2001 Oldsmobile Aurora Engine cooling Problems

“Our 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora was brought in several times in the last two months because the check engine light kept going on. Each time they said they fixed the problem and it was related to the secondary air injection pump . Two nights ago we came home and parked our car in our garage, which is attached to our house. A couple hours later we were awoke by a smell, which finally LED us to our garage. We opened the door to our garage and it was full of smoke! We heard a humming noise coming from the front of the car, and opened the hood. …”

“Coolant leak has been serviced about six to seven times. My Aurora is currently in the round rock, texas classic GM dealership for another try. Also, the car is being outfitted with a device which will take a picture of the engine /electronic systems to determine why the engine quits while driving. This has occurred about 5 times and I was almost involved in an accident entering a freeway when I lost all power. I have been asked to press an installed button the next time the engine stalls. I often get a hard shift when going from reverse to drive. About 20% of the time. …”

“My 2001 aroura was purchased in nov. Of 2002 and was put in the shop about 2 weeks after we purchased it. Lexus of tulsa sold us the car. The vehicle had a blown head gasket and it was already blown when we purchased the car. 2years later the head gasket is blown again. We were told that the gasket was going to keep blowing until we get another motor and that the motor has some internal damage that came from the factory where the motor was built in. We were told that the valve had some combulstion built up in there and was causing the problem and that the problem was the cause of the factory. …”

“Dt: the contact stated car has 57,000 miles on it. When she bought the car it had 37,000 miles on it. The contact had the emission air pump and the transmission control solenoid fixed when she bought the car. She was told those things should never go bad again. Now, the same two problems recurred. On 8-30-05 she had to have the emission air pump replaced. She took the vehicle to two dealerships. They told her that these problems should never have occurred , especially twice. On 9-20-05 she had to have the passenger rear tie-rod end replaced.”

“Engine suddenly and without warning stalls during idle or while underway. Battery warning light illuminates. Car typically re-starts without any difficulty. Problem is intermittent. Engine at normal running temperature. Also notice intermittent engine RPM instability, possibly related. (see potentially relevant NHTSA item #'s 636450 and 634706). This is potentially a dangerous condition as engine, power steering and power brakes are lost during stall condition and since problem may occur during normal driving conditions and in heavy traffic. …”