2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

WE OWN A OLDSMOBILE AURORA AND THE REAR POWER WINDOWS HAVE BROKE 3 TIMES. THE INSIDE PLASTIC PIECE BREAKS WHICH CAUSES THE WINDOW TO FALL DOWN AND NOT GO BACK UP. WE FEEL YOU HAVE A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE MECHANICAL PARTS OF THE POWER WINDOW. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MANUFACTURER TO COVER REPAIRS AS EACH TIME IT HAS BROKE IT COST $350.00 TO FIX WITH NEW PARTS. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; AUTO DROVE ROUGH-PROBLEM GETTING UP TO SPEED, AND WHEN STOPPED FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. STEERING AND TURNING MAKES A NOISE AND FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. THE COST TO REACH THE PART IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSMISSION IS THE SAME AS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. I NO LONGER DRIVE MY CAR, AND THE COST QUOTED TO REPAIR IT WAS $3,400-WHICH I DON'T HAVE. THE CODE WAS PO741. *TR

STARTED CAR AND PROCEEDED TO LEAVE PARKING SPACE, TURNED STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING STUCK ALMOST CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT OTHER PARKED CARS. STEERING BECAME UNSTUCK AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME. ON THE NEXT RIGHT TURN THE STEERING STUCK AGAIN CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO UP OVER CURB ONTO SIDEWALK AREA. VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT. THE STEERING WILL STICK NOW TURNING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. CAR IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE STEERING STICKING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY. THIS IS HAPPENING AT ALL SPEEDS AND CANNOT BE CORRECTED QUICKLY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ROLLED DOWN AND THEN WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS THE FRONT WINDOW, THE SECOND TIME THE BACK WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULD NO GO UP. IF YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, OR LIVE IN ND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, AS THE COLD WEATHER IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAVE OWNED 3 OLDSMOBILE AURORA'S. 1-1999 MODEL 2-2001 MODELS I NOTICED WITH ALL THREE CARS, THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS NOT PROPERLY OPERATING. THE WINDOW JUST FALLS DOWN ON IT'S OWN AND WON'T ROLL BACK UP. I HAVE TO WEDGE SOMETHING IN THE WINDOW IN ORDER TO KEEP IT UP AND THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. I FOUND THIS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ALL THREE AURORA'S. I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAS THE SAME YEARS AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, ON THIS 2001 AURORA I HAVE NOW, HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. I NOTICED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THAT I HAD TO COME TO A SUDDEN BREAK IN SNOWY WEATHER CONDITIONS, MY BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AND MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE. THE STABILITY SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON THE INFORMATION SYSTEM EVERYTIME THE CAR IS STARTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE RIMS FAILED DUE TO INNER CORROSION AND DETERIORATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHROME WAS PEELING AND AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE RIMS. ONE TIRE CONTINUED TO LOSE AIR, SO THE CONTACT PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE TIRES BEGAN LOSING AIR AGAIN DUE TO DETERIORATED AND CORRODED RIMS. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,100 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,446. UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN

CLUNKY FEEL AND EVENTUALLY NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL. TURNED OUT TO BE THE STEERING COLUMN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. LOOKED IT UP ON INTERNET, IT IS A PROBLEM ON MOST GM LARGE CARS AND TRUCKS. GM HAS SO FAR FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM WITH A RECALL BUT HAS A REPLACEMENT PART AVAILABLE. I REPLACED IT AT THE COST OF $267, WELL WORTH IT TO HAVE MY BEAUTIFUL CAR LIKE NEW AGAIN, BUT GM SHOULD REPLACE FREE FOR THE PR. *TR

AFTER REVIEWING THE COMPLAINTS OF THE OLDSMOBILE AURORA 2001 I AM HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS REGARDING CHECK ENGINE WHEN GOING INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SERVICE THEY STILL STATE THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WHEN I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA HAS A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH A NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING OR FRONT END, I AM NOT SURE WHICH. IT STARTS OUT AS EITHER A GRINDING OR CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING - NOTICE IT MORE AS I AM TURNING INTO MY ALLEY WHICH IS SORT OF A DIP THEN A SMALL RISE FROM THE STREET LEVEL. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT IS STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN. OF COURSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW SO I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY TRY TO TELL/SELL ME ON GETTING IT REPAIRED THIS TIME. ALL THE OTHER TIMES, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY TOOK SOMETHING APART AND GREASED IT. IT LASTED FOR 15 - 20K MILES OR SO AND NEEDED TO BE DONE ALL OVER AGAIN. I AM NOT HAPPY THAT A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM IS NOW MY PROBLEM. I CAN ONLY MARK DOWN THE LAST INCIDENT ON THIS REPORT. I NOW HAVE 69K+ MILES ON THE CAR AND I CANNOT REMEMBER ALL THE DATES OF WHEN EACH INCIDENT HAPPENED. BUT, SUFFICE IT TO SAY ABOUT EVERY 15 - 20K MILES. *TR

AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER OWNER, THE WINDOWS ARE FAILING. THE RIGHT PASSENGER REAR WINDOW FAILED, LEFT REAR WINDOW FELL DOWN AND NOW RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT WORK. WE HAVE REPAIRED THE FIRST WINDOW AND INTEND TO FIX THE OTHER TWO. *TR