Saturn Aura Complaints

1,444 consumer complaints on file.

#10532975July 31, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SERVICE BRAKES, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 SATURN AURA ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ESC LIGHT COMES ON. CAR STARTS. TRANSMISSION ON ROUTE 95 SOUTH IN FLORIDA WENT FROM SPEED LIMIT OF 70 TO 20 WITH NO WARNING. GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. ALSO COULD NOT PUT CAR INTO REVERSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532416July 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES
CRUISE CONTROL DROPPED OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ON THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DRIVE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN PASSED 4TH GEAR AND THE SATURN SHIFTS UNNATURALLY BETWEEN 4TH AND 6TH GEARS BETWEEN 50 AND 70MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532063July 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY BRAKE LIGHTS JUST RANDOMLY COMES ON. IT WILL COME ON WHEN I PRESS THE GAS AND STAY ON WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT ALSO GOES OFF WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE SOMETIMES. I HAVE HAD IT WORKED ON AND IT STILL HASN'T BEEN FIXED MORE THAN ONCE. WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS IT IS HARD TO PUT MY CAR IN GEAR. THE BRAKE LIGHTS SOMETIMES FLICKER RANDOMLY. I NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. THE PAST TWO MONTHS THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST TWICE IF NOT MORE. THIS DOESN'T COUNT THE 6 TIMES IT HAD BEEN LOOKED AT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THE PROBLEM NEVER SEEMS TO GET FIXED. THE CLOSEST GM DEALER IS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531732July 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
FIRST IT WAS MY GEAR SHIFT, I HAD TO GET IT FIXED BACK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR 2013 BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AND DID NOT PARK AT ALL, MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK IT STARTED REVERSING, LITERALLY GOING BACKWARDS. I GOT IT FIXED BUT YET THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE ISSUES WITH THE GEAR SHIFT, JUST HASN'T BEEN THE SAME. NOW WHEN I DRIVE MY BRAKE LIGHTS STAYS ON, BUT WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKES MY BRAKE LIGHTS SHUTS OFF. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND ALSO INSIDE MY CAR THE LIGHTS SEEM TO FLICKER ON MY DASH BOARD AND EVERYWHERE ELSE LIGHTS ARE IN THE CAR SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. UPDATED 08/15/13*LJ THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526305July 23, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THE 3/5 WAY PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10526090July 22, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO INTO PARK. WHEN PLACED IN PARK IT ROLLS FOWARD OR BACKWARD AND I MUST USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE KEY. IT ONLY ALLOWS ME TO START MY CAR IN NEUTRAL. IT HAS SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AS I AM DRIVING. THERE HAS BEEN OVER 421, 000 OF THESE RECALLED BUT I AM BEING TOLD MINE IS NOT ON THE LIST AND I MUST PAY FOR IT ALL OUT OF POCKET FROM FALICIA, THE DISTRICT SPECIALIST FOR SATURN. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHO WOULD THE BLAME BE ON IF MY CAR WERE TO ROLL INTO ANOTHER CAR OR BUILDING? I WANT AND NEED TO GET THIS FIXES ASAP BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY FOR OT AND DO NOT BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WHEN ALL THE OTHERS WERE FIXED FOR FREE DUE TO IT BEING A DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525463July 16, 2013
STRUCTURE, SEATS
DRIVERS SEAT BROKE DOWN ON RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING IT TO SLUMP TOWARDS THE CONSOLE. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO SEEK REPAIR, WAS TOLD THAT THE WELDING OF THE SEAT UNIT HAD BROKEN. THE ENTIRE SEAT AND THE HOUSING BASE REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OVER $1000 TO FIX. WHILE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE FIXING TO OPERATE CAR, THE DANGER IS IN A CRASH, HAVING THE SEAT CATAPULT OUT ENTIRELY BEING AS IT IS NOT AFFIXED TO THE VEHICLE ANY MORE. YOU CAN WIGGLE IT UP AND DOWN FREELY, THIS COULD ALSO ALLOW THE SEAT TO THROW SOMEONE INTO THE AIR BAGS AS THEY DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES BECAUSE IT IS NOT FASTENED DOWN. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL IS PRONE TO THIS PROBLEM FOR THE FEW SHORT YEARS IT WAS MADE. WE FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO UPDATE THIS SEAT PROBLEM, AND WHILE NOT SURE, THEY USE CHEV MALIBU REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR IT, SO THAT MODEL MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM FOR MORE DATA. A SEAT SHOULD BE INTACT, ATTACHED SAFELY TO THE VEHICLE WE WOULD THINK. NEVER HEARD OF SEATS BEING FREE OF THE BODY OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525153July 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I SAW MY HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING PUSHED. THEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS LIGHTLY PUSHED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS SOMETIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524706July 13, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WITHOUT PUSHING THE PEDDLE AND OFF WHEN THE PEDDLE WAS PRESSED. I WAS LUCKY TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS NIGHT TIME. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN FOR A MECHANIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524609July 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ALONG A 35MPH ROAD. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUST LOCKED UP AND BROKE INTERNALLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523851July 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
ON JULY 4TH 2013 WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, I COULD FEEL A HARD KICK ON THE TRANSMISSION THIS WENT ON UNTIL SATURDAY JULY 6TH, ACCELERATING TO MERGE TO TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 50 CHANTILLY VIRGINIA THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE RAPIDLY IT WAS LIKE A WHILE BRONCO RIDE THEN WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR ENGAGE ANY GEARS. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. RESTARTED THE CAR BUT WILL RUN ONLY ON SECOND GEAR, MANAGED TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE AUTO SHOP (GERMAN AUTO DIAGNOSTICS) WHERE I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION FAILED (SOLENOID).TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF 4800.00 DOLLARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522374July 9, 2013
