1996 Oldsmobile Aurora

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/18/2001· STEERING

  WHILE TRAVELING LESS THAN 5 MPH STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED POWER STEERING UNIT AND RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE FREE OF FRAME, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

• 12/17/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/22/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN SITTING AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP FORWARD AND STALLS OUT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND CANNOT FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

• 11/20/2007· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CAR KEEPS STALLING. ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. STRONG GAS ODOR IN VEHICLE. NOTICED FUEL SPRAYING OVER ENGINE WHILE TRY TO PUT COOLANT IN CAR. RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR RECALL ON FUEL RAIL. DEALERSHIP SAID FUEL LINE IS THE REASON FOR LEAK. WAS UNABLE TO DO RECALL REPAIR UNLESS LINE IS REPLACED FIRST. LINE ISN'T COVERED IN RECALL THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE. *TR

• 11/19/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  MY 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA EXHIBITED AN EXTREMELY STRONG GASOLINE ODOR WHILE DRIVING HOME AND, ESPECIALLY, AFTER BEING STORED OVERNIGHT IN MY GARAGE. IT WAS FOUND BY THE DEALER THAT THE HOSES IN THE FUEL SYSTEM HAVE DETERIORATED AND ARE LEAKING GASOLINE. DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. A POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION COULD HAVE OCCURRED IN THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STORED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT AND THE FUMES COULD HAVE BEEN IGNITED BY THE PILOT FLAME OF A GAS WATER HEATER LOCATED IN THE GARAGE.*AK

• 11/19/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NORTHSTAR ALUMINUM CAST ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE SURFACE. *ET

• 11/13/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN STARTING VEHICLE GOES INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, RPMS 2,500, IN FOR REPAIR FOR CRUISE CONTROL. *AK *JB

• 11/07/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. DRIVER OPENED THE HOOD, AND FOUND GASOLINE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND A LEAK IN THE TWO FUEL LINES.*AK

• 11/05/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING CONSUMER NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER FUEL LINE CRACKED, CAUSING GAS TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK

• 11/05/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER STATED FUEL LINE LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO IGNITE.*AK

• 11/04/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  I HAD A FUEL RAIL LEAK ON MY 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA SIMILAR TO OTHERS REPORTED ON MSNBC NEWS. FUEL RAIL REPLACED BY SAINT CLAIRE CADILLAC/OLDSMOBILE OF SANTA CLARA, CA AT MY EXPENSE IN OCTOBER10, 2003. THEY CHARGED ME $1,024.11 FOR THIS WORK (ALSO CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS). THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH LEAKS AT THE FUEL TANK OVERFLOW.*AK

• 11/04/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  MY 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA DEVELOPED A GAS LEAK ON THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE FUEL RAIL WHICH SPRAYED GASOLINE ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. LUCKILY, NO FIRE OCCURRED AND THE RAIL WAS REPLACED BY A GM DEALERSHIP. THREE MONTHS LATER, THE FUEL LINE DEVELOPED A LEAK ON THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE TUBING. THIS WAS ALSO REPLACED BY A GM DEALERSHIP. *AK

• 11/03/2004· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT BUCKLE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IN AN EMERGENCY HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE. *AK

• 10/31/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WHILE COASTING OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIX PROBLEM, CAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED NUMEROUS TIME FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. TS

• 10/27/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,TIRESFire

  WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. ALSO, LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRE. *AK

• 10/26/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI LOCK BRAKES MSD VALVE FAILED. NLM

• 10/26/1997· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WATER LEAKS INTO LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT AS A RESULT, BULB BLOWS/WATER SEAPS INTO TRUNK.

• 10/21/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAS WITNESSED FUEL LEAKING FROM THEIR VEHICLE. SHE SAID THEY LEFT IT PARKED TO HAVE IT TOWED BY THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER STATED THEY WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT TOMORROW. THE CONSUMER WENT ON LINE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS, BUT DID NOT FIND ANY. *JB

• 10/21/1997· STRUCTURE

  RIGHT ELECTRICAL DOOR LATCHES FAILED. YH

• 10/20/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LEAKED GAS AND SMELLED OF FUEL. *BF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BEGAN TO LEAK FUEL PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY $2000. TO REPAIR THE FUEL RAIL TUBING. *NM

• 10/19/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. *JB

• 10/18/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL RAIL HOSES WHICH ARE MADE OF PLASTIC SPLIT CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPILL QUARTER TANK OF GAS ALL OVER ENGINE. DT

• 10/16/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  BATTERY THAT IS PLACED UNDER RIGHT REAR SEAT CAME LOOSE/ BROKE AND SPRAYED BATTERY ACID OVER ENTIRE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.

