1995 Oldsmobile Aurora defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FUEL RAIL LEAKS
  Engineering Analysis EA04003 · opened Feb 3, 2004 · closed Apr 23, 2004 · led to recall 04V110000

  On march 3, 2004, general motors notified odi that it was recalling approximately 94,000 my 1995-97 oldsmobile aurora vehicles equipped with 4.0l v8 engines (rpo l47 - vin8 c) to address concerns with underhood fuel leakage from cracked fuel rails and, in some of the vehicles, cracked fuel return lines. According to gm…

• FUEL RAIL LEAKAGE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03050 · opened Oct 30, 2003 · closed Feb 3, 2004

  The fuel rail assemblies used in the subject vehicles were manufactured by dana.the fuel rail jumper tubes were made of monolayer nylon 12 (pa12).in model year (my) 1998, the jumper tube material was changed from pa12 to m-bond (a multi-layer ptfe/pa12).in addition, all service parts produced since the end of productio…

• REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR
  Engineering Analysis EA00006 · opened Feb 22, 2000 · closed Mar 6, 2000 · led to recall 00V057000

  In its letter dated february 25, 2000 to nhtsa, general motors stated that it will conduct a safety recall of 85,253 model year 1995 buick riviera and oldsmobile aurora vehicles for the defect in the outboard rear seat belt retractor assemblies.

• REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99059 · opened Sep 15, 1999 · closed Feb 22, 2000

  Complaints generally stated that one or both outboard rear seat belts do not retract at all and are useless.it is evident that the seat belts do not provide any tension and have excess slack.the retractor assembly has a plastic cover next to the retractor return spring.according to general motors (gm), heat may soften,…

• REAR COMPARTMENT LID ROD SEPARATION
  Investigation SQ96012 · opened Jun 25, 1996 · still open

  Addition information is needed to fully understand the nature and circumstances of the subject bulletin.