2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

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

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

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

ENGINE BLOCK CASTING PROBLEM FROM THE FACTORY. ENGINE LEAKED AND USED COOLANT. ENGINE REPLACED @ 8000 MILES. SINCE REPLACEMENT CAR HAS NEVER RUN CORRECTLY, STALLS, ENGINE LIGHT ON, MULITPLE ERROR CODES IN COMPUTER.

GRINDING NOISE IN TRANSMISSION AND DOES NOT SHIFT WITHOUT JERKING. *TS ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761548

WHILE DRIVING 15MPH OR LESS, LOST POWER STEERING IN VEHICLE. DEALER CAN NOT REPAIR PROBLEM BECAUSE OF EMISSION CONTROL LAW.*AK.*JB

HEADLIGHTS DIM AND FLICKER AT RANDOM, TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEADLAMPS REPEATEDLY. *AK

THE REAR FOG LIGHTS ARE VERY DISTRACTING. THEY ARE AS BRIGHT AS THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND COULD BE CONFUSED AS THEM. AT NIGHT THEY CAN ALSO BE BLINDING AND DETER FROM THEIR REAL PURPOSE. EUROPEAN CARS TYPICALLY HAVE ONE REAR FOG LIGHT IN THE BACK. THIS IS USUALLY ONE OF THE BACK-UP LIGHTS. THE OLDS USES TWO VERY BRIGHT RED LIGHTS FOR THIS. MOST OF THE TIME, THIS LIGHTS ARE ON WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT BE.*AK

IT IS GM' POLICY NOT TO MANDATE THEIR DEALERS TO HAVE THEIR SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE UP TO DATE FOR THE NEW MODEL YEAR AUTOS. THE SOFTWARE UPDATES IS TYPICALLY A YEAR BEHIND. HENCE DEALERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS NOR WHNE REPLACING MADE SUSPENSION PARTS ASURE THAT SUSPENSION IS IN PROPER ALIGNEMENT. THIS COULD CAUSE POOR HANDLING AND POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT. THE SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURES SEEM TO OFFER TWO MAINTAINANE PACKAGES. ONE IS A CHEAPER PACKAGE WHICH IS A YEAR BEHIND. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN ALLOW DEALERS TO SERVICE NEW CARS WITH OUT HAVING THE POPER EQUIPMENT TO ASSURE ITS SAFETY.*AK

POSSIBLE DUE TO DROPPING OR POOR HANDLING AT MANUFACTURE, THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE HAD A SMALL HOLE IN IT ABOUT THE DAMAGED WHEEL, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY DROPPING THE RIM ON THE FLOOR, RESULTED IN A SLOW LEAK AND THEN A FLAT.