• 10/14/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  GASOLINE FUMES ARE MAKING CONSUMER SICK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT AIR COMPRESSOR WAS NOT WORKING. *AK *YC

• 10/12/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OWNER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND THE FUEL PUMP SHORTED OUT. ALL COVERING WAS MELTED BYTHE INCORRECT WIRING SEAL THAT WAS SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER . THIS CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

• 10/11/1996· STEERING

  STEERING FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING, ALSO CUT CABLE TO THE AIRBAGS AND WARNING LIGHTS. *AK

• 10/09/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FIRST FAILURE 09/2000 - 41450 MILES. SECOND FAILURE 09/2001 - 62444 MILES. BOTH FAILURES INVOLVED THE SAME ELECTRICAL WIRE ON BOTH PUMPS. FIRST PUMP SHOWED SIGNS OF ARCING. SECOND PUMP, WIRE WAS MELTED. I HAVE BOTH PUMPS IF INSPECTION IS DESIRED. THE PUMP IS LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK WHICH IS A DEFINITE SAFETY FACTOR TO ME. THE SECOND REPAIR WAS COMPLETED 10/02/2001, HOWEVER, NO EXPLANATION OF WHAT CAUSED THE WIRE TO ARC/MELT.*AK

• 09/28/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  NHTSA #95V204000, I CALLED GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY SAID IT'S NOT THEIR RECALL. *NM

• 09/23/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THIS MALFUNCTION WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE VEHICLE STALLING IN TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIMES. THE ENGINE WOULD STOP WITHOUT WARNING OR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM AND WAS ALSO INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WOULD RESTART AND RUN FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD RUN WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF TRYING TO DUPLICATE THIS MALFUNCTION, KING OLDSMOBILE, 1399 S. FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33441, PH: 954 574-1427,THE VEHICLE STALLED. THEY DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FUEL PUMP, THEY FOUND FRAYED WIRING AND EVIDENCE OF ARCING AT AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON THE FUEL PUMP. THIS PUMP IS LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK. (I HAVE THE OLD FUEL PUMP IF NEEDED FOR INSPECTION) THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PERFORMING WITHOUT INCIDENT SINCE REPAIRED. I CALLED OLDSMOBILE CUSTORMER SERVICE AND INFORMED THEM OF THIS PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM I FELT THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY CONCERN AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE PROBLEM AREA, SINCE THE NHTSA WEBSITE HAD THREE SIMILAR REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS, ODI ID 866437, 780417, 850386. THEY RECORDED THIS INFORMATION, HOWEVER , I WAS NOT SATISFIED THAT THIS WOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THIS APPEARS NOT TO BE AN ISOLATED CASE. MY FILE NUMBER AT OLDSMOBILE IS 00313584, CUSTOMER SERVICE PH: 1-800-442-6537. *AK

• 09/20/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALLS 04V110000 . SOME PASSENGER 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. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REFUND THE CONSUMER FOR THE REPAIRED BE THE FUEL HOSE CRACKED NOT THE RAIL. *NM

• 09/20/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT WARNING. PULLED OVER, AND DISCOVERED THAT FUEL RAIL HAD SPEWED GAS ALL OVER ENGINE.*AK

• 09/17/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER BEING TOWED NO FUEL PRESSURE WAS FOUND AND DID FIND A SHORT ON ENGINE BLOCK.

• 09/12/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING FUEL TANK HAD CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. CONSUMER CAN STRONGLY SMELL GAS FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

• 09/08/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  DUE TO A SPILT CRACK IN THE FUEL LINE BETWEEN FUEL INJECTOR ON THE FUEL RAIL, THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY. *AK

• 09/07/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,INTERIOR LIGHTING,EQUIPMENT

  DT: THE ALARM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY/THE CHIME INDICATOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTING IS INOPERATIVE. THESE PROBLEMS HAS AFFECTED THE LIGHTER AND THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE DOORS. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE YET. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CONTROL MODULE, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THIS STARTED ON JANUARY 7,2005. THE LIGHTING WOULD WORK FOR TEN MINUTES AT A TIME AT FIRST, BUT NOW THEY WERE COMPLETELY OUT. THE COOLING FANS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED.*AK *MR

• 08/29/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  MY 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE RETURN FUEL LINE. I WAS TRAVELING HOME AND SMELLED GAS AND IN 15 MILES LOST A QUARTER TANK OF GAS. I TOOK THE CAR INTO OLDSMOBILE AND THEY SAID THIS WAS NOT PART OF THEIR RECALL. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT ANOTHER PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THIS OCCUR WHERE THERE IS SERIOUS INJURY.*JB

• 08/27/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

• 08/26/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  ACCELERATOR PEDAL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN THE CAR HITS A BUMP OR IS TRAVELING ON A ROUGH ROAD. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, SAID TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN ALL 95,96.97 MODELS.

