2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

THIRD BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IN NOT PRESSED DOWN AND WHEN PRESSED DOWN BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF AND THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY. ALSO, AT TIMES BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED DOWN VERY HARD TO GET SELECTOR INTO DRIVE. *TR

PUT CAR IN PARK AND TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE AND CAR BEGAN TO ROLL. DOORS DID NOT UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN PUT INTO PARK AS THEY USUALLY DO. NOW CAR WILL START, BUT NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. IT WILL ALSO GET "STUCK" IN PARK. *TR

ESC WARNING LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHES UNDER BRAKING. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF OR NOT GO ON FOR SOME REASON. I WAS ADVISED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. WHEN I CHECKED THE BRAKE LIGHTS I FOUND THAT THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ON BUT WHEN I ENGAGED THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF. I WAS CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING TAILGATED AND NOW I KNOW WHY. IF YOU TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF INSTEAD OF ON THEN IT'S OBVIOUS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE CAR BEHIND YOU. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE TIER 2 TECH AND THE SUPERVISOR ACTED LIKE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD AND THAT THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. THEY STILL CLAIMED THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD. WHEN IS THE NHTSA GOING TO COMPLETE IT'S INVESTIGATION BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD A LARGE BILL FROM THE DEALER. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 21,00 MILES AND IT NOW HAS 62,000...THE ECS LIGHT PROBLEM STARTED WITHIN A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE CRUISE/ BRAKE PROBLEM STARTED PROBABLY A YEAR AGO. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN AURA AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL BE ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING USED. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I ACTUALLY USE THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. ALSO THIS CAUSES MY CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. IT WILL EITHER NOT WORK OR IT WILL WORK THEN SHUT OFF SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING. I ALSO NOTICED WHEN I USE THE BRAKES AND THEN ENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WOULD TURN ON THEN WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKES AND IT WOULD SHUT OFF. *TR

WHEN AN ADULT (OVER 100 POUNDS) SITS IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT THE LIGHT ON THE DASH INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS ON/OFF SWITCHES FROM ON TO OFF AND BACK ON ETC. THE TIMING BETWEEN AN ON TO OFF EPISODE VARIES FROM SECONDS TO MANY MINUTES. THUS PASSENGER NOT PROTECTED BY AIRBAG. TOOK CAR TO BUICK/GMC DEALER AND THEY REPLACED PARTS DEALING WITH THE WEIGHT SENDOR IN THE FROM PASSENGER SEAT: THEY ARE: 20824277 MODULE KIT 19118733 CONNECTOR (REQUIRED BECAUSE ABOVE MODULE WAS REDESIGNED) 25864887 HEATER COST OVER $1000.00. *TR

PARKED CAR AND WAS LEAVING VEHICLE WITH KEYS IN HAND. VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. GOT BACK INTO CAR, REINSERTED KEYS AND MADE SURE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK POSITION, WHICH IT WAS. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE. NO PROBLEM GETTING INTO OTHER GEARS OR FEELING LIKE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I DID LOOK UP ON THIS SITE AND SAW THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH OTHER AURAS, BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, WHEN I ACCELERATED AFTER BEING AT A STOP LIGHT. JUST AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I COULD TELL THE ENGINE WAS RACING BUT I WAS GOING NO WHERE. I MANAGED TO DRIFT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR WON'T GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. DEALER NOW PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION AT $3000. VERY SCARY SITUATION AND NOW THAT I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND SEEN HOW MANY OTHER SATURN AURO'S HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GM HASN'T HAD A RECALL/REIMBURSEMENT. THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE A LOAN OUT AT THE BANK TO PAY FOR THIS. THANK GOD MY 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HASN'T STARTED DRIVING IT YET. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, TOWED TO MECHANIC, TIMING CHAIN DETERMINED TO BE AT FAULT CHECKED POLICY 11340A WHICH REFERENCES OTHER 3.6L VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE - THE SATURN AURA XR IS NOT LISTED HERE, BUT IS DISPLAYING THE SAME ISSUES. VEHICLES COVERED UNDER THAT POLICY INDICATE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE, BUT ACCEPTANCE OF THE FULL SCOPE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED AND THEY FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY AND INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE ENGINE POWER WAS ALSO REDUCED TO ALMOST 0 AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT A LOWER RATE OF SPEED. THE DIAGNOSIS BY THE REPAIR SHOP WAS A FAILED WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A SEVERE ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS BASED ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION PART WERE TO FAIL. *TR