NHTSA Complaint #10956667 — 2009 SATURN AURA

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT SUDDENLY ON THE TEX-EXPRESS TOLL ROAD IN DALLAS, GOING 75 MPH (THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT) ON A NARROW 2 LANE OVERPASS IN THE DARK HOURS OF THE MORNING. THERE WERE PREVIOUSLY NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THEN SUDDENLY I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE OVERPASS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT TO HIGHER GEARS AND UPON PARKING IT I DISCOVERED IT WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE EITHER. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE WAVE PLATE BROKE AND TORE OUT THE REST OF THE TRANSMISSION. OTHER GM CARS FROM MY YEAR HAD THEIR WAVE PLATES PART OF A VOLUNTARY RECALL, HOWEVER MY VIN IS NOT LISTED AS AN AFFECTED UNIT. I'M CONCERNED THE PROBLEM MAY BE MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN ORIGINALLY REPORTED.