2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,500.

BEGINNING AROUND MARCH 4 2015, CAR BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. INITIALLY, IT WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE NO POWER STEERING AT START UP. I WOULD TURN IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND EVENTUALLY, THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER STEERING BEING RESTORED. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULL INDEPENDENTLY. AT STOP LIGHTS, IF I TOOK MY HANDS OFF THE WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TWITCH AND SHAKE AND TURN BY ITSELF. ON SAT. MARCH 21, 2015 I LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. TOOK CAR TO REPAIR SHOP "PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE, (GENERAL'S HIGHWAY, CROWNSVILLE, MD; [XXX] PROPRIETOR). MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SENSORS INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN WERE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. HE SAID EITHER THE STEERING COLUMN OR JUST THE SENSORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. GM SAID THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL NOTICE, ALTHOUGH MANY OTHER CARS IN THE SAME CLASS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS WERE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG LIGHT INDICATING THAT IT IS OFF COMES ON WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, REGARDLESS OF OCCUPANCY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. ALSO, THE 'AIR BAG PROBLEM' INDICATION, ALONG WITH A WARNING 'BEEP' COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME, ON THE DASH DISPLAY UNIT. THIS CAN BE REMOVED BY PRESSING THE PROPER BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL, ALLOWING THE ODOMETER TO BE SEEN. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A RECALL, AND I SEE NO TSB'S ABOUT THIS APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN 2007 SATURN AURAS. OURS HAS HEATED SEATS, WHICH, I UNDERSTAND WILL MAKE THE REPAIR MORE DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GM'S INAPPROPRIATE MEANS OF CUTTING COSTS IN SAFETY RELATED AREAS, SUCH AS THE IGNITION SWITCH TROUBLES INCURRED ON THE 2005 ION. *TR

I REACHED BACK OUT TO JACK MAXSON (DEALER) REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILURE AND WAS ASSURED BY A GENTLEMAN @ THE DEALER THAT RECALL WAS ALREADY COMPLETED ON MY CAR. I WAS ONLINE LOOKING UP THE ISSUES NOTED BELOW AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A MORE COMMONLY KNOWN ISSUE THEN I WAS AWARE OF WITH THE SATURN ARUA'S, ALL OF WHICH I WAS ADVISED BEING APART OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE MATTER. TO BETTER EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON I HOPE THIS LIST HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND , PO THESE ISSUES ARE SPORADIC. 1.SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE POWER LOCK FEATURE FAILS 2.SHIFT FORM DRIVE TO PARK THE POWER UNLOCK FEATURE FAILS 3.SHIFT TO REVERSE THE REVERSE LIGHTS FAIL TO COME ON 4.CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE STOPS WORKING (ONLY WHEN ALL THE OTHER FEATURE ABOVE MENTIONS STOP) 5.SHIFT TO PARK THE CAR ROLLS. *TR

MY SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP. IT HAS REMAINED ON SINCE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY AS I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IT LOCKS MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IT IS COMPLETELY STIFF..I TRIED TO DRIVE SLOWER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND IT LOCKED EVEN MORE I CANNOT GO IN REVERSE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT TURN RIGHT OR LEFT...IT MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN. *TR

STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE NEAR FUEL TANK, OTHER SATURNS OF A SIMILER YEAR HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR A LEAKING FUEL PUMP BUT NOT THE AURA EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF LEAKING FUEL PUMPS ON THE AURA. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA. CONSUMER REQUESTS AIR BAG ON-OFF SWITCH FOR VEHICLE DUE TO MEDICAL A CONDITION. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.