2008 SATURN AURA Seats Problems

Water is leaking into the passenger compartment to the point of pooling, I am constantly having to shop vac water out but, I feel this could lead to the floor pan rusting out and the seats falling through the floor. This is a GM TSB issue so, GM knows about the problem. There are many other Saturn Aura owners who have experienced this issue.

I BOUGHT MY 2008 SATURN AURA XR USED OFF A CAR LOT LAST YEAR AROUND MARCH I STARTED HAVING STARTING ISSUES IN MAY SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THE CAR . I HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER BATTERY & OTHER COSTLY THINGS BUT STILL HAVE THE NO START NO CRANK ISSUE WITH MY CAR IT'S STILL DRIVEABLE BUT WHEN THE CAR HEATS UP MY CAR WONT START UNTIL AFTER THE CAR COOLS FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR MY CAR IS NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF OVERHEATING THIS PROBLEM IS VERY STRESSFUL & DANGEROUS I'M TIRED OF BEING STUCK WHEN I GO PLACES ALSO SOMETIMES MY CAR DOESN'T GO PAST 20 MPH & I HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND WAIT 15 MINUTES & MY DRIVER SEAT STOPPED WORKING

WELD BROKE ON DRIVERS SEAT - LOOKED ON SATURN FIRM - THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2010 ON SATURN VEHICLES - WHY WAS IT NOT RECALLED? THIS IS DANGEROUS'I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURRED.

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE AT THE BODY SHOP AFTER HAVING THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPLACED BECAUSE THE WELDS BROKE. TODAY, APRIL 27, 2018 I RETURNED TO THE BODY SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE WELDS ARE BROKEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT. I HAVE ATTACHED A PHOTO OF THE RIGHT FRONT WELD. I SEARCHED YOUR DATABASE FOR THIS ISSUE AND DID NOT FIND IT.

STARTED CAR AND BEGAN ADJUSTING SEAT. CAR WAS STILL IN PARK. HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TILTED UP AND I WAS LEFT IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. TRIED TO MOVE SEAT AGAIN, SEAT JERKED AND WOULDN'T NOT ADJUST TO PROPER POSITION. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE WELD ON THE FRAME BROKE. DRIVER'S SEAT NOW SLIDES AROUND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN IT, INCLUDING DURING DRIVING. FOUND OUT I WAS ONLY ONE OF DOZENS WITH SIMILAR ISSUE.

I PURCHASED A USED 2008 SATURN AURA, FOR MY SON. THE DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD RUB AGAINST THE CENTER CONSOLE WHEN IT WOULD BE MOVED BACK/FORTH. I HAD A GM DEALER LOOK AT IT, AND THEY SHOWED ME THAT THE FRAME OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS CRACKED. THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE ON THE AURA, AS WELL AS OTHER SIMILAR CARS IN THE GM FAMILY (PONTIAC G6, FOR EXAMPLE). THE CONCERN I HAD IS IF THE CR IS IN AN ACCIDENT, THE IMPACT COULD BREAK THE SEAT FROM THE FRAME, THUS BEING DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER, AND POSSIBLY THE PASSENGERS. I HAVE SEEN IN VARIOUS ONLINE FORUMS, COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. IN SOME CASES, GM HAS REPLACED THE SEAT--EVEN IF THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IN SOME CASES, GM DID NOTHING. I SPOKE WITH GM, AND THE BEST THEY HAVE OFFERED ME IS A VOUCHER FOR A FEW THOUSAND...

2008 SATURN AURA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BROKEN WELD ON FRONT SEAT FRAME. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT LEANED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. ONE DAY, WHILE ADJUSTING THE POWER SEAT, THE SEAT LIFTED HIGH ON ONE SIDE AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER. HE LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT AND NOTICED A BLACK METAL BAR HAD BEEN WELDED TO THE METAL FRAME OF THE SEAT HAD ACTUALLY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME ITSELF CAUSING THE SEAT NOT TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE HEARD A UNUSUAL SOUND THAT CAME FROM THE DRIVER SEAT AND A SQUEAKY SOUND THAT CAME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSED THE FRACTURED OF DRIVER SEAT WELL MOUNT AND FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

DRIVER SEAT BECAME UN WELDED A BIG PIECE OF METAL NOW STICKS OUT ON THE SEAT IT AFFECT THE GETTING IN AND OUT AS WELL AS NORMAL DRIVING. *TR

