2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO HANDLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT THE STEERING HAD TO HANDLE WITH FORCE TO MAINTAIN THE TURN WITHOUT CAUSING A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE PASSENGER DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, BUT HE SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,446.

1.NO EVENT. MY WIFE AND I WERE RUNNING ERRANDS ONE DAY AND WE HEARD A LOUD CRACK. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 2. THE DRIVER SEAT WAS LOOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I COULD MOVE THE REAR LEFT OF THE SEAT BACK QUITE EASILY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE BACK LEFT MOUNTING OF THE SEAT BOTTOM TO BE BROKEN . I COULD LIFT THE SEAT UP QUITE EASILY. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT WAS STILL SECURE. 3. THE ENTIRE SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST OF THE REPLACEMENT WAS ABOUT $850. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA. BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT GO ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING. IF I SET THE CRUISE AFTER I TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TURN OFF THE BRAKE LIGHTS, THE CRUISE WOULD ENGAGE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THEN TURN OFF AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT ON AGAIN. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I FELT VERY UNSAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THIS ONLY OCCURRED AT NIGHT, SO WONDER IF IT'S TIED IN SOME WAY TO THE HEADLIGHTS. CRUISE AND BRAKES WORK FINE DURING THE DAY. TOOK TO MY MECHANIC TODAY AND HE REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH. HAVEN'T DRIVEN AT NIGHT TO SEE IF PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE ENGAGED THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE BRAKES ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. HE STATED THAT IF HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD SHUT OFF FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS AND WOULD COME BACK ON INDEPENDENTLY. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVEN TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS TWICE. THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE ALSO REPLACED. IN DECEMBER OF 2009 A GMC FIELD ENGINEER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000

THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN. IT MAY BE SIMILAR TO A PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR, BUT IT'S EVIDENT THE SEAT FRAME HAS DETACHED IN THE RIGHT REAR PART OF THE UNIT. WHEN POWERING THE SEAT BOTTOM UP, ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE SEAT WOULD MOVE. I RECENTLY TRIED TO RAISE THE SEAT BECAUSE THE BACK FELT TOO LOW AND THERE WAS A "BANG" AND I COULD FEEL THE POWER MECHANISM PUSHING THROUGH THE UPHOLSTERY...OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE FRAME. *TR

I OWN A 2007 SATURN AURA WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT, THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT AND CHIME HAS COME ON REPEATEDLY IN THE PAST YEAR. SERVICE DEPT STATED NO PROBLEM.. NOW I AM READING ABOUT OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THAT PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE FIXED. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE AND HOPE IT IS COVERED AS THE REPAIR IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1000, MORE OR LESS. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA'S BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT GO ON. WHEN YOU SLAM ON THE BRAKES IN THE VEHICLE OR PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO QUICKLY SHIFTING FROM PARK, IT MUST MESS UP A SWITCH OR A SENSOR. AFTER SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES THE NEXT TIME YOU PRESS THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT LIGHT. OCCASIONALLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY COME ON, HOWEVER, WHEN ONE APPLIES PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS WILL THEN GO OFF AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER AND COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS NOTIFYING OTHER DRIVERS OF THE VEHICLES DECELERATION. I AM NOT SURE IF ANYTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM I'M STILL HAVING IT. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RAPIDLY PRESSED. I HAVE DONE WEB BASED RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS THAT OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WE NOTICED A "SERVICE AIR BAGS" MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED "OFF" EVEN WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF A FORMER SATURN DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A "SHORT IN THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE." TECHNICIAN STATED THE AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE WOULD LIKELY NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. REPAIR INVOLVING REPLACEMENT OF THE "SWITCH" WAS MADE AT A COST OF $717. *TR

SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE APPEARS. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN LAST TWO WEEKS. FIRST TIME, PASSENGER WAS IN SEAT AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER AIR BAG WAS "ON", THE CHIME AND MESSAGE THAT IT WAS NEEDING SERVICE. SECOND TIME, IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSENGER EXITED CAR, THE CHIME AND MESSAGE, MESSAGE REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINING 20 MINUTES OF DRIVE. THIRD TIME, AFTER CAR WAS IN MOTION, MO PASSENGER. TOOK THAT CAR TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR, WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT A COVERED REPAIR. I DID NOT GET IT REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF MY POCKET TO REPAIR IT. *TR

SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING IN MY SATURN AURA 2007 CAR. PLANNING TO TAKE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT HAVE TRIP SCHEDULED MONDAY OCT 4, 2010. *TR