2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

I BOUGHT THIS 2007 SATURN AURA ON 05/23/2010. THE SAME DAY I STARTED NOTICING MY CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. SOMETIME IT WOULD WORK, OTHER TIMES IT WOULDN'T. THEN I REALIZED WHEN I DROVE THE CAR HOME THAT NIGHT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON AND THIS WAS CAUSING THE CRUISE TO NOT WORK. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AT RANDOM TIMES WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHUT THEM OFF. OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. SO WHEN MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON(CAME ON BY THEMSELVES) AND I ACTUALLY NEED TO STOP, THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF WHEN I USE THE BRAKE. A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION. WE REPLACED TWO PRESSURE SWITCHES IN THE BRAKE PEDAL THINKING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. STILL NOT FIXED. WE ALSO REPLACED A FEW OTHER PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT STILL WASN'T CORRECTED. SO, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT AND WOULD NEED TO GO THRU MY WIRING ONE BY ONE AND INSPECT EVERYTHING AND WARNED ME IT WAS LIMITLESS HOW MUCH A REPAIR LIKE THAT COULD COST. SO, I CALLED SATURN CUSTOMER SERVICE. I TALKED TO A WOMAN NAMED JUDY WHO WAS NO HELP. SHE GAVE ME A LIST OF REPAIRS TO BE DONE AND SAID I HAD TO GO THRU THAT LIST FIRST AND PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK THEN SHE WAS AT A LOSS TOO. I TOLD HER I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE ON NUMEROUS WEB SITE'S. SHE SAID THE COMPANY IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. (WHICH I DOUBT). I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD SON WHO RIDES IN THE BACKSEAT OF THIS CAR AND IT IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO A STORE OR AN INTERSECTION AND PEOPLE HAVE COME FLYING UP BEHIND ME BECAUSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING ALMOST REAR ENDING ME. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OFF, ITS 8 SECONDS BEFORE THEY COME BACK ON.

INSTRUMENT PANEL MESSAGE "SERVICE AIRBAGS SOON" APPEARS RANDOMLY ACCOMPANIED BY A RED PANEL ICON. MESSAGE AND ICON EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR. OWNERS MANUAL DOES NOT GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS OR ITS EFFECT ON THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. *LN

I DROVE INTO MY GARAGE TO PARK THE CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE SHIFTER SHIFTED VERY HARD. I DECIDED TO BACK THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE. IN FACT, NO GEAR WOULD ENGAGE AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP MY CAR WAS TO PUT ON THE PARKING BREAK. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS BROKEN. I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2008 AND 2009 SATURN AURA MODELS, BUT NOT ON THE 2007 MODELS WHICH IS OF COURSE THE ONE I HAVE. UPON GOOGLING THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SATURN AURA 2007 MODEL OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM.

ON DASH WARNING LIGHTS FOR FAILED AIRBAG. DRIVERS REMAINS ON UNLESS PASSENGER THEN THAT WARNING LIGHT SUPERSEDES DRIVERS LIGHT WHICH TEMPORARILY GOES OUT . WAS A PROBLEM AT TIME CAR PURCHASED USED. DEALER (BUICK) SAID IT WAS NORMAL.. I NOW REALIZE IT IS A FAULT COMMON ON THESE CARS. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING DAY OR NIGHT AND WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON. MUST DRIVE WITH FOOT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR LIGHTS TO REMAIN OFF. THIS IS SERIOUS AS THE DRIVER BEHIND THINKS THAT I AM RIDING THE BRAKES AND THEN WHEN I DO NEED TO BRAKE THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. *TR

IN MARCH 2009 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SHIFT CABLE FOR THE 2008 AND 2009 SATURN AURA BUT NOT ON THE 2007. I OWN A 2007 AURA AND THE SHIFT CABLE RECENTLY SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING. MY CAR WAS LITERALLY STUCK IN DRIVE ON AN INCLINE. AFTER MY MECHANIC PURCHASED A NEW CABLE HE NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT WHICH LEAD ME TO RESEARCH THE RECALL ON THAT PART. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A PART CAN BE RECALLED BUT ONLY FOR CERTAIN YEARS AND NOT ALL 3 YEARS THE CAR WAS MADE. THIS PART IS EXACTLY THE SAME IN THE 2007 AND I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID NO WAY CAUSE THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE MESSAGE CENTER DASHBOARD. THERE IS ALSO RED LIGHT THAT DEPICTS AN AIRBAG THAT NEEDS SERVICED ON THE DASHBOARD. *TR

ON 14TH DEC 2010, WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN AURA IN TOWN I HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF MY DRIVERS SEAT DROPPED. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AS MY FOOT LEFT THE GAS PEDAL, AWKWARD POSITION AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF I WAS OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST CHEVY DEALER AS SATURN IS NOW CLOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FRAME OF THE SEAT BROKE. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW FRAME AT A COST OF $1200. I REFUSE TO PAY THIS FOR A LEASED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 43500 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NOW PARKED THE CAR AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT AS IT IS NOT SAFE. IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT FAILURE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AS IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A VEHICLE'S SAFETY SYSTEMS. I AM WAITING ON GM AREA REP TO GET BACK TO ME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL COVER THE COST. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM, THAT I DO NOT MIND PAYING FOR. MY WIFE AT 105 LBS DRIVES THE CAR 90% OF THE TIME. THIS VEHICLE WAS LEASED IN CANADA, I AM CANADIAN, HOWEVER CAR WAS BUILT IN U.S.A. AND I SEE OTHERS ON THE NHTSA SITE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SAME ISSUE. TRANSPORT CANADA HAS ALSO BEEN ADVISED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO STATED THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE PPS SENSOR AS THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. UPDATED 01/31/11 *BF UPDATED 03/11/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE RADIO TURNED OFF, THE RED BATTERY LIGHT FLASHED AND THE ENGINE MADE A CRANKING NOISE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,291. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,192. UPDATED 01/18/11 *BF THE CONSUMER SATED WHILE WAITING FOR THE REPLACEMENT HYBRID BATTERY, THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY ATTEMPT TO GO INTO HYBRID MODE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO GO INTO HYBRID MODE BUT COULDN'T. THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED AND THE RADIO WENT OUT ND THE ENGINE MADE A STRANGE NOISE AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS JUST BEING STARTED. UPDATED 04/15/11