NOTICED AS I GOT IN MY CAR, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TILTED. MY DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE FRAME SNAPPED AND WOULD COST APPROX. $1,200 TO FIX. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AND THE FRAME SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

OPENING THE DOOR AND SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, THE SEAT SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT. AS I GOT OUT OF THE SEAT, IT ROCKED TO THE LEFT. THE WELDS ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE FRAME ON THE BASE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS BROKEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT SUPPORT BRACKET FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN CAUTIOUSLY TO THE RESIDENCE. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

I WAS TURNING THE CORNER WHEN THE SEAT SHIFTED TO THE LEFT AND THEN THE SEAT BROKE. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE BACK OF THE SEAT IT LOOKS AS IF THE SEAT BROKE APART FROM THE BOLT THAT WAS HOLDING IT IN PLACE. *TR

AT FIRST, MY 08 SATURN AURA'S DRIVERS SEAT STOPPED WORKING, AND I COULD NO LONGER MOVE IT. I ASSUMED THE FUSE WAS OUT, SO I REPLACED IT. WITHIN ONE DAY, MY SEAT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I WENT TO SOMEONE AND THEY SUGGESTED I TRY A FUSE WITH A HIGHER VOLTAGE. THEY PLACED THE FUSE FOR ME AND MY SEAT WORKED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN BLEW THE FUSE. I COULDN'T AFFORD TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM RUN A DIAGNOSTIC, SO I DECIDED TO DEAL WITH MY SEAT NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE BACKSEAT DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE WOULD NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK EVERY TIME BY PRESSING THE UNLOCK BUTTON. THEN, THE DRIVER'S DOOR STOPPED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. SO EVERY TIME I GET OUT OF MY CAR AND HIT THE BUTTON TO LOCK MY DOORS, I HAVE...

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE DOWN ON RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING IT TO SLUMP TOWARDS THE CONSOLE. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO SEEK REPAIR, WAS TOLD THAT THE WELDING OF THE SEAT UNIT HAD BROKEN. THE ENTIRE SEAT AND THE HOUSING BASE REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OVER $1000 TO FIX. WHILE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE FIXING TO OPERATE CAR, THE DANGER IS IN A CRASH, HAVING THE SEAT CATAPULT OUT ENTIRELY BEING AS IT IS NOT AFFIXED TO THE VEHICLE ANY MORE. YOU CAN WIGGLE IT UP AND DOWN FREELY, THIS COULD ALSO ALLOW THE SEAT TO THROW SOMEONE INTO THE AIR BAGS AS THEY DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES BECAUSE IT IS NOT FASTENED DOWN. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL IS PRONE TO THIS PROBLEM FOR THE FEW SHORT YEARS IT WAS MADE. WE FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO UPDATE THIS SEAT PROBLEM, AND WHILE NOT SURE, THEY USE CHEV MALIBU REPLACEMENT...

THE BACK RIGHT WELD ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO TILT TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CAR. IN ADDITION TO BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, I CANNOT BELIEVE HAVING A SEAT THAT IS NOT FULLY ATTACHED TO THE FRAME WOULD BE SAFE WERE I TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL SITES REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE OF THE FAULTY WELDS ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I'M SURPRISED TO FIND THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL YET. ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG SENSORS, FOR WHICH I AM ALSO SEEING MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKS TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT. IT ALSO WILL NOT RAISE OR LOWER EVENLY. UPON A PERSONAL INSPECTION, I FOUND A BROKEN FRAME PIECE ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER THE SEAT. *JS

DRIVERS SEAT FRAME BROKEN. SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE AND WAS SLIDING WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SEAT WAS REPLACED BY DEALER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. DRIVERS SEAT FRAME BROKE AGAIN NOVEMBER, 2011. PART OF THE SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE. INSPECTION SHOWED THE FRAME WHICH ANCHORS IT TO THE FLOOR WAS BROKEN AGAIN. THIS CAR IS A 1 OWNER, NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH VISIBILITY WITH MY 2008 SATURN AURA SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD PANEL. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME NUMEROUS WRECKS. IN ADDITION I HAVE HAD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL 4 HEAD RESTS IN ORDER TO SEE. AFTER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING WITH NO ACCIDENTS OR CITATIONS, DUE TO THE SAME VISIBILITY PROBLEM, I WAS T-BONED CROSSING A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND MY SATURN HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR