2008 SATURN AURA Complaints

THE ESC TRACTION LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, THEN THE CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF RANDOMLY AND FUEL TANK AND THE ENGINE GAUGES GOING UP THEN BACK DOWN TO ZERO. AND NOW THE SECURITY SYSTEM HAS "LOCKED UP" AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE. I FOUND A WEBSITE [XXX] LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE, MANY START WITH CHANGING OUT TO A NEW BATTERY, THEN THE STATER AND THEN THE ALTERNATOR ONLY TO HAVE THIS ISSUE CONTINUE AND COSTING THEM A SMALL FORTUNE. IT SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL HAVING A MALFUNCTION OR SHORT. BUT SINCE SATURN NO LONGER EXISTS, GM IS NOT DOING A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD MY CAR TOWED INTO THE LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSIS / REPAIR THIS MORNING. THEY JUST CALLED ME BACK SAYING THAT THE "UNDER BUS ELECTRIC CENTER" HAS SHORTED OUT / MALFUNCTIONED? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY POWER TO IT WHEN THEY TESTED IT. AFTER READING ALL THE POSTS ON THE ABOVE WEBSITE, IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE. THE POINT IN FILING A COMPLAINT IS THAT #1) GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE COMPUTER PANEL SHORTING OUT / BEING DEFECTIVE AS THERE ARE MORE THAN A 100 REPORTS. AND #2) AS SOMEONE ELSE HAD POSTED, DOES IT TAKE THIS ISSUE HAPPENING WHILE A PERSON IS DRIVING THE CAR, BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND DYING BEFORE ANY TYPE OF INVESTIGATION OR RECALL IS ENFORCED? AND IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS, WOULD THE COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL EVEN BE TESTED? OR WOULD THE ACCIDENT BE ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OTHER CAUSE LIKE DRIVER ERROR OR WEATHER CONDITIONS OR WORN OUT TIRES? HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE HASN'T CAUSED ACCIDENTS? *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO OSCILLATE (MOVE) FROM SIDE TO SIDE MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT. A POWER STEERING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. THE OSCILLATION CONTINUED AT ANY SPEED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THERE WAS A INTERMITTENT NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO OSCILLATE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO MAINTAIN IN ONE POSITION AND KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT AS IT CONTINUED TO OSCILLATE SIDE TO SIDE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I SHOULD BRING IT IN AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THAT CONDITION. I WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TRANSPORTING MY CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND FAULT CODE C0478 ELECTRIC STEERING MOTOR CIRCUIT HIGH WAS FOUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE PART NUMBER 22837369. COST $715.54. I DID SOME RESEARCH PRIOR TO TAKING TO THE DEALER AND FOUND THAT THIS ISSUE IS A RECALL IN CANADA FOR 67,414 VEHICLES. NOT SURE WHY THE NHTSB DOESN'T FOLLOW TRANSPORT CANADA ON THIS. I WILL FILE A COMPLAINT WITH GM. THIS IS THE INFORMATION I FOUND. TRANSPORT CANADA RECALL # 2012331 FOR 2008 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES, DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROL MODULE. *TR

AT FIRST, MY 08 SATURN AURA'S DRIVERS SEAT STOPPED WORKING, AND I COULD NO LONGER MOVE IT. I ASSUMED THE FUSE WAS OUT, SO I REPLACED IT. WITHIN ONE DAY, MY SEAT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I WENT TO SOMEONE AND THEY SUGGESTED I TRY A FUSE WITH A HIGHER VOLTAGE. THEY PLACED THE FUSE FOR ME AND MY SEAT WORKED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN BLEW THE FUSE. I COULDN'T AFFORD TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM RUN A DIAGNOSTIC, SO I DECIDED TO DEAL WITH MY SEAT NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE BACKSEAT DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE WOULD NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK EVERY TIME BY PRESSING THE UNLOCK BUTTON. THEN, THE DRIVER'S DOOR STOPPED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. SO EVERY TIME I GET OUT OF MY CAR AND HIT THE BUTTON TO LOCK MY DOORS, I HAVE TO PUSH THE ACTUAL LOCK DOWN ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR, AND THEN I HAVE TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR AND PUSH THAT LOCK DOWN. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT IS THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT AND BLINKER. WHEN MY BLINKER AND HEADLIGHT FIRST WENT OUT I DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT, SO I REPLACED THE BULBS. A DAY OR TWO LATER, THE BLINKER AND HEADLIGHT WERE OUT AGAIN. I REPLACED THE BULBS A SECOND TIME, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN A BAD PRODUCT I BOUGHT. THE BLINKER AND HEADLIGHT WORKED AGAIN AND THEN STOPPED A DAY LATER. SOME MORNINGS I GET LUCKY AND MY DOORS WILL UNLOCK OR LOCK AND SOMETIMES MY BLINKER AND HEADLIGHT WILL WORK, BUT BY THE TIME I GET TO WHERE I AM GOING THEY WILL STOP WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS ALL VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE SOMETHING IS ALWAYS GOING WRONG ON THIS CAR. I AM TERRIFIED ONE DAY SOMETHING ELSE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL OR THE BRAKES WILL GO OUT AND COULD COST ME MY LIFE. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKS. FIRST THE FRONT DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR OPEN CIRCUIT. AT 50,079 MILES NOV 2012. NOW AT 60,000 MILES THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR HAS FAILED. IF MANUALLY UNLOCKED IT WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE FOB OR POWER DOOR SWITCH. IF LOCKED IT WILL NOT UNLOCK. *TR

