2009 SATURN AURA Complaints

I OWN A 2009 SATURN AURA XR. MY BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ENGAGED WHILE IN MOTION BUT DISENGAGE WHEN I STOP. TAPPING THE BRAKES WILL TURN THE BRAKE LIGHT OFF BRIEFLY WHILE IN MOTION BUT IT WILL COME BACK ON WITHIN SECONDS. REAR DRIVERS CANNOT DETERMINE WHEN I'M STOPPING USING THE BRAKE LIGHT AS AN INDICATOR. MY CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS WHICH I'M TOLD IS ALSO TIED TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THE ESC WARNING LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND WILL DISENGAGE. THE ONLY REMEDY I'VE FOUND FOR THIS HAS BEEN TURNING THE CAR OFF ON. I'VE SOMETIMES HAD TO DO THIS 5 TIMES WITHIN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IN THE RECENT PAST WOULD GO OFF AND ON UNWARRANTED BUT AS OF LATE JUST STAYS ON. *TR

THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER/LURCH, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BUT BOTH WENT OFF WHEN CAR TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SAID MIGHT BE FUEL INJECTION BUT DIDN'T REPAIR BECAUSE COULDN'T GET A READ ON COMPUTER. DEALER SAID TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNTIL LIGHTS STAYED ON BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE PROBLEM; TWO MONTHS LATER CAR IN SHOP FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS - CRACKED HEADS PER DEALER AND TIMING BELT. 2 WEEKS LATER SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT BACK ON AND CAR IS SHUDDERING AND LURCHING BOTH WHILE DRIVING AND IDLING. *JB

HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AT 50,000 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER ABOUT 60,000 MILES I STARTED TO FEEL A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY IT SHIFTED, WHEN I GOT 50 MPH THE POWER TRAIN SEEMED TO SHAKE. NOW IT'S WORSE THAN BEFORE, ANY THING OVER 50 AND IT SHAKES. THIS HAPPENS IN FINAL GEARS ( 5TH & 6TH ) SEEMS TO BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH & NOT LOCKING INTO EITHER ONE. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE CRUISING, NEVER ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION AND IT'S INTERMITTENT, COMES AND GOES,

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK BOSS BEHIND ME IN HIS CAR FLAGS ME OVER TOLD ME MY BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON EXCEPT WHEN I BRAKE THEY JUST BLINKED THEN I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING. *TR

MY SON WAS PULLED OVER BY THE LOCAL POLICE FOR FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTS. HIS BRAKE LIGHTS WORK SOMETIMES, STAY ON AFTER HE HAS RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL OR DON'T COME ON AT ALL. I READ OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE AND WANTED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE. *TR

AS I AM DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND OFF ALONG WITH THE ECS LIGHT. ALSO WHILE I'M DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON AND I HAVE TO EITHER TAP THE BRAKE OR DRIVE WHILE LIGHTLY PRESSING THE BRAKE TO HAVE THE LIGHT TO GO OFF. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED TWICE AND IT STILL DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME UNLESS I RIDE MY BRAKE PEDAL. THEY WONT COME BACK ON WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TILL I ALMOST LOCK UP THE BRAKES. LOTS OF ELECTRICAL GREMLINS IN THIS POS CAR. *TR

CRUISE CONTROL DROPPED OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ON THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DRIVE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN PASSED 4TH GEAR AND THE SATURN SHIFTS UNNATURALLY BETWEEN 4TH AND 6TH GEARS BETWEEN 50 AND 70MPH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THE 3/5 WAY PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE CAR HAS SEEMED TO MISS SHIFTS WITH THE ENGINES REVVING, A DELAY, AND THEN A HARD UPSHIFT FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE DEALER IT WAS PURCHASED FROM COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ON JUNE 25 AND 26, IT ACTED UP MORE THEN USUAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY FORWARD MOMENTUM AFTER ABOUT 20 FEET AND 5 MPH EVEN THOUGH THE TACHOMETER SHOWED 5000RPM WHILE PULLING OUT INTO 55 MPH TRAFFIC ON A 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD ABOUT NOON ON THE 26TH. THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING AND IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO GO BY USING THE MANUAL SHIFT FEATURE FOR A BIT AND THEN IT SETTLED DOWN AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC THAT VERY DAY AND WAS ADVISED I WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE GM DEALER AS IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES LIKE THIS. I FOUND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE AS SIMILAR ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED IN COWORKERS GM CARS AND ARE ALSO REPORTED ON THE INTERNET IN SATURN AND GM FORUMS. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS, INITIALLY SAYING THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, AND THEN SAID THERE MIGHT BE AN UPDATE AFTER ALL TO THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE AND INSTALLED IT. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AND AGAIN FIND MYSELF SOMEWHAT INCREDULOUS THAT GM WOULD BE UNAWARE OF A PROBLEM THAT MY SMALL TOWN MECHANIC WAS. *TR