NHTSA Complaint #10614628 — 2007 SATURN AURA

TRANSMISSION JUMPING INTO NEUTRAL FROM FIRST GEAR AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET BACK INTO GEAR. FINALLY GET INTO SECOND GEAR AND IT JUMPED BACK INTO NEUTRAL..CALLED GM AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL AS MINE IS 6 SPEED (4 SPEED TRANSMISSION ONLY WERE RE-CALLED) AND TOO BAD THAT THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED IN APRIL 2012. NOT EVEN 100,000 MILES ON IT. DEALERSHIP SAID DEFINITELY INTERNAL PROBLEM POSSIBLY AN INTERNAL POWER SOLENOID ISSUE BUT WOULD TAKE MANY HOURS AND LOT MORE MONEY TO DIAGNOSE. ASKED ABOUT THE AFTER WARRANTY COVERAGE AND WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP NO GUARANTEE I WOULD QUALIFY AND AGAIN IT WOULD COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE TO TAKE APART AND DIAGNOSE. ENDED UP BUYING A GM RE-MANUFACTURED AT $4500. NORMAL CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR REPAIRS WHEN IT IS KNOWN ISSUE BY GM THAT THE SATURN AURA'S HAVE SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH THAT TRANSMISSION. PLEASE ISSUE RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION. I'M GLAD NO ACCIDENT HAPPENED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. *TR