1998 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Problems & Recalls

VEHICLE RUNNING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET, KEY SWITCH JUST SUDDENLY TURNED BACK AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. NO BRAKING, AND NO STEERING. HAD TO TRY AND STEER OFF TO A SAFE PLACE. ONGOING ISSUE AS THE IGNITION SWITCH IS STILL IN THIS CONDITION ENDANGERING MY LIFE, MY FAMILY'S LIFE, AND THE LIVES O...

Mileage: 260,050

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND RESUME IN OPERATION. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WOULD O...

Mileage: 109,000

I WAS MOVING THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD,AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WE GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT IT OUT,I CHECK ONLINE FOR RECALL AND FOUND OUT THIS CAR HAD A RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM WHICH WAS A RUPTURE IN THE FUEL INJECTION NYLON LINE THE YEAR PRIOR AFTER NOTIFYING ...

Mileage: 120,000

FUEL RAIL SPLIT CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE A 1998 AURORA AS WHEEL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OF CAR SHUTTING DOWN. FIRST I HAD THE MODULE REPLACED AND IT STILL DID IT. AND THEN I WAS TOLD TO GET MY FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED AND I KEPT INJECTOR CLEANER IN MY CAR WHEN I FILLED UP AND THE I FINALLY GOT A FULL TUNE UP AND AFTER THAT NO PROBLEM....

Mileage: 13,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SHE SHIFTED GEARS TO PARK AND THEN DRIVE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRESENT. THR...

Mileage: 104,800

LIGHTS COME ON AND FLICKER BY THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND THE KEYS ARE NOT IN THE IGNITION. ALSO, THERE IS THE SMELL OF BURNED RUBBER PRESENT SOME OF THE TIMES. *JB

I OWN A 1998 AURORA. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENTIRE FRONT LEFT TIRE ASSEMBLY (WHEEL, BRAKE SYSTEM, STRUTS, ETC) SEPARATED FROM THE CAR, CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND DESTROYING THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE CAUSE OF THE SEPARATION IS UNKNOWN. TH...

Mileage: 89,700

CAR STALLS ONCE A DAY, ALMOST EVERY DAY IN TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T QUITE STALL AND CATCHES ITSELF AND LEARCHES FORWARD A FEW FEET. NEITHER OLDSMOBILE OR INDIPENDENT MECHANICS CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. THA CODES ARE THERE IN MEMORY OF THE CAR BUT THE CODES DO NOT SAY WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. K...

Mileage: 86,000

FAULTY FUEL GAUGE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, UNABLE TO GET EMISSIONS INSPECTION. DEALER WISHES TO CHARGE $500.00 TO REPLACE SENSOR IN GAS TANK. *NM

Mileage: 92,000

TORQUE CONVERTER SWITCH INTERMIT MALFUNCTION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, CANNOT GET EMISSION INSPECTION. DEALER WISHES TO REMOVE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, $1000, TO REPLACE $50.00 SENSOR. *NM

Mileage: 98,000

I HAVE HEARD ALOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ON THESE CARS HAVE A TENDENCY TO GO BAD I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR NOT WANTING TO START IT JUST TURNS OVER AND OVER AND FINALLY WILL START THE O-RING STARTED LEAKING FUEL EVERYWHERE HERE RECENTLY AND HAD TO REPLACE THE PART

Mileage: 156,315

1998 OLDSMOBILE AURORA FUEL RAIL SYSTEM LEAKING GAS OUT OF THE PLASTIC LINES ON TOP OF MOTOR AND CAN CATCH FIRE VERY EASILY IF NOT COUGHT IN TIME. IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON THE 96 & ON THE FORUMS THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF 97 & 98S THAT HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD MINE CHANGED AND IT ...

Mileage: 85,000

SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED, AND THE CONSUMER COULD SMELL GAS AND SEE A LEAK. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A MECHANIC IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS DEFECTIVE. ALSO, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA'S THE FUEL RAIL RECALL 04V110100 . *AK *NM

Mileage: 130,000

I PURCHASED A 1998 AURORA IN 2002 - FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE VEHICLE CONTINUALLY SHUTS OFF WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY WARINING. IT HAS EVEN DONE SO JUST SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED THIS MONTH BECAUSE THE ENGINE DIED AS I WAS ...

1. THE LIGHTS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES AND STARTED FLICKERING. 2.THIS DRAINED THE BATTERY. 3. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE MULTI FUNCTION STALK SWITCH AND A MODULE UNDER THE DASH. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE AURORA'S, AND I FEEL THAT OLDSMOBILE NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS OR AT LEAST...

Mileage: 41,000

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

Mileage: 36,000

VEHICLE TAKES A LONG WAY TO STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. BRAKES HAVE TO BE PUT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT WILL EVEN FEEL LIKE IT IS SLOWING DOWN.

Mileage: 107,950

THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED POWER STEERING PROBLEMS AT LOW AND ZERO SPEEDS. ALSO, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED GRINDING, GROWLING AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION WHEN TURNING AT A LOW SPEED OR AT STOP. *LA THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE ENGINE THEREFORE THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED, AND ON OTHER OCCASI...

PAINT IS MINOR, EXCEPT DEALER DID PAINT CAR LEFT FRONT FENDER NEW AND SINCE THEN CLEAR COAT HAS RUBBED OFF. AIR IS ANOTHER. 3 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY UNTILL FAILURE AT 107,000. $1400 FOR NEW COMPRESSOR, HOSES AND TO MAKE UP FOR BAD DEAKLER WORK. CAR NOW HAS INTERMITTENT AIR FAILURE, SHUTTING OFF AND R...

