2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE WHEN THERE WAS A POP IN THE GEAR SHIFTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND THEN INTO PARK BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL ENGAGED IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

WHILE MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN, THE STEERING SEEMED TO CATCH AS IF IT WAS LOCKING UP. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH EACH LEFT-HAND TURN, BUT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. IT NOW HAPPENS WITH BOTH LEFT- AND RIGHT-HAND TURNS. *TR

I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AS A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK SO THEREFORE MY CAR STARTED TO ROLL AWAY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I WAS STILL NOT ABLE TO GET IT IN PARK SO I LEFT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. TO START MY VEHICLE I HAVE TO HAVE MY CAR IN NEUTRAL OR ELSE IT WILL NOT START. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND SAW THAT THIS WAS AN APPARENT ISSUE THAT SEVERAL OWNERS HAVE SEEN SO I CALLED GM TO GET SOME INFORMATION. THE LADY THAT ANSWERED THE PHONE HAD A HEAVY ACCENT AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HER BUT SHE STARTED A CASE AND TOLD ME TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED SATURN REPAIR FACILITY. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS INDEED THE EXACT ISSUES THAT THE RECALL WAS TO ADDRESS, THE GM SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE THE DEALER TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR. HER REASON WAS THAT THE CAR HAD TOO MANY MILES AND THAT THE CABLE BROKE BECAUSE OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $600 TO REPAIR MY CAR AND AT THE POINT, I INFORMED THEM NOT TO DO THE REPAIR DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS ON MY PART. I AM STILL DRIVING THIS CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM, I JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER TO ALWAYS ENGAGE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AFTER SHUTTING OF MY CAR. I'M SO GLAD THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AGREED TO BAIL OUT GM AND THEN HAVE THEM OUTSOURCE THEIR CALL CENTER AND REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR RECALLS, GREAT MOVE. UPDATED 6/13/13 *CN INVOICE RECEIVED. UPDATED 06/17/13....UPDATED 10/19/15 *BF UPDATED 11/03/15.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA . THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS DECREASED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE KNOCK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR

ON FRIDAY, MAY 17TH THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND DROVE NORMALLY ON MONDAY, MAY 20TH THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WILL NOT GO FORWARD. IT WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AS IT WAS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THREE GEARS AT ONCE. I CALLED A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON WITH THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE. ESTIMATE IS $2,800 TO $3,000 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 92,000 MILES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HAD THIS SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. *TR

VEHICLE IS 6 YEARS OLD HAD MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO TIMING CHAIN FAILURE 7000 COST TO REPIR PLEASE HELP. *TR

I WAS TOLD THAT I AM LEAKING STEERING FLUID AND I NEED A NEW RACK AND PINION. THIS IS A MAJOR JOB AND I FEEL SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AT 22K MILES. *TR

ALL OF SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE TRACTION LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE VEHICLE READ LOST OF ENGINE POWER ON THE SCREEN. THIS APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING A LOT WITH SATURN VEHICLES WITH AS VIEW AS 25,000 MILES OF THEM. *TR

IN LATE MARCH 2013, I TOOK MY CAR TO CURRY'S AUTO SERVICE IN DULLES, VA TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF SQUEALING SOUND WHEN I BACK MY CAR OUT OFF PARKING SPACES. I WAS ADVISED TO HAVE REAR ROTORS RESURFACED, REAR PADS REPLACED AND REPLACE SHOCKS AND STRUTS. ON APRIL 2, 2013, WHILE IN GA FOR BUSINESS/PERSONAL PURPOSES I TOOK MY 2007 SATURN AURA XR TO TIRES PLUS IN SUWANEE, GA TO HAVE THE NECESSARY REPAIR WORK. DESPITE THE COMPLETED REPAIR WORK, FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THE SOUND KEPT COMING BACK ONLY OCCURRING WHEN I BACK OUT OFF PARKING SPACES. ON APRIL 27, 2013 I TOOK MY CAR TO THE TIRES PLUS IN CHANTILLY, VA. THEY DETERMINED THE REAR ROTORS WERE NOT RESURFACED PROPERLY AND REAR LEFT SHOCK WAS LOOSE. ON MAY 4, 2013 TIRES PLUS, CHANTILLY, VA LOCATION RESURFACED THE REAR ROTORS AND TIGHTENED THE SHOCK. WITHIN TWO HOURS OFF THE REPAIR THE SQUEALING NOISE IS BACK AGAIN. THE CONSISTENT NOISE OCCURS DAILY WHENEVER I BACK OUT OFF PARKING SPACES. I HAVE ALREADY INVESTED OVER $1,100 IN REPAIRS WITH NO RESOLUTION. SCANNING THE INTERNET, I FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER 2007 SATURA AURA OWNERS WITH THE SAME EXACT SQUEALING ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, MOST OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN REPAIRED EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY DEALERSHIP, PASSENGER AIRBAG TURNS OFF EVEN WITH PASSENGER IN SEAT, HEATED SEATS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, I GAVE UP ON REPAIR OF THOSE LONG AGO, BUT THEY ARE MINOR COMPARED OTHER PROBLEMS I ANY SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR AS YOU CAN READ AT EDMUNDS.COM CONSUMER DISCUSSIONS, THIS CANNOT BE COINCIDENCE, TRACTION CONTROL, WATER PUMPS, CLUNKING IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND MOST RECENTLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ISSUES, WHICH IN THE PROCESS OF MORE THAN ONE MECHANIC/DEALERSHIP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR I HAVE PAID FOR WHAT I WOULD CALL UNNECESSARY REPAIRS, FINALLY MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TELLS ME GM HAS TOLD THEM THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED, I'M ASSUMING GM KNOWS THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER VEHICLES SOME 2007 MODELS WITH A TIMING CHAIN RECALL/ISSUES, ACCORDING TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TIMING CHAINS DO NOT NEED REGULAR MAINT. AND SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN MY 68000 MILES, I NOW NEED A 3500$$ REPAIR ALTHOUGH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP "SYMPATHIZES" WITH ME THEY FEEL "THINGS JUST ARE NOT MADE THEY WAY THEY USED TO BE." JUST THOUGHT I'D JOIN THE MANY OTHERS WHO FEEL A COMPLAINT NEEDED TO BE FILED WITH GM REGARDING THIS VEHICLE!!! *TR