1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

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

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 THESE OLDSMOBILE AURORA DRIVING AROUND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE WITH THE POWER TO DO SO, LIKE YOURSELF, FEEL COMPELLED TO LET THE AMERICAN CONSUMERS KNOW THAT THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION EXIST AND MAKE OLDSMOBILE ADMIT IT HAS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM IN IT'S FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. LARRY BURNSIDE. *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

GAS FUMES SMELLING THE CAR. HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL RAILS REPLACED. CAR HAD 80,046 MILES. *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

FUEL LINE FITTINGS CRACK AND RELEASE HIGH-PRESSURE SPRAY OF FUEL ONTO HOT MANIFOLD AND EXHAUST CREATING NOXIOUS FUMES AND FIRE RISK. *LA

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 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

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

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