Mileage: 46,000

PAINT IS MINOR, EXCEPT DEALER DID PAINT CAR LEFT FRONT FENDER NEW AND SINCE THEN CLEAR COAT HAS RUBBED OFF. AIR IS ANOTHER. 3 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY UNTILL FAILURE AT 107,000. $1400 FOR NEW COMPRESSOR, HOSES AND TO MAKE UP FOR BAD DEAKLER WORK. CAR NOW HAS INTERMITTENT AIR FAILURE, SHUTTING OFF AND R...

Mileage: 46,000

CONSUMER STATED STEERING WHEEL WAS CONSTANTLY COMING LOOSE, AND ALMOST FELL OFF ON ONE OCCASION. THE DEALER HAD SERVICED/REPLACED STEERING COLUMN 3 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE.*AK *PH *JB

Mileage: 71,000

SUPPORT ROD ON TRUNK LID SEPARATES, THIS IS THE SECOND SIDE THAT HAS NEEDED TO BE REATTACHED..*AK

Mileage: 80,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING OUT, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT RETRACTORS. MR LAP AND SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. MANUFACTURE NOTIFIED. *TT

AFTER VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP IT WILL LAUNCH FORWARD. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED SEVERAL TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THAT IT FILLS VEHICLE IS BRAKING, BUT FOOT IS NOT ON BRAKES. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

ODOMETER READING JUMPED FROM 43000 TO 143000 WITH OUT ANY WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

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

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HGHWAY AT 65MPH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF. CONSUMER NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, GETTING VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A RATTLING SOUND IN ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THERE HAVE BEEN THREE MAJOR FAILURES. FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALREADY, AND NOW THE FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED REQUIREING REPLACEMENT OF THEM AND THE PADS AGAIN. *AK

THE FRONT-PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE OUTSIDE BRAKE PAD HAS WORN DOWN TO THE SQUEALER WHILE THE INSIDE BRAKE PAD SHOWS LITTLE WEAR. I HAVE CONTACTED THE OLDSMOBILE REPRESENTATIVE CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM AND HE HAS OPENED A CASE REPORT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEN AT 16000-17...

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK AT RESIDENCE, ALARM WILL GO OFF , ALSO HEADLIGHT AND HORN WILL COME ON. DEALER PUT VEHICLE ON COMPUTER, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. DEFECT WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK AT RESIDENCE, ALARM WILL GO OFF , ALSO HEADLIGHT AND HORN WILL COME ON. DEALER PUT VEHICLE ON COMPUTER, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. DEFECT WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK AT RESIDENCE, ALARM WILL GO OFF , ALSO HEADLIGHT AND HORN WILL COME ON. DEALER PUT VEHICLE ON COMPUTER, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. DEFECT WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK *SLC

DEFECTIVE FRONT ROTORS,CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ONLY OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED OF 50 MPH. VEHICLE IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AFTER SECOND INCIDENT, WITHIN THREE WEEKS APART, DEALER TURNED/ REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PRESENT MILEAGE 45,600 FIRST REPORTED ATTEMT TO FIX 24,200 MILES. DISTRICT MANAGER OLDSMOBILE SAYS THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. HE OWNED ONE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IAM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE DISTRACTION THIS HESITATION CAUSES WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DISTRICT MGR. WILL BE A FARNSW...

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING. WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A SLOWDOWN SPEED OR STOP POSITION IT WOULD SHUT OFF.ALMOST RESULTED IN NEAR COLLISIONS. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON NINE OCCASIONS FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT STOPPING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES AND 12000 MILES,I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A RATTLING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THEY REPORTED THAT ONE LUG: NUT WAS SHEARED OFF AND ANOTHER TWO WERE LOOSE. THIS WAS THEIR FINDINGS FOR BOTH SERVICE CALLS. THEY HAD NO EXPLANATION OTHER THAN PO...

THE CAR HAS A PRONOUNCED 'SHUDDER/VIBRATION' AT LOW SPEED (AROUND 25MPH). THE PROBLEM INTENSIFIES WHEN TURNING RIGHT, ESPECIALLY OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE ROTORS APPEAR TO BE WARPED AS THEY ALSO VIBRATE UNDER BRAKING, CAUSING THE SHUDDER TO AGAIN INTENSIFY. THE DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS A 'COMMO...

WINDSHIELD WASHER MALFUNCTIONED. *YC

SIDE DOOR MOLDING FAILED. MJS

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED. *YC

CD PLAYER TOO FAST. YH

ENGINE HAS QUIT ON FOUR SEPERATE OCASSIONS BUT EACH TIME WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE BY PUTING IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING KEY AND DRIVING NORMALLY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED

THE CONSUMER WAS WARMING THE VEHICLE UP, AND WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING ABOUT ONE MILE, THE CONSUMER STARTED FELLING LIGHTHEADED. PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE DOOR TO GET SOME AIR AND NOTICED THERE WERE VAPORS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. CAN'T DETERMINE WHERE THE SMELL IS COMING FROM. ...

THE HORN SENSOR IS NOT EASILY LOCATED IN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THIS IS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WHEN DRIVER IS INABLE TO LOOK DOWN AT WHEEL TO FIND THE "SWEET SPOT" HORN PLACEMENT IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE HORN. *AK