FaultScore

Worst years for a Oldsmobile Aurora

Owners have filed 1,038 complaints about the Oldsmobile Aurora with NHTSA across model years 1993 to 2003. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Oldsmobile Aurora

406 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly fuel & propulsion.

Cleanest on record

2002 Oldsmobile Aurora

38 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Oldsmobile Aurora year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2003 9 2 0 91,000 Electrical System
2002 A 38 1 0 52,391 Suspension
2001 C 180 12 7 81,337 Engine & Cooling
2000 5 0 0 Suspension
1999 B 38 3 5 91,500 Electrical System
1998 A 53 2 2 90,850 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 157 0 20 102,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 C 149 2 11 116,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1995 D 406 11 35 100,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1994 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1993 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a Oldsmobile Aurora

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 309 29.8%

Worst in 1995

Engine & Cooling 133 12.8%

Worst in 1995

Electrical System 119 11.5%

Worst in 1995

Steering 75 7.2%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1995

Brakes 53 5.1%

Worst in 2001

Lights 46 4.4%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1995

Seat Belts 27 2.6%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 26 2.5%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1995

Other & Unspecified 19 1.8%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Oldsmobile Aurora

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Fuel Rail 101 27.2%
Hoses, Lines/Piping, AND Fittings 90 24.3%
Automatic Transmission 37 10.0%
Gasoline 36 9.7%
Engine 24 6.5%
Delivery 21 5.7%
Headlights 19 5.1%
Retractor 15 4.0%
Fuel Injection System 14 3.8%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 14 3.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Oldsmobile Aurora, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 1995 peak 53 Oct 2024

Oldsmobile Aurora problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Oldsmobile Aurora

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.