They vehicle suddenly and unpredictably turns off. This results in lost power steering, power brakes. The vehicle must be restarted. This occurs while the vehicle is in in motion, transmission in drive. Repair technicians have been unable to identify a cause for the sudden failure. These failures have occurred on multiple occasions. The most recent occurrence.
Oldsmobile Aurora power steering loss problems
11 of the 785 owner complaints about the Oldsmobile Aurora describe loss of power steering, most of them for the 2001 model year.
- owner complaints
- 11
- worst model year
- 2001
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20015
- 19981
- 19962
- 19952
- 19941
Often reported together
Loss of power 3Stalling 1Fuel pump 1Engine failure 1Check engine light 1
What owners say
Vehicle running in normal traffic on a city street, key switch just suddenly turned back and vehicle shut off. No braking, and no steering. Had to try and steer off to a safe place. Ongoing issue as the ignition switch is still in this condition endangering my life, my family's life, and the lives of others.
2001 olds aurora with 62k actual miles has hard/no steering at slow speed (turning into parking lot...driveway etc). Taken to dealer...dealer installed shaft, bearings and cleaned.repaired the pwr steering pump and the problem still exists...happens on and off...dealer can not find a problem....
Service engine light came on; auto drove rough-problem getting up to speed, and when stopped felt like it was going to stall. Steering and turning makes a noise and feels like there is no power steering. The cost to reach the part in the center of the transmission is the same as replacing the transmission. I no longer drive my car, and the cost quoted to repair it was $3,400-which I don't have. The code was po741.
While driving and without warning power steering went out, and it would be hard for the consumer to turn left. Dealer notified.
Consumer states the fuel pump failed while driving at a highway speed of 50 MPH. Dealer and the manufacturer were notified. *jb consumer states that the vehicle stopped with no steering or brakes.
While driving 15mph or less, lost power steering in vehicle. Dealer can not repair problem because of emission control law.*ak.
While driving, the engine completely shuts down at 60 MPH leaving the consumer with no power steering or brakes. Nlm consumer states that all electrical systems also fail at time of engine failure.
While driving LED's on the dashboard went off. Also, there was loss of steering, resulting in a collision that totalled vehicle.
When driving in rainy conditions the power steering belt gets wet, causing vehicle to lose power steering.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Oldsmobile Aurora power steering loss
Which Oldsmobile Aurora years have loss of power steering problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2001 (5 complaints), 1995 (2 complaints) and 1996 (2 complaints).
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