Consumer Complaint Detail
OLDSMOBILE / AURORA / 1995
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004267694 | Incident Date: Jan, 10 2004 |
| Consumer's City: ROSEMOUNT | Consumer's State: MN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: AURORA | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G3GR62C0S4 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 26 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 14 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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. *ak |