2007 SATURN AURA Unknown Or Other Problems

18 NHTSA complaints on file

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Unknown Or Other Issues in the 2007 SATURN AURA

18 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2007 SATURN AURA. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.

18
Complaints
2
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths

All Unknown Or Other Complaints

#11707259 |
My car gear shift slides through the gears but wont shift out of park. Something is wrong with the transmission shift cable. I see an active recall for this exact problem on my type of car (NHTSA 14V224) but for some reason my vin isn’t showing up.
#11258733 |
TODAY WHILE GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY MY CAR WHEELS STARTED TO SHAKE AND THEN MY CAR WOULDN'T GO AND TAKE CARE OF FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT TIRE BUT WHEN I TRY TO DRIVE IT IT WOULDN'T GO LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. TRIED TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK IN DRIVE BUT NO LUCK. I'M THINKING IT'S THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE BUT THEN AGAIN I DON'T KNOW
#11205849 |
GEAR SHIFT CABLE WAS RECALLED A FEW TEARS BACK AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO HAVE IT FIXED. IN AUGUST 2018 IT BROKE AGAIN. I WAS LEAVING WORK AND PUTTING MY CAT IN REVERSE AND THE CABLE BROKE AND WAS STUCK IN REVERSE, I PAID FOR IT TO BE FIXED. IN LESS THAN A YEAR (APRIL 2019) IT HAS BROKEN AGAIN, DOING THE SAME THING, MOVING MY CAT FROM A PARKING SPOT AND THE CABLE BROKE AND ONCE AGAIN STUCK IN REVERSE.I CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION UN REGARDS TO WHY IT KEEP HAPPENING. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT. ...
#11204153 |
WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR GETS STUCK AROUND 35 MPH. IT'S LIKE THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T GO TO THE NEXT GEAR. IT REVS LIKE IT WANTS TO AND EVEN STARTS BUCKING. SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES NOW WITH NO WARNING. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED ONCE. THE DATE I ENTERED BELOW IS TODAY'S DATE. IT'S THE MOST RECENT THAT IT'S HAPPENED.
#11161505 |
I JUST SAW THAT MY CAR IS ON A LIST FOR RECALL
#11128319 |
I TRIED PULLING MY CAR OUT OF MY GARAGE AND MY CAR GOT STUCK IN DRIVE AND WILL NOT SHIFT TO ANY OTHER GEAR. AND SINCE IT'S STUCK IN DRIVE IT WILL NOT START BACK UP.
#11104530 | Crash
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS GOING AT SLOW SPEEDS, I STEP ON THE BRAKS AND THE CAR JUMPS AND GO AT A HIGH SPEED WHEN I AM IN TRAFFIC. IN HAPPENS WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS SLOW AND THEN BEGINS TO MOVE. THE LAST OCCASION RESULTED IN MY CAR BEING TOTALED. IT ALWAYS THE FRONT END.
#11006281 |
CAR WILL NOT PASS SMOG DUE TO CODE P0017 SO I TOOK IT TWICE FOR REPAIR AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. TECH SAID AN ENGINE FLUSH MAY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN'T WORK SO THE NEXT THING IS THE CRANK SHAFT TIMING CHAINS WHICH WILL COST OVER $2,000 TO FIX. CAR HAS LESS THAN 93,000 AND I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. WILL A RECALL BE ISSUED SOON.
#10967328 |
WHILE DRIVING 55 ON A BUSY TWO LANE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE DINGED AND READ SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL ON CONSOLE, IMMEDIATELY THE IT FLASHED ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND ENGINE DISABLED AND MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT ALL THE WAY OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE UPHILL INCLINE - THE CAR BEHIND ME SHOT OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR MULTIPLE CAR PILE UP. THE CAR RESTARTED AFTER SITTING A FEW MINUTES WITH REDUCED ENGINE POWER FOR THE FIRST TWENTY MILES - I COULD TOP OUT AT ABOUT 45 AND HEAR AN ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT SOUND. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE LIGHTS WERE GONE BY THE TIME I GOT THERE AND IT WAS BACK UP TO POWER. I WAS TOLD IT WAS LIKELY A SENSOR ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART....
#10849926 |
IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE RAIN GOING 70 SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN TO 25 MPH BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM SHORTS OUT THE COMPUTER IN THE DASHBOARD.
#10735387 |
TRAVELLING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED SHARPLY AND JERKED. IT WILL DRIVE BUT HAS NO POWER.
#10733326 |
RANDOM ERROR WARNING MESSAGES KEEP APPEARING ON MY DISPLAY CENTER, IE. AIRBAG NEEDS SERVICE, DOOR AJAR, STABILITY CONTROL NEEDS SERVICE, ETC. OVERHEAD DOME LIGHTS STAY ON UNTIL SHUT OFF BY THE BATTERY SAVER AFTER 20 MIN., THESE ARE CAUSED BY THE MALFUNCTIONING "BODY CONTROL MODULE".
#10717853 |
MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTHERN CHEVROLET IN ALEXANDRIA, LA TO REPAIR A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO ME THE PANEL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SHIFT CONTROL HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT AND LEFT IN A CONDITION IT COULD NOT BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS YET TO BE REPAIRED. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE LEFT BY TECH. IF YOU WILL FURNISH ME AN ADDRESS TO SEND THEM TO.
#10669266 |
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE JULY 2014. I CALLED CONTE CHEVY OF FREEPORT, NY, 516-623-9600,THEY ADVISED ME THEY WOULD NOTIFY WHEN THE PARTS COME IN. I'M STILL WAITING. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT TO DO NEXT THANK YOU *TR UPDATED 3/15/2016*JS
#10437846 |
TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE FAILED. CAR AT FIRST WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND LATER WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK AND COULD NOT BE STARTED. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER 2007 SATURN AURAS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PROBLEMS WITH FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. DESPITE AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA11015, AND ARTICLES IN THE NEWS STATING GM IS OFFERING FREE REPAIRS FOR CUSTOMERS WHO EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM, GM SAID THEY HAD NO INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. *KB
#10378975 |
I DROVE INTO MY GARAGE TO PARK THE CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE SHIFTER SHIFTED VERY HARD. I DECIDED TO BACK THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE. IN FACT, NO GEAR WOULD ENGAGE AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP MY CAR WAS TO PUT ON THE PARKING BREAK. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS BROKEN. I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2008 AND 2009 SATURN AURA MODELS, BUT NOT ON THE 2007 MODELS WHICH IS OF COURSE THE ONE I HAVE. UPON GOOGLING THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SATURN AURA 2007 MODEL OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM.
#10226944 | Crash
DRIVING A 2001 SATURN AURA XR ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS STOPPED, APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WERE NONE. HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT 30-35 MPH AND NO AIR BAGS EITHER. *TR
#10186424 | Fire
IN OCTOBER 2006, MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 SATURN AURA. IN DECEMBER 2006, WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE SATURN OF GREENVILLE, NC DEALERSHIP. MODIFICATION # 06147. ON 12/29/06 I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR SERVICED FOR THE RECALL. AS EXPLAINED TO ME THE RECALL HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE POWER STEERING. ON FEBRUARY 21, 2007, I HAD AN UPSETTING EVENT OCCUR WITH MY NEW AURA. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM MY HOME TO A CHILD CARE CENTER TO DROP OFF MY ONE-YEAR OLD SON. I CONTINUED MY DRIVE TO WORK APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES. AS I APPROACHED MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, I NOTICED SOME SMOKE AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER LOST MY POWER STEERING. I STRUGGLED WITH THE STEERING UNTIL I REACHED OUR PARKING LOT AND THEN I RAN FROM THE CAR IN PANIC. IMMEDIATELY UPON LEAVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE...

