10 of the 38 complaints about the 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora are about the electrical system — 26% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 93,000 miles.
10
Complaints
0
Crashes
4
Fires
0
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON 5/11/2012 MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE AURORA WAS PARKED AT MY HOUSE AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM AND APPARENTLY OVERNIGHT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS LIMITED TO THE BASE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT AND CENTER CONSOLE BUT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CAR, INCLUDING SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INTERIOR.
NHTSA complaint #10458504 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
AFTER DEALER HAD SERVICED LIGHT SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT HOME AND PARKED. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND BURNED WHILE UNATTENDED AT NIGHT.
NHTSA complaint #10158453 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
AFTER DEALER HAD SERVICED LIGHT SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT HOME AND PARKED. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND BURNED WHILE UNATTENDED AT NIGHT.
NHTSA complaint #10158453 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
1999 OLDSMOBILE AURORA. I TOOK CAR TO DEALER BECAUSE TAIL LIGHTS QUIT WORKING. DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS IN STOCK SO I TOOK IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUTSIDE AND FOUND THE CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT. IT APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE AREA OF THE RELAYS THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WORKED ON.
NHTSA complaint #10158225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
I OWN A 1999 OLDSMOBILE AURORA AND HAVE NOTICED THE PASSENGER FLOOR ACCUMULATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER. WHEN I REMOVED THE REAR SEAT ( WHICH IS WHERE THE BATTERY AND OTHER ELECTRICIAL WIRES ARE LOCATED ) THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT IS FULL OF WATER, ALONG WITH THE REAR FLOOR BOARD. IT HAS NOT RAINED SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE WATER HAS COME FROM OR HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN THERE. I CLEANED THE WATER OUT, BUT IT HAS SINCE COME BACK IN A VERY RAPID TIME FRAME. IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONTACT ME IT WOULD BE GREAT.. OLDSMOBILE HAS NO INFORMATION ON THIS FOR ME.
NHTSA complaint #10083100 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND CONSEQUENCE DESCRIBED IN THE IGNITION -ANTI THEFT RECALL 95V204000, BUT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
NHTSA complaint #10074198 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE DOOR LOCKS WOULDN'T UNLOCK PROPERLY AND CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *PH THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED WHEN THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PLACED IN GEAR AT THE CONSUMER'S HOME, BUT AT THE CONSUMER'S OFFICE THE LOCKS DID NOT DISENGAGE. GM STATED THAT THE WIRING AND CONNECTORS WERE CORRODED AND SHORTED THE UNIT. *SCC. WHEN THE CONSUMER ASKED WHAT CAUSED THE WIRING TO SHORT OUT, THE DEALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO THE FLOOR GETTING WET, WHEN THERE WAS SNOW OR WATER ON THE CONSUMER'S FEET AND THE GET INTO VEHICLE IT CAUSED THE WIRING TO SHORT OUT, AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER MUST NOT LET ANY SNOW OR WATER GET ON HIS FEET.
NHTSA complaint #10032381 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED, THE TURN SIGNAL RELAY (OR AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE IT) ENERGIZES AND DE-ENERGIZES (MAKING A 'BLINKER' SOUND) AT A RATE 2X OR 3X THE NORMAL TURN SIGNAL RATE. THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS (GREEN ARROWS ON THE DASH) DO NOT ILLUMINATE. ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE PER TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. ABOUT 7% OF THE TIME IT CONTINUES FOR 2 TO 5 SECONDS, AND THEN STOPS BY ITSELF. ABOUT 3% OF THE TIME IT CONTINUES UNTIL THE BRAKE IS PRESSED AGAIN, OR THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS ACTIVATED. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED. IT HAPPENS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING (I HOLD THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN WHEN STARTING THE CAR). ONCE DRIVING, THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURENCES DECREASES AS THE CAR "WARMS UP".
NHTSA complaint #10019165 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO GO OFF COMPLETELY, AND DRIVER COULD NOT SEE.
NHTSA complaint #872393 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO GO OFF COMPLETELY, AND DRIVER COULD NOT SEE.
NHTSA complaint #872393 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.