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Saturn Aura Engine Problems

166 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2009.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Engine · 2008 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DOWN A HILL, WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESS AND FAILED TO STOP/LOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE TRYING TO DIVERT THE...

Engine · 2007 4

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 BEI...

Engine · 2008 4

WHILE PARKING MY SATURN ANY PARKING SPOT I ATTEMPTED TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND THE CLIP BROKE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR CONTINUE ROLLING AND LEFT THE CAR IN OPERABLE AND I NOTICED OTHER RECALLS ON THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE SAME D...

Engine · 2009 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM...

Engine · 2007 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT OTHER DRIVERS N...

Engine · 2007 4

I ARRIVED AT DRIVEWAY TO MY HOME AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND CLOSED DRIVER DOOR TO UNLOCK CHAIN ON GATE IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAY. I PROCEEDED TO MANUALLY OPEN THE 25' METAL GATE. WHEN THE GATE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OP...

Engine · 2007 4

CAR SMOKING FROM DASH CAUGHT FIRE DESTROYED CAR. *TR

Engine · 2007 4

MY 2007 SATURN AURA HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP APPROX. 1.5 WEEKS AGO BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE...

Engine · 2007 4

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...

Engine · 2008 3

CASE # WITH GMC IS 81598832107 9/30/15 WAS AT LEFT TURN LANE TO GO IN MY NEIGHBOR HOOD PUT IN PARK TO GRAB SOMETHING OF THE FLOOR WHEN I PUT BACK INTO DRIVE MY CAR STARTED TO REVERSE. PUT IT BACK INTO PARK AND THEN DRIVE AND THE SAME T...

Engine · 2008 2

My 2008 Saturn Aura had the transmission shift cable safety recall completed. The same rollaway condition has returned. GM and the dealer refused reinspection and repair, stating the vehicle ‘has lived its life.’ This recall addresse...

Engine · 2008 2

I noticed a rattling while driving also smoking under the hood so I took it to a garage and he said that's no problem and that I have a severe oil leak under the front of car he showed me and oil is EVERYWHERE HE MENTIONED HE COULDNT FIX...

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