1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

I SMELLED GASOLINE IN MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LEAKY FUEL RAIL. THE MECHANIC SAID IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME WITH AURORAS. 09-2003. *AK

WE HAVE A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WE HAD A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP RETURN LINE. AT THE TIME THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT THE DEALER DID NOT SAY THERE WAS ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS, BUT WE KNEW BETTER. FUEL LINES THAT SPRING LEAKS ARE VERY DANGEROUS, AND NORMALLY INDICATE FAULTY ENGINEERING. WE NOW HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON REGARDING THIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US FOR ANY INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE. ALSO, WE ONLY HAD THE RETURN LINE THAT WAS LEAKING REPLACED, WE DID NOT HAVE THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL FEED LINE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LEAKING AT THE TIME. SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS? PLEASE ADVISE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK

I OWN A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA (VIN [XXX]). DUE TO FUEL LEAKS, ABOUT A MONTH AGO I HAD THE FUEL RAIL REPLACED AT E & D AUTO SERVICE IN DEARBORN MI. TODAY I READ IN THE DETROIT NEWS ABOUT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF THIS FAILURE. THE LEAKS WERE IN THE PLASTIC SECTION OF THE RAIL AS DESCRIBED IN THE DETROIT NEWS ARTICLE: HTTP://WWW.DETNEWS.COM/2003/AUTOSINSIDER/0311/03/AUTOS-314583.HTM *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE HAVING MY OIL CHANGED IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT MY FUEL LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VERY SMALL PIN HOLE BUT A STEADY STREAM OF FUEL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE INJECTOR LINE WAS SPRAYING FUEL ALSO. I NEVER PAID ATTENTION BEFORE BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GM WOULD USE PLASTIC FOR A FUEL LINE ANYWAY MAYBE THIS IS STANDARD I'M NO MECHANIC BUT AT WHAT GM WANTS FOR THE PARTS AND THEN TO HAVE THEM PUT ON MAYBE I SHOULD BE. OF COURSE GM IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BUY THE FUEL PARTS TOO IMAGINE THAT! WELL HOPEFULLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND GM WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEFECTS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FUEL LINE SYSTEM WAS LEAKING GASOLINE OVER THE HOT ENGINE DUE TO A FAULTY FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK

FUEL LINE AND FUEL RAIL FAILURE CAUSING GASOLINE TO BE SPRAY ONTO ENGINE. FUEL RAIL FAILURE CAUSED LARGER AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE TO VAPORIZE INTO A CLOUD APPEARING AS STEAM. ANY ELECTRICAL SPARK COULD HAVE CAUSED EXPLOSION AND FIRE. *JB

EVERY FOURTH DAY TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE, AND IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT GEAR. GMC MECHANIC STATED PCM VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED ROUGHLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE MOUNTS AND WELL AS INTERNAL TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. CAR NOW SHIFTS ABRUPTLY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE NOT SHIFTING ON SOME OCCASIONS. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME OF PRESSURE CONTROL SWITCH FAILURE REQUIRING COMPLETE OVERHAUL OR RAPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS MOTOR MOUNT REPLACEMENT. ASIDE FROM THIS MOST RECENT PROBLEM, THE RADIATOR, AIR COMPRESSOR, AIR CONDITIONING HOSES AND BLOWER FAN CONTROL MODULE, ALTERNATOR, IGNITION COIL PACK AND LOWER CRANKCASE GASKET HAVE ALL FAILED WITHIN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. CAR CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 115,000 MILES ON IT AND PROBABLY WON'T LIVE TO ACCUMULATE MANY MORE. TOTAL PIECE OF CRAP FROM GM. (OH THAT SICK GM FEELING!). *AK

FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE. WHILE AT AN OIL CHANGE SHOP THE OWNER ASKED ME TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD. HE SHOWED ME GAS SHOOTING THE FUEL LINE. I WAS LUCKY, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED LATER AS I WAS DRIVING AND CAUSED A FIRE AND/OR BLEW UP. *JB