2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

SHIFTER CABLE BROKE. SHIFTER LEVER WAS PLACED IN PARK, BUT THE TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK WHICH ALLOWED THE CAR TO ROLL. THANKFULLY, CAR WAS PARKED ON LEVEL AREA SO CAR DID NOT ROLL AWAY AND NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR

ABOUT 6 DAYS AGO I PULLED INTO A PARK AND TURNED MY CAR OFF BUT IT WOULDN'T START BACK UP. I HAD ONSTAR PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND MY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WAS FINE. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, BUT I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN PARK AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. SO FROM THEN ON I WAS UNABLE TO PLACE MY CAR IN PARK AND I HAD TO START IT IN NEUTRAL. THEN LAST NIGHT AT 2AM MY SHIFTER CABLE BROKE COMPLETELY, I AM UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR OR START THE CAR. I TRIED TO HAVE ONSTAR TOW ME HOME BUT THEY CAN ONLY TOW TO A DEALERSHIP SO I HAD TO CALL AAA. I SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX IT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AND FORCE THE DEALER TO DO A RECALL ON THE 2007 SATURN AURA. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA XE HAS AIR BAG LIGHT ON AT TIMES. SERVICE AIR BAG READOUT APPEARS PERIODICALLY, ALONG WITH RED AIR BAG ICON. PRESSED ON STAR BUTTON, HAD ADVISOR MONITOR MESSAGE, ADVISED TO GET TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CHECKED. THIS WAS DONE, DEALER MECHANIC RE-CALIBRATED PPS SYSTEM ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS, LAST TIME WAS MARCH 31, 2011. PROBLEM STILL ONGOING. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR READS "ON" AND "OFF" WHILE AVERAGE WEIGHT ADULT OCCUPIES SEAT. CANNOT HAVE FULL USE OF CAR FOR THIS UNSAFE REASON. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. PURCHASED NEW JANUARY 2007.

2007 SATURN AURA, TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILED THIS MORNING.WON'T START--NOT PROPERLY ENGAGED IN PARK.THE CABLE APPEARS TO BE NOT IN THE CORRECT POSITION AND DOES NOT COORDINATE WITH POSITION ON DRIVE SHIFT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 SATURN AURA IN MAY 2010 WITH 36,000 MILES. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHUT OFF BY ITSELF. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, IT DID IT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I NOTICED (IT WAS AT NIGHT) THEN WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF, THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD COME ON BY THEMSELVES. AFTER STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS MORE, I REALIZED THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON MY THEMSELVES. THEY ONLY SHUT OFF WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THUS DRIVERS BEHIND ME THINK I AM RIDING MY BRAKES AND THEN WHEN I IN FACT USE THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE LIGHT SHUTS OFF. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. DEALERSHIPS AND SATURN/GM CUSTOMER SERVICE HAVE BEEN NO HELP. I RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND 24,300 RESULTS OF SATURN AURA BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE NO WAY TO FIX IT, I HAVE REPLACED FUSES, SENSORS, PRESSURE SWITCHES, NOTHING HAS WORKED. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD THAT I WON'T EVEN LET RIDE IN MY CAR FOR FEAR I WILL BE REAR ENDED WITH HIM SHOULD MY BRAKE LIGHTS DECIDE NOT TO WORK. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES THAT THEY WON'T EVEN WORK AT ALL. THIS IS AN EVERYDAY PROBLEM. EVERYDAY MY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ONLY GO OFF WHEN I ACTUALLY USE THE BRAKE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT IN AN ACCIDENT, AND IF IT IS SOMEONE IN MY VEHICLE, GM IS THE FIRST PLACE I'M GOING TO FOR ANSWERS. I HAVE OWNED GM VEHICLES FOR 15 YEARS AND AFTER THE HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE I RECEIVED (AFTER I FILED A BBB COMPLAINT) I WILL NEVER BUY GM AGAIN. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HYBRID UNIT FAILURE *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE BATTERY OVERHEATED AND ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS TO THE VEHICLE HAD FAILED. AT THE END OF 2009, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 SATURN AURA WHERE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THE WHOLE CONTROL PANEL GOES BLACK AND THE DOOR LOCKS WON'T OPEN. THEN I CAN'T RESTART THE CAR. I FOUND MYSELF STRANDED FOR 3 HOURS ON A DARK DESERTED STREET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN SOME PRETTY COLD WINTER WEATHER.I AM A SINGLE 67 YR. OLD WOMAN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CALLED AAA AND THEY NEVER SHOWED UP SO MY SON CAME OUT AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO START THE CAR BY PRESSING DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE, TURNING THE IGNITION KEY AND MOVING THE SHIFT GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE CAR STARTED. THE CAR WOULD WORK FINE FOR AWHILE AND THEN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.YESTERDAY I HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I COULDN'T PRESS THE BRAKE DOWN AND IT WOULDN'T START IN NEUTRAL. EVEN WITH THE CAR IN PARK, IT WOULD ROLL. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE "SERVICE TRACTION" WARNING WENT ON AND IT ALSO KEPT DISPLAYING THE "ICE POSSIBLE" WARNING EVEN THO THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE AND THEY FOUND THE SHIFTER CABLE SNAPPED. I AM PRESENTLY HAVING THIS REPLACED. THIS PART WAS RECALLED IN AURAS FOR 2008 & 2009 BUT NOT 2007 EVEN THO IT IS THE EXACT SAME PART. BEING STRANDED AND HAVING THE CAR ROLLING IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. I ONLY HAVE 34,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH SINCE THE THIRD MONTH I OWNED IT. MOSTLY IT WAS BRAKE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS - WARPED ROTORS AND EXCESSIVELY WORN PADS. I STILL ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. THE CAR STARTS, DRIVES OK, BUT AFTER I SHUT IT OFF, I CAN'T GET THE KEY OUT. AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM AND ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. WHO CAN AFFORD TO LEAVE THEIR KEY IN THE IGNITION AND GO TO WORK??? THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND YET BEYOND THE TIME FRAME FOR THE LEMON LAW TO BE PURSUED. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE LIGHT WOULD SHUT OFF. ALSO WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD DISENGAGE, AND IF THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OFF,THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE . NEITHER THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,950 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,763.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WITH THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR PLACED INTO PARK. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE BUT NO MATTER WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD CAUSING HIM TO CRASH INTO HIS FRONT PORCH. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO RECALL 09V073000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT). NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 91,950. UPDATED 05/12/11 *BF UPDATED 06/06/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE BROKE AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH HE HAD PLACED THE SHIFTER INTO 'R' AND THE SHIFT INDICATOR SHOWED 'R'. HE WAS SURPRISED THAT THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD INSTEAD OF BACKWARD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONE OR OBJECTS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 09V073000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,071 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,726. UPDATED 3/28/11 *CN UPDATED 03/31/11