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.
1995 Oldsmobile Aurora: complete transmission failure
5 of the 320 complaints about the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora describe complete transmission failure.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Complete transmission failure by model year
- 20011
- 19991
- 19955
What owners say
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.
While driving down the road transmission felt like it slipped and would not shift first indication of this taken to dealer solenoid in transmission needs replaced. Also back seat belts will not go back in..
Engine check light; transmission slams into gear; dtc #76 indicates a pressure solenoid in transmission needs replacement. Has happened six times. Original transmission was replaced at 52,000 miles. No transmission shop wants to work on it because it may not fix the problem. Has broken two engine mounts when putting transmission into reverse or drive due to the hardness of the operation. Always happens when engine (car) is cold, is started, and placed into reverse. Clear code and all is normal untill the next time.
Transmission failure.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
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Questions about the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora transmission failure
Is complete transmission failure a common problem on the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora?
5 of 320 owner complaints about the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora (2%) mention complete transmission failure. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora
Fuel leak 49Fuel smell 37Fire or smoke 27Stalling 12Check engine light 8Seat belt 8Won't start 6ABS 5Fuel pump 5Jerking 5Overheating 5
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