2008 SATURN AURA Complaints

2008 SATURN AURA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE, WAS NOT ON THE RECALLED LIST, BUT SHOULD BE. *JB

VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER SHIFT INTO PARK. TRANSMISSION CABLE BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM BUT GM WON'T HONOR IT FOR THIS LOT OF VEHICLES. *TR

DURING THE WINTER OF 2013 I STARTED NOTICING MY DOORS WEREN'T ALWAYS LOCKING AUTOMATICALLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO DRIVE AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THEN I HAD AN INCIDENT IN WHICH I PARKED MY CAR AT A MALL AND COULDN'T RESTART (BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK IN GEAR) IT BUT AFTER TRYING TO START THE IGNITION AND SWITCHING GEARS I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THESE EVENTS SOON LEAD UP TO MY SHIFTER MALFUNCTIONING AND THE CAR GETTING STUCK IN DRIVE WHILE I WAS TRYING TO PARK IT ON A CITY STREET. I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AND ONCE TURNING THE CAR OFF I COULD NOT RESTART IT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL INVOLVING THE SHIFTER CABLE TAB HOWEVER, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY GM. IN FACT, WHEN I CONTACTED GM I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT APART OF THIS RECALL. BOTH THE DEALER AND GM SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A KNOWN FACT THAT THERE WERE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CARS THAT HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. EVENTUALLY THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A "LOOPHOLE" THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REPLACE THE PART FREE OF CHARGE DUE TO THIS RECALL. THE FACT THAT I WASN'T NOTIFIED AND INITIALLY GIVEN A HARD TIME BY GM IS VERY ALARMING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AT NIGHT TIME, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2008 SATURN AURA, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON WHEN I WASN'T PRESSING THE BRAKES, SOMETIMES WHEN I DID PRESS THE BRAKES THEY WOULDN'T COME ON. MOST PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING SILLY WHEN I TELL THEM THAT. "WELL, HOW DO YOU SEE THEM?" I WORK AT NIGHT SO MOST OF MY DRIVING IS DONE IN THE DARK AND I HAVE PRETTY DARK TINTED WINDOWS, I COULD SEE THE REFLECTION PLAIN AS DAY. EVEN STOPPED AND GOT OUT JUST TO MAKE SURE. COUPLE DAYS AFTER I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS, I NOTICED TO RADIO LIGHTS (RADIO BUTTONS) WERE NOT WORKING BUT WHEN I ROLLED UP THE WINDOWS OR ADJUSTED THE POWER SEATS THEY WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF SUPER FAST ALONG WITH THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS. MY SPEAKERS WHEN OUT SOON AFTER THIS. I CALLED GM NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND THERE NOT WILLING TO HELP AT ALL. I'M SICK TO DEATH BY THE THOUGHT THAT THERE JUST GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS. IT'S A PROBLEM THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SOON. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK LAST NIGHT AND I NOTICED THIS BURNING SMELL KINDA LIKE BURNT WIRES... ALL GM HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT IS "I CAN HELP YOU FIND A LOCAL DEALER BUT, WE CANNOT PAY FOR THE CHARGES. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AT THE MOMENT TO FIX IT. IT'S LIKE $200.00 FOR THE TEST ALONE! I'VE CALLED GM EIGHT TIMES IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS AND THERE DOING NOTHING. I NEED HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA XR (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ERRONEOUSLY. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, NONE OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS CARBON BUILD-UP AND CLEANED THE CARBON INJECTORS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

1ST PROBLEM REAR DOOR LOCKS WOULD KEEP OPENING AND LOCKING BY THEMSELVES,SAME TIME TRUNK WOULD WOULD NOT UNLOCK.HAD TO HAVE ALL REPAIRED AT A COST OF $450.2ND PROBLEM WHILE CAR PARKED IN DRIVE AN IN PARK CAR ROLLED BACK INTO MAIL BOX NOW HAVE TO HAVE FENDER REPAIRED,TOOK TO DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM.3RD PROBLEM CAR DRIVER DOOR SAGGING CHIPPING PAINT DEALER TIGHTENED DOES NOT HOLD. *TR

BACK IN JAN 2014 CAR WAS PUT IN PARK AT SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT ENGINE SHUT OFF EXITED VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM ENGAGED WITH REMOTE I WAS HAVING DINNER WHEN POLICE CAME IN TO ASKED WHO OWNED THE SATURN AURA AND THAT MY CAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE ISSUES . AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS CONSTANTLY LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE CAR HAS BEEN OFF FOR HOURS . AUTOMATIC START MALFUNCTIONED NOW CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL EVEN WITH USING THE KEY . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING RESUMED TO NORMAL FIVE MINUTES LATER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 6 AM IT THERE WAS SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND. AS I WAS DRIVING MY TRACTION CONTROL KEEP GOING ON AND OFF. AT THAT TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT KEEP GOING ON AND OFF. THE ONLY PROBLEM I THOUGHT I HAD WAS FOR MY BRAKE LIGHT TO RANDOMLY COME ON. WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW IT CAUSE ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS TO COMPLETELY GO OUT. I WASN'T GOING BUT 35MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS SPINNING AND IN THE DITCH. I GREW UP DRIVING IN THE SNOW KNOWING TO DRIVE A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CAR IN THE SNOW IT'S BETTER THAN A REAR. NOT UNTIL THIS WINTER HAVE I HAD A PROBLEM. IN THIS INCIDENT I SPUN COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL NOTHING THAT I COULD DO TO TRY AND PREVENT IT. YES I KNOW THE SNOW IS NOT SAFE CONDITIONS TO DRIVE IN. I HAVE CLEAN RECORD NOT ONCE HAVE I BEEN INTO A WRECK NOR HAD PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE SNOW. I HAD TO HAVE TOW TRUCK GET MY CAR OUT OF THE DITCH AFTER LEAVING IT THERE CAUSE I WAS TOO COLD TO BE IN IT. NOW MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK IS DENTED AND A HUGE CATCH DOWN THE CAR. *TR