2009 SATURN AURA Complaints

TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PLATE CRACKED PER DEALERSHIP. CAR STARTED SHIFTING HARD. HAD THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE EXPRESSWAY IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *JS

POWER STEERING FREEZES FOR A FEW SECONDS AND IS BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY IN SEPTEMBER 2014 AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. ONCE A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN 'POWER STEERING......', BUT WENT AWAY BY THE TIME IT COULD BE COMPLETELY READ. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON ICE, THE VEHICLE SLID AND CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN, SPUN ACROSS THREE LANES, AND CRASHED INTO A HILL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONTAL IMPACT WAS NOT THE INITIAL IMPACT; THEREFORE, THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

CAR STOPPED, NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED AND TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE HAD BROKEN. BROUGHT TO COURTESY MOTORS IN LAFAYETTE, LA.. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE 2009 MODEL WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL THAT INVOLVED OTHER SATURNS THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED THROUGH 2008. I PURCHASED MY 2009 IN LATE 2008 AND I WOULD THINK THAT THE SAME TYPE PART WAS USED IN THE 2009. GMC WILL NOT REPAIR THE PART AT THEIR COST. I THINK THAT THE 2009 MODELS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS WELL AS ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS, FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE BUYERS OF 2009 MODELS (THE LAST YEAR THEY WERE SOLD).. *TR

WHILE TURNING LEFT THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND I ALMOST SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE . THE RECALL THAT IS ACTIVE DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS VIN NUMBER , EVEN THOUGH IT HAD THE SAME FAILURE . I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD EITHER BE EXPANDED OR TAKEN ON BY CASE . *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON THE HWY AND THE OTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN AND T-BONED ME ON THE DRIVER SIDE. MY FACE AND BODY SMASHED INTO THE DRIVERS DOOR CAUSING SEVER WHIPLASH AND OTHER THINGS NOT YET IDENTIFIED BY MY DOCTOR. THE DRIVERS DOOR AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE WAS SMASHED PUSHING UP AGAINST THE SEATS (FRONT AND BACK) NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I AM STILL SEEING DOCTORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY SHOULDER, NECK, AND BACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY MEDICAL CARE IS STILL NEEDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON THE HWY AND THE OTHER PERSON RAN A STOP SIGN AND T-BONED ME ON THE DRIVER SIDE. MY FACE AND BODY SMASHED INTO THE DRIVERS DOOR CAUSING SEVER WHIPLASH AND SOME OTHER THINGS YET IDENTIFIED BY AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. THE DRIVERS DOOR AND REAR DRIVERS DOOR IS SMASHED ALL THE WAY TO THE SEATS, PUSHING ON THE SEATS AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I AM STILL SEEING DOCTORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY SHOULDER, NECK AND BACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY MEDICAL CARE IS STILL NEEDED. *TR

I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY CAR CONSTANTLY JERKING AS THE CAR ACCELERATED UP TO 40MPH. I ASSUMED I MUST HAVE PUT BAD GAS IN MY CAR SINCE I VISITED A GAS STATION I NORMALLY DO NOT FREQUENT. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS BAD GAS BUT HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND CLEARLY IT WAS NOT BAD GAS AND I GOT RIPPED OFF FOR REPLACING MY FUEL PUMP AND HAVING TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR. I HAVE WASTED OVER $2K TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH MY CAR AND I STILL HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS AS PROOF. THE CAR JERKS WHEN IT IS VERY COLD OUT AND VERY HOT, MY CAR STALLED NUMEROUS OF TIMES SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS BEGAN. I HAVE HAD TONS OF DIAGNOSTICS DONE AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY IT IS "MISFIRING". I HAD MY THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, CHECKED MY FUEL LINES AND INJECTORS, HAD THE SPARK PLUGS CHECKED, AND HAD THE MAF SENSOR REPLACED TWICE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TWICE BUT THREW FALSE CODES SPECIFICALLY THE MAF SENSOR. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ONLINE FOR A YEAR AND I NOTICED OTHER SATURN AURA DRIVERS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO HELP FROM GM OR A SOLUTION. I KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP ON MY CAR SO I DO BELIEVE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF KNOWN FAILURE WITH THESE CARS. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION CHECKED AND FLUSHED AND WAS TOLD ITS IN GOOD CONDITION. SO EITHER THIS IS SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE OR A BAD PART THAT IS NOT BEING RECALLED. I WOULD LIKE FOR RECALL TO BE MADE ON THIS MODEL SINCE NUMEROUS OF DRIVERS HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS MAKING A TURN, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED MAKING THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKES AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE SAME TIME. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BRACKET HAD FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT BRACKET WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I LOST POWER STEERING ALL THE SUDDEN AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SO I HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF ENGINE WAITED 5 SCONEDS TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON THEN THE POWER STEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. *TR