2001 Oldsmobile Aurora

Safety Score
73
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2000-04-17 00V114000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS 8,132 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2019-03-20 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 THE ENGINE RANDOMLY DIES OR STALLS WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT RANDOM TIMES AND WILL NOT TURN BACK ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THE …
2018-06-04 TIRES No 0 I RECENTLY PURCHASED FOUR (4) GOODYEAR EAGLE ULTRA GRIP GW-3 TIRES (235/55R17) FROM SAMS CLUB IN DOVER, DELAWARE AND TH…
2018-04-04 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 POWER STEERING PUMP LINE WAS MELTED INTO THE BOLT NEAR THE LINE , ALSO THE BODY OVER A YEAR BEGAN TO RUST...SO IT TOOK …
2017-09-11 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG, STABILITY, AND BRAKE …
2017-08-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 THIS CAR KEEP BURNING OUT THE BATTERY KILL THE BATTERY IN FIVE DAYS DEALERSHIP CAN,T FIND THE PROBLEM CAN YOU HELP ME
2017-07-25 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 I'VE NOTICED ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WOULD START THIS CAR, AND THE RPM'S WOULD GO VERY HIGH. AFTER A WHILE IT STOPPED DOING …
2017-05-01 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 I BOUGHT THIS 2001 AURORA USED IN 2015. THE CHECK ENGINE WAS ON AND WHEN I QUESTIONED PREVIOUS OWNER HE STATED IT WAS A…
2016-10-09 ENGINE No 0 CUSTOMERS CAR CAME IN WITH A FAILED STARTER ON THE 4.0L ENGINE. UPON REMOVING THE INTAKE, IT WAS FOUND THAT OIL HAD FIL…
2016-09-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE GAS TANK. I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR PUT GAS IN THE CAR PARKED THE CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON …
2016-01-22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 THEY VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNPREDICTABLY TURNS OFF. THIS RESULTS IN LOST POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES. THE VEHICLE MUS…
2015-08-01 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHIC…
2015-02-04 STEERING No 0 ON 2/4/2015 BOUGHT A 2001 OLDS/AURORA FROM AN INDIVIDUAL, NICE AND CLEAN DROVE IT BACK TO HOMETOWN APPROX 60 MILES. I T…
2014-12-19 STEERING No 0 THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ONCE I PUT IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE LOCKED UP AND THE ST…
2014-11-22 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER CAR, MY VEHICLE BEGAN UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES …
2014-10-02 STEERING No 0 WHILE SLOWING MY SPEED TO GET ONTO THE RAMP TO THE EXPRESSWAY, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED COMPLETELY AND WOULDN'T ALLOW M…
2014-07-14 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I AM WRITING TO YOU TO DETAIL AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH NO BRAKE PRESS…
2014-05-29 STEERING No 0 I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOPLIGHT, DECREASING MY SPEED, ALTERNATELY USING THE BRAKE AND COASTING. THE STEERING WHEEL TH…
2014-02-20 STEERING No 0 WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A STOPLIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED UP AND THE PEDALS LOCKED. THE ENGINE STOPPED. I HAD TO…
2013-10-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 OCT. 02, 2013 - REPORTED TO GM DEALERSHIP CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS START, START INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL STALL WHILE BEING DR…
2013-05-20 SUSPENSION No 0 MY ABS LIGHT IS ON AND IT JUST FEELS FUNNY WHEN I DRIVE IT NOW AFRAID A TIRE MIGHT FAL OFF
2013-02-15 STEERING Yes 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH, THE RACK AND PINION FRA…
2012-08-14 TIRES No 0 THIS REPORT CONCERNS AN UNUSED SPARE DONUT TIRE IN THE TRUNK OF A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT). LAST WE…
2012-02-07 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT…
2011-04-14 STEERING No 0 FOR THE LAST 4YRS. I HAVE BEEN PROBLEM AFTER WITH THIS CAR. ESPECIALLY WITH THE RACK AND PINION I HAVE THE RACK AND PI…
2010-11-13 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGE…
2010-07-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 MY RPM SHOOTS UP TO RED AND SO I HAVE TO TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART. OFTEN CAR WON'T START RIGHT AWAY. THEN AWHILE LATER …
