2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

THE 1ST INCIDENT STARTED AROUND 9/26/12 WHEN THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING UNLESS I PRESSED EXTREMELY HARD ON THE BRAKES. DOC ID WAS #08-05-22-009C 2ND INCIDENT WAS 10/25/13 (ESX LIGHT ON) WITH SIMILAR ISSUE AS 1ST INCIDENT EXCEPT THIS TIME THE BRAKES LIGHTS WOULD BE ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND GO OFF WHEN I WAS BRAKING (EXTREMELY DANGEROUS). THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SWITCH AND CLEARED THE CODES. THAT LASTED 5 DAYS. 3RD INCIDENT WAS ON 10/30/13. ESX LIGHT ON AGAIN. BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING AS BEFORE. TSB 08-05-22-009C. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND ALL OF THE GAUGES FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

MY SATURN STOPPED PULLING WHEN STOPPED, THANKFULLY AT OUR DRIVEWAY. IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED. IT WOULD PULL IN REVERSE BUT NOT IN DRIVE. ATTEMPTED THE MANUAL MODE BUT STILL DID NOT PULL AND DID NOT SHOW GEAR INDICATION ON DASH. UPON SEVERAL TIMES TURNING ON AND OFF IT STARTED PULLING. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT RECREATE. PROGRAM UPDATE TO TCM AND $300 LATER WE LEFT. ONE MONTH LATER THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING SO BAD IT ALMOST STALLED IN INTERSECTIONS CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SCENARIO. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE THEM SAY WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNAWARE OF A RECALL ON THE NEWS REGARDING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FOR THE AURAS BUT NOT FOR THIS PROBLEM OR MODEL. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SINCE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. PLEASE CONSIDER A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKE. BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE GM DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES BUT THE FIX IS ONLY TEMPORARY. THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE RETURNS IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS. *TR

AIR BAG STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 13,000 MILES. UNDER WARRANTY, THEY REPLACED THE WEIGHT SENSOR UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT. IT DID NOTHING. TOOK IT BACK 4-5 TIMES, BUT WAS NOT ACTING UP WHILE IN THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. FINALLY BECAME REASONABLY PERSISTENT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE WARRANTY WAS UP. THEY SUGGESTED A $1500 FIX. WHEN IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AT 13,000 MILES, THEY WERE NOT IMPRESSED. NO RECEIPT FOR THE RETURN VISITS DUE TO NO CHARGE, AND THEY HAD NO RECORD. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE, AND THIS RECALL (WHENEVER IT HAPPENS) WILL COST THEM JUST AS MUCH AND THE BAD PRESS WILL BE WORSE. I'VE BEEN A GM OWNER FOR 30 YEARS. JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED WIFE AN ACURA. *TR

1ST THE DAY BEFORE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, FATHER IN LAW JACKED UP AND JUMP STARTED THE STARTER CAR STARTED AND MOVED FORWARD AS IN DRIVE. JACK FELL AND CAR FELL ON FATHER IN LAW UNDER THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE IN PARK AND RAN OVER HIS BODY. I LEARNED AFTER INCIDENT GMC PUT A RECALL ON THE GEAR CABLE.JUST THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I HAD CAR TOWED TO FMC AND THEY TELL METHIS CAR HAS NO RECALLS. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ON MAY 6, 2914. I AM APPALLED THIS MAN COULD HAVE LOST HIS LIFE IN WAL MART PARKING LOT I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THE COSTWRMERS WHICH CAME RUNNING TO HELP GET THIS CAR OFF OF THE MAN UNDER IT. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FUEL ODOR WAS PRESENT IN THE GARAGE AND DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK UNDER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A CRACKED IN THE FUEL BUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. JFT

THIS IS A PROBLEM KNOWN BY GM FOR SATURN AND IMPALAS FOR THE SAME TYPE-MODEL-SERIES VEHICLE AS THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 TECHNICAL BULLETINS ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. THE BODY COMPUTER SETS THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON INDEPENDENT OF BRAKE ACTUATION. THIS GIVES DRIVERS BEHIND THE SATURN THE FALSE INDICATION THE SATURN IS STOPPING CREATING CONFUSION IN THAT THE FOLLOWING DRIVERS NO LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE BRAKING SIGNAL DISPLAYED. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE BRAKE LIGHTS MOMENTARILY EXTINGUISH THEN OPERATE CORRECTLY. ANALYSIS AND TROUBLESHOOTING CONCLUDES THE PROBLEM IS IN THE BODY COMPUTER TO AUTOMOBILE CONNECTOR. GM SAYS APPLYING DIELECTRIC GREASE TO ALL THE CONTACTS ON THE BODY COMPUTER TO AUTOMOBILE CONNECTOR SOLVES THE PROBLEM; THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AS THE PROBLEM RECURS. IF THE DRIVER IS ASTUTE ENOUGH TO NOTE THE PROBLEM (CRUISE CONTROL RELEASES AND WON'T SET, OR IF AT NIGHT SEES THE CENTER BRAKE LIGHT REFLECTION IN THE REAR WINDSHIELD), APPLYING SIDEWAYS PRESSURE TO THE CONNECTOR MAY TEMPORARILY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM... BUT IT WILL REOCCUR. SOME SHOPS WANT TO REPLACE THE BODY COMPUTER FOR $300 DOLLARS PLUS LABOR: I DID THIS ONCE. THIS MAY GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF FIXING THE PROBLEM AS THE BODY COMPUTER TO AUTOMOBILE CONNECTOR MUST BE REMOVED AND REATTACHED DURING THE PROCESS HOWEVER AGAIN, THIS TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR. *TR

EVERY SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS WENT OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES EVEN WITH A PASSENGER IN THE CAR. THIS COULD BE VERY FATAL. *TR

MY AIR BAGS GO ON AND OFF EVERY FEW DAYS ! ALSO WHEN I THINK THE CAR IN PARK ITS NOT SOMETIMES I HAVE TO HIT THE SWITCH PUT IN PARK . CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEEN ON AND OFF SINCE I GOT THE CAR . *TR