIT.

Mileage: 92,000

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

Mileage: 143,838

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.

Mileage: 148,000

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.

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

OIL LEAKS BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER CRANK CASE IN ENGINE. ALSO, OIL BLOWS BACK ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YD

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

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

TEMPERATURE GAUGE PERFORMS POORLY AT NIGHT. NLM

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-MAILED THE PHOTOS TO GM AND OLDSMOBILE WITH MY COMPLAINT. NO RESPONSE TO THIS DAY 01/29/01. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

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

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

MY CAR WAS MISSING AND HESITATING, I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE LEAKING OF THE HEAD GASKETS, COST WAS TO BE AROUND 3500.00. AFTER DEALERSHIP REMOVED HEAD GASKETS (THIS WAS 8 HOURS OF LABOR AND 1200.00 SO FAR FOR LABOR) THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO CORROSIVE DEFECT. THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE (A NORTHSTAR) WOULD BE 8000.00 PLUS LABOR. THIS NORHTSTAR ENGINE SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN 82,000. THEY ARE ADVERTISED TO GO 100,000 MILES WITHOUT TUNEUPS. I KNEW THAT WAS FAR FETCHED...I HAD MY CAR MAINTENANCED PROPLERLY FOR ALL OF THE MILE CHECKUPS REPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OLDSMOBLILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RECEIVED A NUMBER C00118601. I AM VERY UPSET WITH THIS AND JUST WANT IT REPORTED PROPERLY.*AK

MY CAR WAS MISSING AND HESITATING, I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE LEAKING OF THE HEAD GASKETS, COST WAS TO BE AROUND 3500.00. AFTER DEALERSHIP REMOVED HEAD GASKETS (THIS WAS 8 HOURS OF LABOR AND 1200.00 SO FAR FOR LABOR) THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE ENGINE DUE TO CORROSIVE DEFECT. THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE (A NORTHSTAR) WOULD BE 8000.00 PLUS LABOR. THIS NORHTSTAR ENGINE SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN 82,000. THEY ARE ADVERTISED TO GO 100,000 MILES WITHOUT TUNEUPS. I KNEW THAT WAS FAR FETCHED...I HAD MY CAR MAINTENANCED PROPLERLY FOR ALL OF THE MILE CHECKUPS REPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OLDSMOBLILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RECEIVED A NUMBER C00118601. I AM VERY UPSET WITH THIS AND JUST WANT IT REPORTED PROPERLY.*AK

I NOW HAVE A PROFUSE OIL LEAK. IT BEGAN AT FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE AND DIAGNOSED AS A DRAIN PLUG PROBLEM - I HAD THAT FIXED. THE NEXT TIME IT LEAKED I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE OIL PAN SEAL - I HAD THAT REPLACED. NOW THE LEAK IS EVIDENTLY THE CRANKCASE SEAL, AS DIAGNOSED AGAIN BY THE DEALER - LEAKS PROFUSELY. ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THIS KIND OF THING - THE REPAIR IS VERY VERY EXPENSIVE.

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OIL LEAK CRANKCASE, HAVE TO PULL ENGINE MFR WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM BECAUSE OF HIGH MILAGE TCBS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT ONTHIS PROBLEM THEY STILL WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE WARRANTY IS OVER THIS PROBLEM WILL EXIST ON ALL OF THESE CARS BECAUSE OF BAD DESIGN.THEY SHOULD NOT ALLOW THIS CAR TO BE MADE BECUSE OF THE INHERIT PROBLEMS THIS CAR WILL HAVE BECAUSE THE WAY THE RAN THE EXAUST UP AND AROUND OILPAN AND CARANKCASE

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DAILY ( DEALER CANT FIND REASON) MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING, REPLACEMENT OF DIRVERSIDE ENGINE MOUNT,(MOTER ACCELARATES TO HIGH RPM WHEN STARTED, CD PLAYED FAILED,TRANMISSION FAILED CYLINDER REPLACED.

SEAT BELTS/TRANSMISSION/ABS BRAKES/ STARTER FAILED. ALSO ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATED.

WHEN TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THEN RESTARTED ON ITS OWN. *AK THE MANUFACTURER POINTED OUT THAT THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS DOWN IF DRIVEN OVER THE LIMITED SPEED. *YH

CAR BURNED TO MUCH OIL, TOOK TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM, SUBSEQUENTLY, DEALER INDICATED IT WAS THE OIL PAN LEAKING, STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM . *AK

WHILE SITTING IDLING AUTO ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES AND BURNED COMPLETELY UP. TT