NHTSA Complaint #10781937 — 2009 SATURN AURA

AFTER EXISTING THE FREEWAY I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. ONCE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE 20-25MPH BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO 6000-7000 RPM WITHOUT ACCELERATING SIGNIFICANTLY. ONCE I GOT HOME, I FOUND I COULD NO LONGER GO IN REVERSE EITHER. VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 25MPH NORMALLY OR GO IN REVERSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS AN ISSUE. THERE IS A 3-5-R WAVE PLATE FRACTURE ISSUE WITH GM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS THAT THIS CAR SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED BY, BUT NOT COVERED BY GM'S SERVICE BULLETIN / EXTENDED WARRANTY. GM OBVIOUSLY HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ALL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE. I AM AT 6.5 YEARS AND 90,000 MILES AND HAVE A BROKEN TRANSMISSION.