Other 2007 SATURN AURA Problem Areas

Power Train 163 complaints Electrical System 99 complaints Air Bags 92 complaints Service Brakes 82 complaints Engine 64 complaints Steering 62 complaints Exterior Lighting 61 complaints Vehicle Speed Control 39 complaints Electronic Stability Control Esc 34 complaints Seats 29 complaints Fuelpropulsion System 28 complaints Power Trainautomatic Transmission 19 complaints Service Brakes Hydraulic 17 complaints Fuel System Gasoline 10 complaints Suspension 10 complaints Exterior Lightingbrake Lights 9 complaints Service Brakes Electric 9 complaints Traction Control System 9 complaints Air Bagsfrontal 8 complaints Engine And Engine Cooling 8 complaints Seat Belts 7 complaints Vehicle Speed Controlcruise Control 6 complaints Structure 4 complaints Exterior Lightingbrake Lightsswitch 3 complaints Latcheslockslinkages 3 complaints Power Trainautomatic Transmissionlever And Linkagecolumn Shift 3 complaints Tires 3 complaints Tirespressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems 3 complaints Electrical System12v24v48v Battery 2 complaints Equipment 2 complaints Fuel System Gasolinedeliveryfuel Pump 2 complaints Service Brakes Hydraulicantilocktraction Controlelectronic Limited Slip 2 complaints Service Brakes Hydraulicfoundation Componentsdiscrotor 2 complaints Steeringlinkagesknucklespindlearm 2 complaints Structurebodydoor 2 complaints Structureframe And Members 2 complaints Visibilitywiper 2 complaints Wheels 2 complaints Air Bagson Off Switch Assembly 1 complaint Electrical Systemignition 1 complaint Electrical Systemignitionanti Theftcontrol Module 1 complaint Electrical Systemsoftware 1 complaint Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System 1 complaint Engine And Engine Coolingengine 1 complaint Equipmentmechanicalaccessory Scissorscrewbottle Jacklift 1 complaint Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control 1 complaint Fuel System Diesel 1 complaint Interior Lighting 1 complaint Power Trainautomatic Transmissiongear Position Indication Prndl 1 complaint Power Trainautomatic Transmissionlever And Linkagefloor Shift 1 complaint Power Trainautomatic Transmissiontorque Converter 1 complaint Power Trainclutch Assembly 1 complaint Seat Beltsrearother 1 complaint Seatsfront Assemblyhead Restraint 1 complaint Seatsfront Assemblyseat Heatercooler 1 complaint Steeringcolumn 1 complaint Steeringhydraulic Power Assisthose Piping And Connections 1 complaint Structurebodybumpers 1 complaint Suspensionfront 1 complaint Suspensionfrontstabilizer Bar 1 complaint Suspensionfrontwheel Bearing 1 complaint Visibility 1 complaint Visibilitypower Window Devices And Controls 1 complaint
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