2008 SATURN AURA Complaints

#1 (STEERING COLUMN) JARS OCCASIONALY WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS MAKING IT JAR THE WHOLE CAR AND ALSO MAKES IT HARD TO TURN. #2 (ELECTRICAL)POWER LOCKS ON EVERY DOOR BUT DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT WORK OCCASIONALY...AND PASSENGER DOOR SOMETIMES DOES NOT LATCH AND SOMETIMES WONT OPEN WHEN DOOR IS UNLOCKED AND CAR IS SETTING STILL AND OR MOVING.

MY CAR HAS 106,000 MILES, AND ENGINE IS BAD, ALWAYS TOOK GREAT CARE OF MY CAR, AND HAD OIL CHANGES ON TIME ETC. WHY IS THERE NOT RECALLS WHEN THERE IS SO MANY ISSSUES WITH THERE ENGINES?

IN PARKING LOT. STARTED CAR, PUT IN REVERSE. FELT LIKE IT WASN'T GOING TO STOP. THEN GEAR SHIFT WENT LOOSELY BACK AND FORTH. HAD IT TOWED AND REPAIRED. SAID IT WAS A CLIP CAME OFF. REPAIRED TRANSMISSION CABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT ROLLED AWAY ON ITS OWN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AFTER IT WAS STARTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO CALL A LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

THE STEERING HAS GOTTEN VERY HARD TO STEER AT SLOW SPEEDS. IT TAKES EFFORT TO TURN IT AND ONCE TURNING, IT WILL NOT RETURN STRAIGHT BUT YOU HAVE TO FORCEFULLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO GO STRAIGHT INSTEAD OF IT WANTING TO GO STRAIGHT . IT IS NOT THE POWER STEERING WHICH IS WORKING FINE.A MACHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY GM CARS AND TO CHECK. SURE ENOUGH THERE ARE MANY MODELS OF MY CAR THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE LUCKILY AVOIDED ANY ACCIDENTS SO FAR BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

BROKEN GEAR SHIFTS. PUT CAR IN REVERSE TO PARK AND CAR SHUT OFF GEAR SHIFT WENT LOOSELY BACK AND FORTH. CAR ROLLED BACK ON IT'S OWN POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. GEAR SHIFT BROKEN. CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT START. I PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND IT LIT UP DASHBOARD AND WINDOWS LET UP AND DOWN BUT VEHICLE DIDN'T MOVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE BRAKES AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (SUTLIFF GMC IN STATE COLLEGE, PA) WERE NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) IN 2014, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. *LN

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE AT THE BODY SHOP AFTER HAVING THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPLACED BECAUSE THE WELDS BROKE. TODAY, APRIL 27, 2018 I RETURNED TO THE BODY SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE WELDS ARE BROKEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT. I HAVE ATTACHED A PHOTO OF THE RIGHT FRONT WELD. I SEARCHED YOUR DATABASE FOR THIS ISSUE AND DID NOT FIND IT.

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ON VEHICLE KEEPS CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING. CAR IS VERY HARD TO STEER WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS. 105,000 MILES ON CAR. RECALL IS THERE FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MODEL YEAR OF CAR, BUT GM SAYS IT DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AS THE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED 'POWER STEERING ". THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF 2017, BUT WOULD ALWAYS CORRECT ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.