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2001 Oldsmobile Aurora vehicle speed control problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora9% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
9%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I've noticed about a year ago I would start this car, and the rpm's would go very high. After a while it stopped doing it. The last two weeks while driving it accelerates on it own. No need to touch the gas pedal. This can be dangerous, and I'm wondering if there is a recall on this issue.it…

    filed Jul 25, 2017

  • When slowing down to accommodate another car, my vehicle began unable to accelerate and then I noticed that the brakes had locked up as well. I had to take the key out of the car and restart it for it to work again. *tr

    filed Nov 23, 2014

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

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Aurora years

YearReportsShare
1999 Aurora26%
1997 Aurora22%
1996 Aurora66%
1995 Aurora124%
Aurora vehicle speed control 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.