Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / AURORA / 1996

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003246500 Incident Date: Nov, 09 2003
Consumer's City: ROLLING HILLS ESTATES Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: AURORA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:fuel rail
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 18 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 14 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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