1995 Oldsmobile Aurora transmission problems

Filed Apr 14, 2008 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · FL

Transmission was 'stuck' in 2nd gear due to the plastic components in the shift solenoids breaking. Cost $700.00 in repair bills and gm has a service bulletin out advising their locations of this problem and state that the replacement gm parts are now metal.

Filed Oct 17, 2005 · Transmission · 98,000 miles · IA

I was driving home on the highway doing about 50-55 and the transmission just went into 2nd gear so I had to drive 20 miles at about 35 MPH. Luckily there was no one around so there was no accident. At this point in time I haven't done anything to fix it except to have the codes read by a gm dealer and they didn't know what was wrong. I have found out that the shift solenoids are bad due to a failure in the plastic bracket that holds them in place.

Filed May 13, 2005 · Engine, Steering · 133,389 miles · TX

1995 oldsmobile aurora experiencing problems with steering wheel.*mr...consumer took vehicle to premier automotive services , and they recommended the replacement of steering rack ans pinion and steering pressure hose due to leaking steering fluid/epairment of transmission torque converter clutch/ replacement of valve cover gaskets and engine mounts/ repaired coolant leak. Consumer purchased a wynns USA extended warranty, which did not not cover all repair work needed.

Filed Oct 27, 2004 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · MN

Gear position indicator doesn't lock in gear. The slightest touch of the indicator and it moves from the current gear into park.

Filed Jul 15, 2004 · Fuel system, Transmission · 110,000 miles · OK

Recall 04v110000 concerning fuel rail tubing: while standing outside of the vehicle, the consumer smelled a strong odor of gasoline. The consumer attempted to change the fuel filter and found that the fuel rail was punctured. Fuel was squirting out onto the engine. *ak the check engine light had come on due to the shift solenoid and the screen was bad in the transmission. The fuel gauge was inaccurate and was diagnosed as a bad sending unit which was also replaced.

Filed Mar 27, 2004 · Transmission · MN

I own a 1995 oldsmobile aurora. In january 2004 I was driving on the highway at about 70 MPH when out of no where the car shifted into 2nd gear. This abrubt change in gears/RPM/engine noise nearly caused me to get in a accident. The shift solenoid inside the transmission failed, and the car defaulted to 2nd gear. Its my understanding that this is a very common problem, and there was actually a dealer update in 96 or 1997 from gm, who basically admitted a design flaw. This flaw alowed a filter to slide in and out of place constantly smacking the shift soleniod which eventually casued it to snap. The update was a l shaped bar to hold the filter in place. This also cost me about $400 to fix. If gm reliezed this saftey flaw in all of there oldsmobile aurora's up to 97, and cadillacs I believe it should become a recall, this type of faliure is not acceptable, someone could be seriously hurt.

Filed Mar 27, 2004 · Transmission · 96,661 miles · FL

The shift solenoids on all the 1995 aurora and above go bad while driving. Im my case I was going 70 MPH on the interstate when suddenly the car shifted in second gear and was stuck in second gear. I was almost rear ended by another vehicle in addition to the terror I went thru when this happened. There was also no where to pull over as it happened on the bridge. I almost lost control of my vehicle and wrecked.those are 2 shift selenoids that are located inside the transmission, that the dealer had to remove the pan to get to it. Usually one goes bad but they replace both since they already have the pan open. It takes about less than a half an hour to replace. The parts are supposedly made out of plastic and oldsmobile is very aware of this and they know how dangerous it is. They get thousands of auroras in their shop for that problem. I belong to edmunds.com and I must've read at least 50+ complaints about this problem. This always occurrs as someone is driving down the road at a higher rate of speed when suddenly the car shifts in second gear without warning and nothing you can do about it. A few people stated that they almost wrecked. Please let me know.

Filed Mar 27, 2004 · Electrical, Engine · 110,900 miles · AL

Engine light comes on...RPM's randomly go up and down causing vehicle to surge and/or stall. This is extremely dangerous. Also, when shifting from park to reverse, the transmission engaged roughly and now will car will not shift into 3rd gear to acceletrate beyond 40 m.p.h. Took car in for service twice while under warranty complaining about jerk in transmission, the transmission was replaced the first, now 37,000 miles later out of warranty and complete failure . Company advertisers car will not need tuneup until 100,000 miles, I have had the car for only 60k miles and have had to have it tuned up twice at $600+ a pop. At that point car was stalling not delivering the power that it usually does.

Filed Feb 19, 2004 · Engine, Fuel system · 50,000 miles · CA

Dealer replaced the fuel rail at 50,000 miles/62,000 mile's and again at 66,000 miles, but problem was still occurring. *ak (bladder leak, gas leak, fluid leak, fluid coolant leak) there was a strong gas smell, transmission problem, the engine hesitation as if it were going to backfire, overheating, banging noise when the gears were shifted which was an intermittent failure per PCM. The reg/filter and throttle sealing was replaced.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · CA

12,808 miles (2-29-96) seal, lower crankcase replaced. 34,603 miles (11-25-97) diagnose electrical problems-replace radio. 44,513 miles (8-19-98) diagnose electrical problems, replace alternator controller, PCM/vcm (computers) 49,098 miles (12-30-98) diagnose electrical problems, again replace alternator (alternator is causing computers to fail) 63,420 miles (3-1-2000)- I purchase at end of my partner?s lease and he leased new aurora-dealer never advise him the electrical problems would be reoccurring. Dealer preformed major 60,000 service and indicated the care was fine. 65,777 miles (7-9-2001). The car backfired while wife was crossing busy intersection and was not very responsive. I was just able to get to local garage next to intersection to try to at least get repair it enough to drive. I had no idea it would require major repair since it had only been 2,357 since it had a complete major 60,000-mile dealer service. The repairs ($2,480) included the ignition module, ECM (computer), electrical brake control module (ABS system), and alternator. The diagnostic showed the alternator malfunction was damaging the above components. This is the third alternator in 21,264 miles ( and second emc ). There is a manufacture design problem and the manufacture appears not to be able to fix it. 70.090 miles (5-28-2003) the car was taken in to the dealer because it slams into gear when shifting from park to reverse and shifts rough during normal driving. I was advised that the ECM (computer) was causing the problem and would have to be replaced. After getting the complete car history, I found that it has been an on going problem that gm has not solved. The current dealer was just going to replace the computer until I advised him he needs to check alternator since it appears from past experience it is involved in taking out the computers.