AIR BAGS
2007 SATURN AURA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS LIGHT MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE LIGHT INDICATED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS "OFF", CAME ON AT TIMES WHEN THERE WAS AN ADULT PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES WITHOUT A RESOLUTION. HE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND THEIR ANSWER WAS TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. HE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES ON THIS MODEL AS WELL AS OTHER GM MODELS. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION, HE MUST STOP THE CAR, TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF, AND RE-START THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 04/16/14
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523922July 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523434July 6, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE AFTER PARKING FOR 10 MINUTES I CAME BACK TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE WIRE FOR SHIFTING OF THE GEARS WAS DAMAGED THE CARB WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK AND WOULD ROLL ON ITS OWN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10523227July 5, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIRD BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IN NOT PRESSED DOWN AND WHEN PRESSED DOWN BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF AND THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY. ALSO, AT TIMES BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED DOWN VERY HARD TO GET SELECTOR INTO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522874July 2, 2013
POWER TRAIN, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE CAR HAS SEEMED TO MISS SHIFTS WITH THE ENGINES REVVING, A DELAY, AND THEN A HARD UPSHIFT FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE DEALER IT WAS PURCHASED FROM COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ON JUNE 25 AND 26, IT ACTED UP MORE THEN USUAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY FORWARD MOMENTUM AFTER ABOUT 20 FEET AND 5 MPH EVEN THOUGH THE TACHOMETER SHOWED 5000RPM WHILE PULLING OUT INTO 55 MPH TRAFFIC ON A 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD ABOUT NOON ON THE 26TH. THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING AND IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO GO BY USING THE MANUAL SHIFT FEATURE FOR A BIT AND THEN IT SETTLED DOWN AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC THAT VERY DAY AND WAS ADVISED I WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE GM DEALER AS IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES LIKE THIS. I FOUND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE AS SIMILAR ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED IN COWORKERS GM CARS AND ARE ALSO REPORTED ON THE INTERNET IN SATURN AND GM FORUMS. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS, INITIALLY SAYING THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, AND THEN SAID THERE MIGHT BE AN UPDATE AFTER ALL TO THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE AND INSTALLED IT. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AND AGAIN FIND MYSELF SOMEWHAT INCREDULOUS THAT GM WOULD BE UNAWARE OF A PROBLEM THAT MY SMALL TOWN MECHANIC WAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522732July 1, 2013
POWER TRAIN
PUT CAR IN PARK AND TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE AND CAR BEGAN TO ROLL. DOORS DID NOT UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN PUT INTO PARK AS THEY USUALLY DO. NOW CAR WILL START, BUT NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. IT WILL ALSO GET "STUCK" IN PARK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522043June 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING, COULD NOT GET ANY GEAR. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE TYPICAL 3-5-R WAVE PLATE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521753June 25, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES
ESC WARNING LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHES UNDER BRAKING. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF OR NOT GO ON FOR SOME REASON. I WAS ADVISED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. WHEN I CHECKED THE BRAKE LIGHTS I FOUND THAT THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ON BUT WHEN I ENGAGED THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF. I WAS CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING TAILGATED AND NOW I KNOW WHY. IF YOU TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF INSTEAD OF ON THEN IT'S OBVIOUS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE CAR BEHIND YOU. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE TIER 2 TECH AND THE SUPERVISOR ACTED LIKE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD AND THAT THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. THEY STILL CLAIMED THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD. WHEN IS THE NHTSA GOING TO COMPLETE IT'S INVESTIGATION BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD A LARGE BILL FROM THE DEALER. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 21,00 MILES AND IT NOW HAS 62,000...THE ECS LIGHT PROBLEM STARTED WITHIN A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE CRUISE/ BRAKE PROBLEM STARTED PROBABLY A YEAR AGO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521262June 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WILL BE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN AURA AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL BE ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING USED. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I ACTUALLY USE THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. ALSO THIS CAUSES MY CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. IT WILL EITHER NOT WORK OR IT WILL WORK THEN SHUT OFF SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING. I ALSO NOTICED WHEN I USE THE BRAKES AND THEN ENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WOULD TURN ON THEN WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKES AND IT WOULD SHUT OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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