2007 SATURN AURA Complaints

THE CAR'S BRAKES STARTED MAKING FUNNY NOISES AND WHEN DEPRESSED THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD VIBRATE. SATURN SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RE-SURFACED THEM AT 13,000 MILES. AT 35,000 MILES THE CAR STARTED TO DO THE EXACT THING. HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM THIS TIME AND SAID THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS 65% OF THE BRAKE PAD LIFE YET. THE FAILURE WAS PREMATURE AND CORPORATE WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS BAD METAL INVOLVED IN THE ROTORS. *TR

RANDOM BUT PERSISTENT NOISE COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION ON UNEVEN SURFACES AND OVER BUMPS. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND LEFT FRONT STRUT MOUNT ASSEMBLY AND HAVE MADE SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS BUT THE NOISE IS STILL VERY APPARENT. THEY HAVE HAD 7 OPPORTUNITIES TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE BUT ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT HEAR THE SAME NOISE THAT THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR. SINCE THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE HAS NOT BEEN PIN-POINTED I DO NOT KNOW THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY CAR WAS BRAND NEW WHEN PURCHASED. MY CAR HAS A PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR. THE AIRBAG ONLY TURNS ON IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. ON OCCASION, WHEN THERE IS INDEED A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT, THE AIRBAG DOES NOT TURN ON. SATURN WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE THROUGH THEIR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER VIA THERE WEBSITE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. SATURN TOLD ME TO REFER TO MY OWNER'S MANUAL FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD SAFETY SEATS. THEY DID NOT OFFER TO TEST THE INDICATOR OR TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE. WHY WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED. *TR

UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION VEHICLE BECOMES UNSTABLE WHEN PASSING (OVER CROWN OF ROAD) OR UPON ENCOUNTERING PARALLEL OR DIAGONAL JOINT IN ROAD SURFACE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD CLICKING NOISES. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL DRASTICALLY VIBRATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE STABILIZER BAR FAILED. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WAS NORMAL AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON MAY 29, 2008 AND THEY STATED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE STEERING. THE STEERING WILL BE REPAIRED ON JUNE 9, 2008. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,426 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,901.

DRIVING A 2001 SATURN AURA XR ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS STOPPED, APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WERE NONE. HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT 30-35 MPH AND NO AIR BAGS EITHER. *TR

ON BOARD COMPUTER SENDS MESSAGE TO "SERVICE AIRBAG," PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT THEN PROCEEDS TO INDICATE THAT AIR BAG IS OFF -WITH OR WITHOUT PERSON IN SEAT. HAPPENS INTERMEDIATELY. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT WHERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE OR DID NOT HAVE A "CODE " TO RESET AND WOULD HAVE TO JUST "SEE IF IT KEEPS HAPPENING." CONSIDER THIS DANGEROUS IF IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

IT APPEARS THAT THE 2007 SATURN AURA DOES NOT MEET FMVSS 102 SECTION 3.1.4 RELATING TO TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER POSITIONS IDENTIFICATION. MY AURA DOES NOT INDICATE WHICH GEAR IS SELECTED. THERE PRNDIL LETTERING IS BACKLIT BUT THERE IS NO IDENTIFICATION OF WHICH GEAR THE TRANSMISSION IS CURRENTLY IN (I.E. THERE IS NO POINTER/LIGHT HIGHLIGHTING 'D' WHEN IN DRIVE). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ONLY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKES FUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT BEGAN HEARING A SQUEAKING SOUND WHENEVER HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT THE BRAKE FAILURE REMAINS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,382 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

I PURCHASED A 2007 SATURN AURA XE. I DISCOVERED A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE CAR. WHILE DRIVING FOR 1 HOUR IN POURING RAIN, I STARTED HEARING A WATER SLOSHING NOISE IN MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR EVERY TIME I CAME TO A STOP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I DETERMINED THAT WHEN WATER/RAIN WAS POURED ONTO THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR, OVER HALF THE WATER WOULD FIND ITS WAY INTO THE DOOR, COLLECT IN THE DOOR, AND WOULD ONLY DRAIN OUT WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED (THERE IS A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR, UNDER THE MOLDING THAT WATER CAN DRAIN OUT OF). I CALLED MY SATURN DEALERSHIP AND THEN CONFIRMED THEY HAD SEEN THIS ISSUE ONCE BEFORE. THEY ORDERED A NEW OUTSIDE WINDOW SEAL PART AND I JUST HAD IT INSTALLED. I WILL WRITE AGAIN IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED THE PART, THAT THE PART # HAD A REVISION ON IT (MEANING THAT THE ORIGINAL PART MUST OF HAD A DEFECT AND WAS REPLACED WITH A FIXED PART). I AM WRITING THIS TO INFORM ALL AURA OWNERS TO TEST YOUR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE ALSO. IF I HAD NOT HEARD THE SLOSHING NOISE, THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE GONE UNDETECTED AND PROBABLY RUINED THE ELECTRONICS INSIDE MY DOOR EVENTUALLY, NOT TO MENTION CAUSING MOLD. I TESTED THIS BY USING A GARDEN HOSE AND SPRAYING THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FOR 30 SECONDS, THEN OPENING THE DOOR AND SEEING HOW MUCH WATER FLOWED OUT THE HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR, THEN REPEATING FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I WAS NOTICING THAT 50X MORE WATER WAS FLOWING INTO MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I WOULD BET THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH LOTS OF AURAS AFFECTED, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO UNDETECTED UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. *TR