2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

PUT CAR IN PARK. THEN I SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I WAS UNABLE TO START CAR. *TR

SERVICE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, APPEARS THAT AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR WAS JUST STARTED IN PARKING LOT OF STORE AND WAS STILL IN PARK. THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF WE WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. NUMEROUS OTHER SATURNS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

OIL IS LEAKING ON ENGINE CAUSING WHITE SMOKE, SMELL FILTER INSIDE OF VEHICLE, BUT NO OIL ON THE GROUND.(USE CONVENTIONAL OIL) NO ACCIDENT SINCE I PURCHASE THE CAR. SOMETIMES SHIFT HARD WHEN GOING TO NEXT GEAR. MEDAL SEEN IN ENGINE OIL. *TR

I WAS ADJUSTING MY ELECTRONIC DRIVERS SEAT WHEN I NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE WASN'T RESPONDING TO ANY VERTICAL ADJUSTMENTS I TRIED TO MAKE. IT STILL WORKED FORWARDS AND BACK SO I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND STARTED ON MY 2 HOURS DRIVE TO WORK. I DISCOVERED THAT WHENEVER I BANKED LEFT ON THE FREEWAY THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT WOULD RAISE UP AND THEN SLAM BACK DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS NOW LOOSE. THE MOUNTING BAR FOR THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE THIS WAY - ALWAYS BOUNCING AROUND MADE IT HARD TO STEER STRAIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS QUOTED $600 + LABOR TO REPLACE THE SEAT. I DID NOT HAVE THE WORK DONE. I TOOK A METAL HOSE CLAMP AND SECURED THE TWO BROKEN ENDS OF THE MOUNTING BAR TOGETHER THEN WRAPPED IT WITH DUCK TAPE TO KEEP THE CLAMP IN PLACE. THE SEAT STILL COULD NOT BE RAISED OR LOWERED BUT THE FIX WORKED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE SEEN DOZENS OF POSTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. *TR

I HAD NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THIS. THEN ONE DAY I WAS JUST DRIVING A COUPLE OF MILE TO THE BANK. ON THE WAY THERE, MY 2007 SATURN AURA SEEMED TO KICK AND I EXPERIENCED SOME HARD SHIFTING. ON THE WAY BACK, I STARTED TO LOSE POWER AT TIMES AND THE CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS. I BARELY MADE IT HOME AND GOT IT INTO PARK. THE NEXT DAY I HAD THE CAR TOWED 5 MILES TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION, PLUS DIAGNOSTICS & COMPUTER SCAN REVEALED CODES P0717 - INPUT SPEED SENSOR, P0756 - SHIFT SOLENOID B PERFORMANCE STUCK OFF, P0989-TPF SWITCH 5 CIRCUIT LOW VOLUME, P0016, P0017, P0018, P0019 VARIABLE TIMING ACTUATOR, P0300 - ENGINE MISFIRE, P0455 EVAP LEAK, P0690 ENGINE CONTROL, P0700 -TRANSMISSION CONTROLS. I PAID $650 TO HAVE 4 NEW SPEED SENSOR/SOLENOID, VARIABLE TIMING ACTUATORS INSTALLED, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GET OUT OF 3RD GEAR SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED 25MI TO THE CLOSEST GMC SATURN/CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR THE TRANSMISSION WORK SINCE I WAS GIVEN $4K - $6K ESTIMATES FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WORK LOCALLY. AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND AFTER A WEEK, THEY REPLACED CP $1,328.11??,INTERNAL PRESSURE SENSOR SOLENOID FAILED, REPLACED TRANS CONTROL MODULE AND AFTER PAYING OVER $1,050.00 OF THE $2,167.34 BILL, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS STRETCHED, AND I NEEDED TO DRIVE IT TENDERLY BUT THAT IT WASN'T WORTH PAYING TO HAVE THE CHAIN REPLACED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ON. I DROVE IT HOME AND THE NEXT MORNING THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T GET OUT OF 3RD GEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE THE 25 MILES BACK TO THE DEALER AT 40MPH ON BACK ROADS WHICH TOOK 2 HOURS. I CALLED GM TO REDUCE THE REPAIR COSTS AND FINALLY GOT MY CAR BACK OCT. 7, 2013 IN A DRIVABLE STATE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND SHIFTING WAS ROUGH. MY PROBLEM IS NOW I CAN'T REGISTER MY CAR OR PASS SMOG WITHOUT SPENDING ANOTHER $2K-$5K. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN PARK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SHIFT CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20MPH AND WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. ACCORDING TO REPAIR FACILITY, ALSO SLIPPING IN FORWARD GEARS. THIS IS DUE TO THE 35R CLUTCH BEING DAMAGED BY THE WAVE PLATE WHICH NEEDS REPLACING AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

PURCHASED CAR 8/2010. ON JAN 25, 2014, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DID WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO GO BACK INTO DRIVE.. YOU COULD MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT BUT IT WAS NOT CATCHING.. THE ENGINE JUST KEPT ESCALATING.. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND CALLED FOR A TOW.. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION CENTER AND ON MONDAY THEY GAVE ME A ESTIMATE WITHOUT OPENING THE TRANS. OF 3600.00.. WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, I WENT ON LINE TO LOOK UP ANY RECALLS THERE MAYBE ON THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND THE RECALL ON THE GEAR SHIFT.. I CALLED THE GM RECALL CENTER AND THEY STATED THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY VIN #, BUT THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THERE SELECTED DEALER.. I TOWED THE CAR AGAIN TO DANIEL LONGS AT 670 AUTOMOTIVE DR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO..(719)632-5591... I PHONED THE NHTSA TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND WAS GIVEN A REF # 599701, BUT I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY OTHER INSTRUCTION.. SINCE THAT TIME THE DEALER HAS GIVEN ME A ESTIMATE OF 3500.00, WITH 10% OFF.. BUT THEY ARE CHARGING ME FOR THE PARTS EVEN MENTIONED IN THE RECALL.. IS THAT LEGAL ? UPDATED 02/07/14*LJ....UPDATED 09/29/15*BF *TR

SEAT BELT ALERT ON DASH KEEPS TELLING ME THAT THE SEAT BELT FOR THE DRIVER IS NOT BUCKLED EVEN WHEN DRIVER IS BUCKLED IN. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN HANDLED UNDER A WARRANTY CLAIM BY REPLACING THE DASH CLUSTER AFTER MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALER. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPLACED UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. NOW THE ISSUE HAS RETURNED AND GM IS REFUSING ANY SORT OF REPLACEMENT OR DIAGNOSIS ON THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT DEALS WITH PASSENGER SAFETY. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW AND HAVE ON GOING ISSUES WITH THE DASH CLUSTER AND IT MALFUNCTIONING WITH GM TELLING ME EVERY TIME THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER FIX IT. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY HURT AS A RESULT OF THE SEAT BELT NOT LOCKING IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE ELECTRONICS DO NOT SEE THE SEAT BELT AS BEING BUCKLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSITION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.