2009 SATURN AURA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE BILL MARSH GMC DEALER LOCATED AT 1621 S. GARFIELD AVE, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED AN UNKNOWN SWITCH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

WHEN IT'S HOT OUT AND I TURN A/C ON THE VEHICLE'S REDUCED ENGINE POWER POPS UP AND MY VEHICLE WILL ONLY GO 10 TO 20 MPH,IF I'M ON THE FREEWAY IT DROPS DOWN TO THAT MPH AND IS SO NOT SAFE I'VE TRIED FIXING CODE AFTER CODE AND STILL HAVE THE ISSUE,EVERYONE ONLINE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT EITHER AFTER TAKING IT TO MULTIPLE GM DEALERSHIPS OR HAVING THERE OWN MECHANIC TRY TO FIX IT.WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK FOR 10 MIN.IT WILL KICK ON AND DO IT ALSO.

EVERY SO OFTEN AS THE CAR IS IN MOTION IF ON THE MAIN ROADS OR THE FREEWAY I GET A WARNING REGARDING THE 'TRACTION CONTROL' AND ESC WARNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THE BREAK LIGHTS ARE LIGHT UP WHEN I'M NOT EVEN PUSHING ON THE BREAK PEDALS. AND SOME TIMES WHEN THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, I'LL LOSE SOME SPEED AND AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO ACCELERATE WHENEVER I'M DRIVING JUST TO STAY AT THE SPEED LIMIT. IT GETS VERY ANNOYING WHEN IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING. PLEASE HELP.

CAR READS SERVICE ECM, REDUCED ENGINE POWER, SERVICE TRACTION. THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE PREVIOUS ISSUES OCCURRED. CAR SEEMS TO WANT TO STALL.UPON REDUCING SPEED TO SLOW DOWN. THEN WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE, I CANT ACCELERATE WHEN ENGINE IS STILL ON. CAR WILL IDLE UP AND DOWN AND REDUCE POWER. IF CAR IS IN PARK FOR A FEW MINUTES, ERROR MESSAGES STATED ABOVE WILL ALSO APPEAR. CAR REDUCED ENGINE POWER ON HIGHWAY WHILE AT 60MPH, HARD TO STEER. CAR WILL HESITATE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE TURNS AT REDUCED SPEED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE STEERING CEASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. AFTER WAITING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER STEERING FUNCTIONALITY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. SMICKLAS CHEVROLET (8900 NORTHWEST EXPY, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73162, (405) 943-5721) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 152,000.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM I'M ASSUMING THE ORIGINAL OWNER I WAS INFORMED THERE WERE A FEW QUIRKS LIKE THE KEY WON'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION SOMETIMES AND THE AIR CONDITIONER SOMETIMES WORKS RANDOMLY.. I INVESTIGATED THE QUIRKS AND HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK I'M NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY IT DIED SOMEBODY'S EVENTUALLY LUNGES FORWARD AS IF IT JUST WENT INTO GEAR AND THEN THE KEY IS RELEASED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK AND I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE AC IS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OR IF IT'S DUE TO A ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE HOWEVER IT ALSO SEEMS TO WHEN IT GOES OUT THE FRONT DRIVERS HEADLIGHT STOPS WORKING I SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR HOW DO I PUT THE VIN NUMBER IN IT STATES THAT THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

"SERVICE AIRBAGS" MESSAGE ON DIC USED TO COME & GO. IT IS NOW PERMANENTLY ON. DTC B0081-71 IS ACTIVE. PASSENGER AIRBAG LAMP STAYS OFF WHETHER SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT. BEEN TOLD THE PPS PAD IN THE SEAT FOAM NEEDS REPLACING FOR OVER $1000. SEAT HASN'T BEEN SAT IN MORE THAN 20 TIMES SINCE CAR WAS NEW. *TR

SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. ON NHTSA.GOV IT SAYS IT WAS RECALLED FOR THIS REASON, BUT WHEN I CALLED SATURN AND GAVE THEM MY VIN # THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT RECALLED.

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING GETS STIFF WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS OK AGAIN. BUT NOW I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR.

ANTI THEFT LIGHT IS ON, DISABLING MY CAR. WHEN THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT COMES ON ALL OTHER DASH LIGHTS FLICKER AND MY NEEDLES GO UP AND DOWN. MY MESSAGE BOARD STATES ALL PWOER STEERING, SERVICE ESC, AND LOW TIRE AIR MESSAGES. I HAVE REPLACED MY INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, STEERING COLUMN, AND MY BCM & NOTHING IS WORKING. IVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE CHEV DEALERSHIP FOR ALL SERVICES AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO WORK ON IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE ISSUE. SINGLE MOM STUCK WITHOUT A CAR NOW, BC GM WILL NOT RECALL THIS CAR FOR THIS ISSUE