NHTSA Complaint #10411913 — 2008 SATURN AURA

TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE 2008 SATURN AURA XE: THE TRANS. SHIFT CABLE IN MY 2008 SATURN AURA WITH 47,305 MILES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, I TRIED TO HAVE A PASSERBY JUMP THE VEHICLE BECAUSE INITIALLY I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE BATTERY. WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND BEGAN TO PLACE THE CABLES ON THE BATTERY THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD ALMOST KNOCKING HIM DOWN. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE CAR AND FELT THE VEHICLE MOVE AND PLACED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PUSHING ON THE SHIFTER TO THE POSITION FOR PARK BELIEVING THAT MAYBE IN ERROR I HADN'T HAD THE VEHICLE IN PARK BUT IT WAS IN PARK ALREADY - I THEN APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER CAME TO TOW THE VEHICLE I EXPLAINED I COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND THAT IT HAD MOVED ALMOST RUNNING OVER SOMEONE. HE SAT IN THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND STARTED THE CAR STATING THAT IT WAS IN NEUTRAL SAFETY MODE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE WAS STRETCHED OR BROKEN. THE CABLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY ME AND WASN'T COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR WARRANTY. *TT