1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN HAS LOOSENED. STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF. TO WNERS KNOWLEDGE, THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH AND THE STEERING COLUMN HAS NEVER BEEN SERVICED. *AK

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

THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL RAIL WHICH WAS TOO CLOSE TO SPARK PLUGS, COULD EASILY START FIRE.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT; TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR; DTC #76 INDICATES A PRESSURE SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 52,000 MILES. NO TRANSMISSION SHOP WANTS TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HAS BROKEN TWO ENGINE MOUNTS WHEN PUTTING TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE DUE TO THE HARDNESS OF THE OPERATION. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN ENGINE (CAR) IS COLD, IS STARTED, AND PLACED INTO REVERSE. CLEAR CODE AND ALL IS NORMAL UNTILL THE NEXT TIME.*AK

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

VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHUTDOWN.

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 75 MPH IN WYOMING, THE CAR BEGAN AN GRADUAL INCREASE IN SPEED - THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT TOUCHED. TOUCHING THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES DID NOT STOP THE SPEED INCREASE. TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH DID NOT STOP THE INCREASE. AFTER HAD BREAKING AND AFTER REACHING A SPEED OF 90 MPH, THE UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION FINALLY STOPPED. AFTER THAT WE DID NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF WYOMING WITH NO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, IF WE HAD BEEN IN CITY TRAFFIC WE WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE CRASHED INTO SOMEONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HEARD A LOUD NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION HAD CRACKED AND COULD NOT BE FIXED. INSTEAD, NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION, UPON CHANGING GEARS, SLIPS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER FOUND THAT CYLINOIDS WERE BAD, ALSO ,THERE WAS A VERY STRONG SMELL, AS IF SOMETHING WAS BURNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THEN, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE FOR UNKNOWN REASON. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *YH