2001 Oldsmobile Aurora problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Steering (14) · Vehicle Speed Control (8) · Electrical System (7)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Oldsmobile Aurora model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
65 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (396)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-03-28 · 23-NA-001 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on onstar module 2g sunset information.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. technician should get record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the tire pressure monitor, active fuel injector tester, multi media tester, pico scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Showing the 6 most recent of 396 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2021-05-07 · Suspension · 70,000 mi“my abs light is on and it just feels funny when i drive it now afraid a tire might fal off…”
2019-06-21 · Steering · 108,000 mi“the engine randomly dies or stalls while in traffic at random times and will not turn back on for several minutes, the vehicle is in motion when the stalling occurs and thankfully only on city streets. codes have not been present but the stalling and idle leads me to believe it is faulty crankshaft position sensors. in addition to this, the steerin…”
2018-06-11 · Tires“i recently purchased four (4) goodyear eagle ultra grip gw-3 tires (235/55r17) from sams club in dover, delaware and they were shipped from the goodyear warehouse all with a dot date of 3614 almost 4-years old! i dont believe goodyear should be selling tires with a dot date of 3614. if you provide me with an e-mail, i can forward my corresponden…”
2018-04-15 · Structure:body · 160,000 mi“power steering pump line was melted into the bolt near the line , also the body over a year began to rust...so it took 800.00 to fix it…”
2018-01-06 · Exterior Lighting“i bought this 2001 aurora used in 2015. the check engine was on and when i questioned previous owner he stated it was a sensor that needed to be replaced. i took it to an independent auto repair shop and it was put on a diagnostic machine and there weren't any failures, alerts or faulty sensors detected. june of 2016 my dash board system stopped wo…”
2017-12-22 · Electrical System“this car keep burning out the battery kill the battery in five days dealership can,t find the problem can you help me…”
2017-09-21 · Traction Control System · 201,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2001 oldsmobile aurora. when the contact started the vehicle, the air bag, stability, and brake indicators illuminated. also, the traction control was not working. the local dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the failure mileage was 201,000.…”
2017-07-25 · Vehicle Speed Control · 156,000 mi“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 happens while stationary and while driving.…”
2016-10-11 · Engine · 92,281 mi“customers car came in with a failed starter on the 4.0l engine. upon removing the intake, it was found that oil had filled the engine valley and shorted the starter out. the oil was found to be leaking from the head gaskets, both sides.…”
2016-09-23 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 150,000 mi · 🔥 fire“the vehicle caught on fire from the gas tank. i had driven the car put gas in the car parked the car and it caught on fire. the fire men said the fire started from the gas system.. the car was parked in private parking lot running.…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.