• 08/24/2004· SEATS

  WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE VEHICLE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. DEALER FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MODULE BOX UNDER THE SEAT THAT CONTROLLED THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT. THAT BOX MELTED. *AK

• 08/22/1998· STEERING

  MY VEHICLE BECOMES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE A RIGHT HAND TURN AFTER DRIVING ON WET ROAD OR HIGHWAY. FEELS LIKE ENGINE HAS STOPPED AND POWER ASSISTED STEERING IS GONE, HOWEVER, EINGNE HAS NOT STOPPED, STEERING BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME A RIGHT HAND TURN IS NEGOTIATED.

• 08/20/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO PERFORM THE FUEL RAIL TUBING RECALL 04V110000 REPAIRS BECAUSE THE PART WAS ALREADY INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THE NEW RECALL RAIL LOOKED LIKE, AND IT WAS NOT THE RAIL THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. *AK THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RAIL HAD BEEN INSTALLED 9 MONTHS EARLIER AND WAS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE. *SC *JB

• 08/16/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO FAULTY OXYGEN SENSOR. *SLC

• 08/08/2001· STEERING

  CAR LOOSES POWER STEERING ON SLOW MANUVERING TURNS. WITHOUT WARNING. INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

• 07/31/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE STALLS IN HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THERE'S NOISE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK. IT HAS STALLED 3 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP TWICE, AND SAID THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT ANYMORE. *AK

• 07/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY 1996 AURORA S' RADIATOR GOT A HOLE NEAR THE PLASTIC PART.AT FIRST WE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST ARE LUCK BUT WHEN WE WENT TO BUY ANOTHER ONE.THE PERSON WE WERE BUYING IT FROM TOLD US HIS DID THE SAME THING BUT HIS IS A 1995 BUT SAME RADIATOR.HE IS FROM NEW YORK NOW WE THINK THAT THIS SOUNDS FUNNY.AND THE AIR DOES NOT HARDLEY WORK EVEN WHEN WE GOT IT CHARGED.

• 07/26/2013· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  MY 1996 OLD AURORA FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AND EMITTING A STRONG GAS ORDER. I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL TANK. THE RECALL NUMBER IS 04014. *TR

• 07/23/1998· SUSPENSION

  EXTREME VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, REPAIRS TO WHEEL AND TIRES HOWEVER CONTINUES TO VIBRATE.

• 07/22/2009· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN INTENSE ODOR OF GASOLINE AND FOUND A PINHOLE IN THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE OFFERED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2004 ACCORDING TO A RECALL, AND NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT ALL OF THE PARTS WERE NOT REPLACED AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL REPAIR, AND THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED DUE TO IMPROPER REPAIR WORK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN. THE VIN AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 207,000.

• 07/18/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  DT: CONSUMER HAS A 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF A RECALL 04V110000 ON THE 1995 VEHICLE CONCERNING FUEL RAIL AND RETURN LINE. HIS VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE RETURN LINE. THIS VEHICLE HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON THE FUEL RAIL. CONSUMER WANTED WANTS TO HAVE RETURN LINE INCLUDED IN RECALL AND HAD IT REPLACED LAST YEAR. HE SMELLED GAS WHEN VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. CONSUMER HAD DEALER, CRESTMONT CADILLAC OF BEACHWOOD, OHIO, LOOK AT VEHICLE, THIS WAS THE SAME DEALER WHO REPLACED FUEL RAIL. DEALER SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH THE RETURN LINE.*AK

• 07/17/2012· EQUIPMENT

  CPSC#I1250398A. BLITZ RHINO RAMPS, 1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. CONSUMER STATED AFTER DRIVING HIS CAR ONTO THE RAMP, HE NOTICED THE BASE OF THE RAMP UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE COLLAPSED. HE ALSO STATED HE ONLY USED THE RAMP FIVE TIMES AFTER PURCHASE. *LN