2009 SATURN AURA Complaints

AT TIMES THE POWER STEERING IS FINE; AND THEN FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH AND THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT OPERATE. THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON TOO AND OFF.

THE POWER STEERING IN THIS VEHICLE RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING MALFUNCTIONS. INITIALLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED VERY SPORADICALLY, AND ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED UP AND STILL IN PARK. TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, AND THEN BACK ON REMEDIED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WILL NOW LOSE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. SO FAR, IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS, TYPICALLY WHEN I BEGIN DRIVING AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, RED LIGHT ETC. WHEN IT OCCURS, IT TAKES EXTREME EFFORT TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER. IT'S AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED. ONCE PULLED OVER, RESTARTING THE VEHICLE RESOLVES THE ISSUE, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL RESTARTS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT NOW HAPPENS DAILY. I WAS TOLD THAT MY 2009 SATURN AURA WAS NOT A PART OF THE 2014 RECALLS THAT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE. I DID NOT OWN THE VEHICLE IN 2014, SO I CANNOT VERIFY IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS. BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT, I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR ALL 2009 SATURN AURAS.

VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. AFTER PARKING AND RESTARTING AGAIN THE STEERING FUNCTIONED, CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS MODEL HAS AN ELECTRIC STEERING SYSTEM AND DOES NOT PERMIT STEERING FLUID TO BE ADDED.

LINKAGE BUSHING FAILED AND FELL APART ON WIPER TRANSMISSION CAUSING BOTH WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.

TAKA RECALL THE HEAD LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE THEM NOTHING WILL BE WRONG WITH THE BULBS BUT IT CONSTANTLY KEEPS GOING OUT

MY [XXX] DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. HER CAR HAS HAD THE ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL TURN ON AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THIS CAR IS A HUGE HAZARD. I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALLS ISSUED BACK IN 2012 AND 2014 REGARDING THESE ISSUES AND NOW NO ONE WILL ADDRESS THEM OR FIX THEM AS THEY ARE EXPIRED.

WAS DRIVING DOWN TOLLWAY (I-294) IN ROSEMONT ILLINOIS AND STARTED TO EXIT AT BALMORAL WHEN I HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. IT TOOK EXTREME EFFORT TO STEER CAR UP THE RAMP AT 30 MPH. IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK AND YOU COULD ONLY TURN IT ABOUT 45 DEGREES MAX IN EITHER DIRECTION. I MANAGED TO DRIVE IT HOME ON SIDE ROADS FOR SEVERAL MILES WHILE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. IT SEEMED TO LOCK-UP EVERY TIME I TURNED A CORNER. WHEN TURNING LEFT, YOU WOULD WIND UP ON THE RIGHT LANE AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN. YOU COULD NOT MAKE A TIGHT TURN WITH THE VEHICLE! SEVERAL CARS HAD TO SWERVE AROUND ME AS I WAS TURNING! THE DASHBOARD INDICATED THE FOLLOWING "POWER STEERING/SERVICE ESC" WHEN I GOT IT IN THE GARAGE AT HOME, I SHUT ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY. THIS IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION AND I HAVE READ THAT GM RECALLED CERTAIN 2009 SATURN AURAS FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I CHECKED MY VIN, NO RECALLS WERE SEEN. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE TO OPERATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MCGRATH BUICK GMC CADILLAC (LOCATED AT 1040 N CENTER POINT RD, HIAWATHA, IA 52233, (319) 393-3300). THE DEALER STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING), WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE, HAD EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET, THE TRACTION LIGHT INDICATOR LIT UP AND THE DASHBOARD FLASHED 'ESC OFF' AND 'TRACTION OFF' AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER MY CAR INTO A PARKING LOT AND OUT OF THE HEAVY FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 11/12/2019 AT 6PM EST, ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN BECAME STIFF AND HARD TO STEER. THE DASHBOARD STARTED DINGING AND THE SERVICE ESC CAME ACROSS. I CAME UP TO THE NEAREST EXIST AND HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO PULL UP INTO A PARKING AREA TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I TURNED THE CAR OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN PROCEEDED TO RESTART MY CAR TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NO LONGER STIFF SO I PROCEEDED TO GET BACK ON THE FREEWAY TO HEAD TO WORK AGAIN. AFTER NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING MY CAR DID THE EXACT SAME THING OVER AGAIN. SO, I PULLED UP OFF OF THE FREEWAY TO TRY AND SEE IF I SHUT IT OFF WILL IT WORK AGAIN. THIS TIME IT DID NOT RESET ITSELF, SO I DECIDED TO DRIVE BACK HOME WITH THE STEERING OUT AND BEING HARD TO DRIVE CAUSE IT WAS DARK AND LATE OUT AND I DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE BEING ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE BY MYSELF. SEPTEMBER 2017 WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR UNTIL THAT DAY ON NOVEMBER 12, 2018, MY CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING GREAT AND HAD NO STEERING ISSUES OR CONCERNS. WHEN I SPOKE WITH A GMC DEALER I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAS MANY RECALLS INCLUDING A RECALL WITH THE SAME ISSUES MY CAR WAS HAVING BUT THAT WHEN LOOKING UP MY VIN # IT DOES NOT SHOW THAT MY CAR WAS PART OF THE RECALL TO BE FIXED. MY CAR IS HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUES AS THE EXACT SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR AND I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. I HAVE GOTTEN PARTS FIXED ON MY CAR TO SEE IF IT WILL FIX THE ISSUE BUT NOTHING HAS WORKED AND IT IS NOW JANUARY 9, 2019 AND I STILL HAVE NO POWER STEERING AND I HAVE TO WORK AS WELL AS PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR MY FOUR CHILDREN.