1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Complaints

ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 30, 2004, THE FUEL RAIL ON MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA DEVELOPED A LEAK AND FLOODED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH RAW GASOLINE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED OLDSMOBILE DEALER IN SEWARD NEBRASKA FOR REPAIRS. RECENTLY I NOTICED THAT GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON 1995-1997 AURORAS WITH THIS PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, OLDSMOBILE HAS DETERMINED THAT MY VEHICLE [XXX] WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. SINCE THIS WAS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE $474.34 FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. *JB UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WE OWN A 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. ON JUNE 9TH OUR CAR WAS HAULED TO WALKER JONES IN WAYCROSS GEORGIA BECAUSE IT HAD STALLED, WAS SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, HAD GAS IN THE OIL . WE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THIS CAR WAS RECALLED DUE TO NYLON TUBING COULD CRACK AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. WHEN WE PICKED THE CAR UP, WE WERE CHARGED FOR THIS RECALL....$ 378.62. FIRST WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A RECALL AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGES. THEN THEY CHANGED IT TO NOPE ALL MODELS BUT YOURS IS UNDER THE RECALL AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. WHY ARE ALL AURORAS UNDER THIS RECALL 1996-1997 MODELS RECALLED AND NOT THE 1995'S? I MEAN IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER MODELS. COULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER MY CONCERNS? THANK YOU. DANETTE DAVISON [email protected]. *JB

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

GM IS NOT STANDING BY THEIR FUEL RAIL RECALL FOR THE 1995 OLDS AURORAS. I HAD TO HAVE MINE FIXED AND IT COST $400.00 AND TIME OFF FROM WORK. THEY ARE FIXING THE 96 AND 97 AURORAS. MINE HAD TO UNDER THE HOOD GAS LEAKS IN MARCH AND THE GM RECALL 04014/NHTSA 04V-110 ALSO NOW INCLUDES THE 95-97 CADILLACS. *JB

1) SMELL OF RAW FUEL UPON STARTING AND DRIVING VEHICLE 2) DEALERSHIP QUARANTINED VEHICLE TO ORDER REPLACEMENT PARTS 3) DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL RAIL (KNOWN PROBLEM; RECALLED ON THOUSANDS), CHARGED CONSUMER $593 FOR REPAIRS. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN NHTSA RECALL 04V110000. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L V8 ENGINES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE NYLON TUBING USED IN THE FUEL RAIL CONSTRUCTION MAY DEGRADE AND CRACK. ADDITIONALLY, THE 1995 MODEL YEAR USES A UNIQUE UNDERHOOD FUEL RETURN LINE THAT MAY CRACK. CRACKING OF THE FUEL RAIL OR RETURN LINE TUBING CAN RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1995.*AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED . THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER SMELLED A GASOLINE ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FUEL RAIL NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE MECHANIC ALSO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

THIS VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK SIMILAR TO THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THE FUEL RAIL TUBING RECALL 04V110000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER SMELL FUEL AND THE FUEL NEEDLE WAS SLOWLY MOVING DOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. A MAN AT THE STATION WAS MOTIONING TOWARDS THE CONSUMER AND ONCE HE REACHED THE VEHICLE HE TOLD HER TO STOP TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BECAUSE FUEL WAS LEAKING FORM HER VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL RAIL AND PUMP. *NM

VEHICLE WAS SPURTING GAS ONTO THE ENGINE. . VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V100000 DUE TO VIN. *AK

ON JULY 21, 2004, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA, I SMELLED GASOLINE FUMES. I QUICKLY STOPPED MY VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF. FUEL WAS DUMPING FROM THE ENGINE ONTO THE ROAD. I IMMEDIATELY MOVED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. A FEW MINUTES LATER I RETURNED AND OPENED THE HOOD. THE FUEL HAD BEEN SPRAYING FROM ONE OF THE NYLON FUEL LINES THAT RUN IN SERIAL BETWEEN EACH OF THE FUEL INJECTORS. I LOST APPROXIMATELY 4 GALLONS OF GASOLINE DURING THIS SHORT DRIVE OF ABOUT 1/2 MILE. I WAS GRATEFUL AND SURPRISED THAT THE CAR HADN'T CAUGHT FIRE OR EXPLODED SINCE SO MUCH FUEL WAS LOST. GM INFORMS ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS YET THEY APPARENTLY HAVE A SIMILIAR PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR CHEVY VEHICLES THAT DOES HAVE A RECALL IN EFFECT.