bufo
Aurora Owner
Beautiful North Carolina
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Post by bufo on Aug 23, 2005 22:00:52 GMT -6
Our Intrigue and Aurora has a problem with paint chipping off various buttons, especially the stereo. Is this a GM quality control problem, or are our fingers corrosive? This bugs me because the Aurora has the Bose stereo and I don't want to replace it.
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Post by Custom88 on Aug 23, 2005 22:05:35 GMT -6
the paint chipping will be covered by thte factory warranty on your 2003 unless you have over 60,000 miles. The paint chipping off seems to be somewhat common. The usual cause is fingernails digging into them.
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bufo
Aurora Owner
Beautiful North Carolina
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Post by bufo on Aug 23, 2005 22:15:05 GMT -6
the paint chipping will be covered by thte factory warranty on your 2003 unless you have over 60,000 miles. The paint chipping off seems to be somewhat common. The usual cause is fingernails digging into them. !! Excellent! I will look into warranty work on the 2003. I noticed that the Bose buttons required more pressure than most other car stereos. Might explain the chipping. |
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Post by macadamiaman on Aug 23, 2005 23:59:46 GMT -6
The buttons for my temp up/down had pretty much chipped all the red and blue paint off when I bought my car from previous owners who it seemed didn't know you could change the temperature through the steering wheel controls - instead pressing that one button 20 times each way to change the temp  Anyway I'd like to get it replaced... how much would it cost through non-warranty? |
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Post by betonthis1 on Aug 24, 2005 1:00:46 GMT -6
man i hate that. i replaced my stereo but my remote buttons on my steering wheel is chipped off. it looks bad. i know i take care of my stuff. looks like someone just scraped it off on purpose.
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Post by Custom88 on Aug 24, 2005 12:57:05 GMT -6
The buttons for my temp up/down had pretty much chipped all the red and blue paint off when I bought my car from previous owners who it seemed didn't know you could change the temperature through the steering wheel controls - instead pressing that one button 20 times each way to change the temp Anyway I'd like to get it replaced... how much would it cost through non-warranty? the AC control module is $685 from GM> |
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Post by oldsauroraman1 on Aug 24, 2005 21:26:39 GMT -6
Wow, pass the nail clipper please!
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Post by macadamiaman on Aug 24, 2005 21:46:18 GMT -6
I meant just the buttons... but I probably won't bother getting them replaced. I never ever use those two buttons anyway, they're so frustrating. But the previous owner(s) did for some reason, and scraped them to bits. I'll probably just put some tape over it or something. at night annoyance....  with a flash...  Well I posted the second picture too because looking at it, I notice that the temperature gauge has "A/C Off" and Set and a celsius option, too... but haven't ever seen these light up or, for instance, figure out how to display in celsius. I guess they just make that screen mass market or something and use it only for fahrenheit temperature in the Aurora? |
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Post by Custom88 on Aug 25, 2005 15:52:21 GMT -6
all of the displays and gauges can be changed to metric readings using a tech II scanner. Other H body cars like the Bonneville and LeSabre can change all the displays just by simply pressing the E/M button on the dash.. you can't buy just the buttons either on the climate control. The entire unit is sold only.
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skexius
Aurora Groupie
Currently own a 2003 Collector's Edition Oldsmobile Aurora(#55 of 500) & a 2003 Cadillac Seville STS
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Post by skexius on Aug 25, 2005 17:37:17 GMT -6
all of the displays and gauges can be changed to metric readings using a tech II scanner. Other H body cars like the Bonneville and LeSabre can change all the displays just by simply pressing the E/M button on the dash.. you can't buy just the buttons either on the climate control. The entire unit is sold only. Custom88 and Macadamiaman, Actually, you do not need the Tech 2 Scan tool to change the electronic displays to display data in metric format on 2001-2003 Auroras. Oldsmobile has already provided a very easy and quick function in the Driver's Information Center to do it for you. Follow these instructions. They are in your Owner's Manual. Press the 'On/Off' button on the DIC for about five seconds or so. The DIC will display 'Metric Mode'. The displays for the DIC, Electronic Climate Control, and the Odometer/Trip Odometer will change and now be in metric format. To change the displays back to 'English mode', repeat the above procedure. This procedure works even if you turn the DIC display totally 'Off'. Try it. You'll like it!!! ;D skexius |
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Post by Custom88 on Aug 25, 2005 18:20:51 GMT -6
skexius THANK YOU! I had no idea you can do that. i must have missed that part of my owner's manual. Lol. Thanks again. I am tempted to go try it. heh. |
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Post by macadamiaman on Aug 26, 2005 1:42:59 GMT -6
Wow, very cool. I was always kinda annoyed about the arrogance of GM simply ignoring metric measurements and celsius and whatnot - they are far superior despite the fact that we don't use them in the US, cars should still consider them... like for Canada or whatnot. I just thought it was closeminded ..but now I realize that they're not as bad as I thought - the entire car can be metric, awesome! (sorry to change the subject, I tend to do that a lot) |
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Post by oldsauroraman1 on Aug 27, 2005 12:54:48 GMT -6
You can easily fix those chipped spots by simply using a permanent black magic marker. A couple hits on it should do the job.
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