2010-06-14 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM Yes 0 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA, THE DRIVER STATED THE POWER STEERING TEMPORARILY STOPPED WORKING. DRIVER LOST CONTROL, WENT OF…
2010-05-06 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE No 0 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VIOLENTLY AT TIMES, THE SHIFT RANGES FROM A SLIGHT BUMP TO A BUMP THAT FEELS LIKE THE…
2009-11-02 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN …
2009-10-15 STEERING No 0 SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING THE CAR WILL ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. IF THE CAR IS PLACED IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE REVS A…
2009-07-13 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 1 I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WITH MY VEHICLE RUNNING. SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING FLAMES CAME OUT OF MY DASHBOARD BURNING…
2009-06-04 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 I KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE TO SERVICE MY STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM ON MY 2001 OLDS AURORA. HOFFMAN OLDS STATES THERE IS NO…
2009-02-11 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON 9/2007 WITH 65,327 MILES. THE 1ST YEAR OR SO, IT WAS OK, EXCEPT FOR THE EMMISIONS SYSTEM W…
2009-02-09 ENGINE No 0 DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SPUTTER OR SHUT OFF, EVEN IN A CURVE. IT FINALLY FRIGHTENED ME SO MU…
2009-01-26 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2001 AURORA'S ARE NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMP…
2008-06-18 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; AUTO DROVE ROUGH-PROBLEM GETTING UP TO SPEED, AND WHEN STOPPED FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO…
2008-06-01 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 I ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATORS ON THIS OLDS AURORA 2001. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT GM DOESN'T HAVE RECALL…
2008-04-21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHILE DRIVING CAR CUTS OUT, ENGINE STOPS. NO POWER. AFTER OVER 3 WEEKS OF RETURNING CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES, THE DEALER F…
2008-04-18 STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK No 0 STARTED CAR AND PROCEEDED TO LEAVE PARKING SPACE, TURNED STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING STUCK ALMOST CAUS…
2008-03-15 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 WE OWN A OLDSMOBILE AURORA AND THE REAR POWER WINDOWS HAVE BROKE 3 TIMES. THE INSIDE PLASTIC PIECE BREAKS WHICH CAUSES …
2008-01-01 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY No 0 PURCHASED USED OLDS AURORA 2001 V-8 HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, 3 MO AFTER HAVING IT, USED SUNROOF FOR…
2008-01-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN WITH THIS 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA V8 SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. RIGHT NOW IT SMELLS LIKE IT'S O…
2007-12-27 STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR No 0 CLUNKY FEEL AND EVENTUALLY NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL. TURNED OUT TO BE THE STEERING COLUMN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. LOOKED IT …
2007-12-26 WHEELS:RIM No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE RIMS FAILED DUE TO INNER CORROSION AND D…
2007-11-16 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE No 0 I HAVE OWNED 3 OLDSMOBILE AURORA'S. 1-1999 MODEL 2-2001 MODELS I NOTICED WITH ALL THREE CARS, THERE HAS BEEN A PROBL…
2007-10-26 STEERING:LINKAGES No 0 MY 2001 OLDSMOBILE AURORA HAS A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH A NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING OR FRONT END, I AM NOT S…
2007-08-17 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW ON MAJORITY OF THE AURORA OLDSMOBILES OF 2001 VEHICLES IS NO LONGER WORKING. PLEASE RECALL…
2007-08-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 MY CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND IT WAS HAVING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS WHICH IS RECALL ID #00V114000 - S…
2007-07-29 STRUCTURE No 0 POOL OF WATER LOCATED IN SPARE TIRE WELL IN THE TRUNK OF CAR. IT COULD BE DUE TO FAULTY WEATHER STRIPING ON THE REAR W…
2007-07-01 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER OWNER, THE WINDOWS ARE FAILING. THE RIGHT PASSENGER REAR WINDOW FAILED, LEF…