POWER STEERING CUTS IN AND OUT. THE DEALER STATES THE POWER STEERING COULD BE LOST ALTOGETHER. THE ISSUE IS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR. I TOLD THE DEALER OF A TRANSPORT CANADA RECALL # 2012331 ON THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER STATED IT COULD A PART FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. IS THE NHTSA AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM? IF SO, HAS YOUR INVESTIGATION PROVED IT IS NOT THE PART RECALLED IN CANADA? I THINK THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWERING STEERING IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER IS WEST HERR CHEVROLET OF ORCHARD PARK NY. *TR

I HAD THE RECALL FIXED LAST YEAR. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED ROTORS AND CONTROL ARM ON THIS VEHICLE . I TRADED IN A SATURN THAT I LOVED ON THIS SATURN. I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE DEALER BUT NOW MY INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM MY FRONT SPEAKERS IN THE DOORS COME ON AND OFF ON THERE OWN AND THE BACK DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK RIGHT NOW I CAN PULL THE LOCK UP TO UNLOCK IT BUT I AM WORRIED THAT THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRES THAT MAY CAUSE A FIRE I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT IF THERE WERE A FIRE I AM WORRIED THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THEM OUT. IT IS GOING TO COST ALOT TO TAKE TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE PANELS TAKEN APART TO LOOK FOR A LOOSE WIRE. AND STILL MY NOT FIND THE WIRE. MOVED SINCE I BOUGHT IT SO I AM NOW TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM HOPING SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM CAN TELL ME WHAT IT IS SO I CAN TELL A SHOP. I LOVE MY CAR BUT NOT AT MY CHILDREN'S EXPENSE. I HAVE SEEN THE OTHER COMPLAINTS SHOWN ON THIS SITE . NEED HELP!!!! *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING LIKE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED. WHEN I DID DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF COMPLETELY. THEN, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS, THEY WOULD COME BACK ON LIKE THEY WERE BEING DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING. IT WOULD NOT SET AND HOLD THE CAR AT A SPECIFIC SPEED. *TR

THERE IS SOME SORT OF SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE CRUISE CONTROL IS RANDOMLY DISABLED, ANY THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONING BACKWARDS. THEY ARE ON WHEN NOT PRESSING THE BRAKES, THEN GO OFF WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE MY CRUISE WORKS AGAIN AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO BACK TO NORMAL. A FEW MORE MILES, AND THE ISSUES RETURN. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL SHORT. I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T WIND UP IN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME/SIMILAR ISSUES: NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10535189 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10533881 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10525153 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10515803 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10508189 *TR

CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAY ON WITHOUT HITTING BRAKE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CRUISE ENGAGED. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY CRUISE TURNED OFF. I LOOK IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND I SAW MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHTS ON. THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY BACK BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON RANDOMLY WHEN I DRIVE. WHEN I USE MY BRAKE PEDALS THAN MY BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. AND WHEN I ACCELERATE, MY BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON. I NEED SOME HELP. I HAVE A 6MONTHS OLD IN THE CAR AND I FEEL THIS COULD GET US INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR