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1997 Oldsmobile Aurora engine and engine cooling problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora14% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
14%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I own a 1997 oldsmobile aurora, on 4/25/2009 while traveling on the highway the underneath of my car burst into flames. I pulled over and luckily my mother was following and she had extinguisher in her vehicle. I took vehicle to repair shop and was told that fire was caused by rear main seal…

    filed Apr 29, 2009

  • Had lots of problems, a/c compressor failed 3 years ago during warranty, then there was short circuit in steering wheel that was replace, soon after fuel gauge sensor went haywire this required changing the sensor, fuel pump as well as fuel tank ( probably the dealer cheated by doing all this work…

    filed Jun 29, 2008

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

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Aurora years

YearReportsShare
2002 Aurora14%
2001 Aurora1613%
1999 Aurora412%
1998 Aurora1020%
1996 Aurora1717%
1995 Aurora3912%
Aurora engine and engine cooling 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.