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1995 Oldsmobile Aurora power train problems

33 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora10% of all complaints for this model year.

33
Power Train complaints
10%
share of all complaints
100,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Transmission was 'stuck' in 2nd gear due to the plastic components in the shift solenoids breaking. Cost $700.00 in repair bills and gm has a service bulletin out advising their locations of this problem and state that the replacement gm parts are now metal. *tr

    filed Apr 14, 2008

  • I was driving home on the highway doing about 50-55 and the transmission just went into 2nd gear so I had to drive 20 miles at about 35 mph. Luckily there was no one around so there was no accident. At this point in time I haven't done anything to fix it except to have the codes read by a gm dealer…

    filed Oct 17, 2005

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Aurora years

YearReportsShare
2002 Aurora28%
2001 Aurora1210%
1999 Aurora13%
1998 Aurora48%
1997 Aurora11%
1996 Aurora33%
Aurora power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.