NHTSA Complaint #10715499 — 2008 SATURN ASTRA

WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP ON THE GEAR SHIFT, AND WILL NOT ENGAGE. I THEN PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND BACK IN REVERSE. 2ND TIME I HAD AN ISSUE THAT CAR WOULD NOT START EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN PARK, I SOMEONE TRY TO JUMP IT, THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, BECAUSE I HAVE GONE THROUGH 5 BATTERIES BECAUSE OF A SHORT IN THE DOORS AND ALSO THE RELAY FOR POWER LOCKS.. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN NUTRAL THEN THE CAR COULD START AND THEN I CAN DRIVE IT AND 3 RD INCIDENT I PARKED THE CAR, MY DAUGHTER GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND IT WENT FORWARD AND SHE ALMOST GOT HURT. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AFTER THE 2ND INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CABLE. I DID RESEARCH AND SAY THAT GM RECALLED THOUSANDS OF CARS BECAUSE OF THE CABLE DEFECT. SATURN AURA WAS RECALLED ALSO FOR THIS ISSUE. I CONTACTED GM TO SEE IF THEY WILL PAY FOR IT, THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL. THAT I HAD TO HAVE GM DEALER LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE ME. ONCE GM SAYS IT'S THE CABLE THEN THEY WILL DECIDE IF THEY WILL DO A REPAIR. SATURN ASTRA NEEDS TO BE RECALLED THE CABLE REPLACED.