1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA WOULD NOT START. *BF THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO HALT WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER A DEEP DIAGNOSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS BURNT AND A NEW PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE WIRING TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE INSULATION OFF ONE OF THE WIRES. *JB

TRIED TO START VEHICLE, VEHICLE BACKFIRED. A FEW MINUTES LATER, I NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR, AND THE ICE ON THE VEHICLE WAS MELTING. I OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A BLANKET.*AK

INFO COPY OF LTR TO GM WRITER/OWNER OF A 1995 OLDS AURORA FUEL SYSTEM DEFECT. *BF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V110000. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OR LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE IT. *TC *JB

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF A GAS LEAK. RECALL CAMPAIGN#04V110000 WAS ISSUED ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS YEAR MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK GASOLINE WAS SPRAYING ON THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD LOST 1/4 TANK OF GAS. *SC *JB

WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ONTO A TOW TRUCK THE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY STEERING COLUMN JACKET BROKE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND FLOPPED AROUND LIKE A BROKEN ARM. THE CAUSE OF THE COLUMN BREAKING HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR 95 AURORA AFTER REPAIRS FOR ODOR OF GAS CAME INTO CAR. GAS HAD CAME FROM BRAKE LINE ON THE MOTOR CAUSED MORE PROBLEM. *BF RECALL# 04V110000. *SC

DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO LEAK FUEL. REPLACED FUEL RAIL AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *BF CONSUMER OWNS A 1995 AND 1997 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE 1997 AURORA WAS RECALL AND REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 04V110000. ON JULY 7, 2004 THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS INSIDE THE 1995 AURORA AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THERE HE LEARNED HIS 1995 AURORA HAD EXPERIENCED THE EXACT DEFECT AS STATED IN THE RECALL FOR THE 1997 AURORA ( FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE). THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER FOR THE FUEL RAIL BUT NOT FOR THE REGULATOR WHICH THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED. *NM

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT THE VEHICLE BACK CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE WAS STILL NOT FIXED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SMELLED OF STRONG GAS FUMES IN/OUT. FUEL WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMURSEMENT.THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK DID NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR, THE FUEL PUMP LOST PRESSURE, THE SERPINTINE BELT CRACKED, AND THERE WAS EXTENDED CRANKING WHEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WARM. RECALL# 04V110000 *SC