Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||||
| 070316001 | 05/01/2007 | 070316001A | 10021854 | Information on correctly setting tire pressure at pdi using tire pressure monitoring (tpm) system as a referance. *kb | 06/22/2007 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 01/13/2010 | 20000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2007 saturn aura xr, great car, but when you hit bumps, or cross lanes where there is uneven pavement the steering over reacts regardless of how hard you hold the wheel. this causes the car to move in the direction that the uneven pavement throws it toward, so you have to over compensate quickly before you hit another car next to you or a guard rail. it often feels like the power steering is not responsive enough by the second as it's needed. now i have driven a chevy malibu 08, which is the same platform/car to test the steering, and the steering felt solid and held too in the same route. so i think you need to look into gm's power steering that they have put into the saturn aura, as it is way too over reactive, and creates violent understeer. *tr | |||
| 08/13/2007 | 14000 | 3 | 11/29/2006 |
| At 13,000 miles i took the car back to the dealership in binghampton on 8/14/07 where i purchased the car and explained to them that the car doesn't handle right, that it wanders all over the road and that the steering makes noise. it feels like something is loose in the front of the car. they said they test drove it and heard nothing. no action was taken. i called them back with a tire problem (the side wall had a huge bulge in it) i thought this was why the car didn't handle good. the binghampton store didn't have a tire. i took the car to saturn of wyoming to have the defected tire replaced. i asked to check the steering. they found something wrong and replaced the steering knuckle joint. then there was another problem with handling and a humming noise. they found and replaced the right front wheel bearing. again the car handling got bad and it is currently in the shop being checked. i called saturn and explained to them that the car car was unsafe to drive. it goes where ever it wants, you have to constantly steer the car to keep it straight. they didn't seem to care because i asked them to tow it and they told me it was my responsibility to do anything like that. *tr | |||
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 09/01/2009 | 26427 | 1 | |
| I purchased my car new off the lot while out of state. i have had several issues with this vehicle. i am unsatisfied with saturn that they are not willing to look into these issues and fix, repair or replace the parts to fix the problems. unless continuously my expense. the brake lights are lit while driving down the road, and when you place your foot on the pedal and apply pressure, the lights will go off, thus removing your foot from petal, 8 seconds, the lights for my brakes are back on. mind you when you apply the brake, the lights go off, so explain this to the officers that stop me, and give me a ticket for repair because i don't have brake lights when stopping!! not to mention the times of being almost rear ended because of this issue! getting it fixed and it continues to reoccur is getting old. does someone really have to be killed to fix this problem? the braking system in general with the rotors and pads has been a consistent repair replace factor. i have replaced brake pads, had rotors turned, had them replaced, etc minimum of every 10,000 miles due to the rotors being warped, causing severe shaking in the front end. service garage at saturn dealer just says this is a continued problem with the aura vehicles, but nothing is getting resolved. again, does someone really have to be killed to get these real issues settled? these are issues with the brakes, not with something minor. again, issues with the air bag service light coming on, and the garage not finding a repeating error, occurs yet occasionally. fix by turning car off and restarting. inflate tire signal repeatedly occurs, yet to find actual cause for this issue. these are the real concerns i have with this vehicle, minor issues are the doors filling with water, pealing of interior on black areas of door molding, handles. failure of increase of immediate speed when wanting extra power to pass or coming in on ramp to highway traffic and does not kick down immediately. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 49000 | 1 | |
| The brake pedal position switch is incorrectly programmed, this causes the brake lamps to operating in a constant state of illumination when the pedal is not pressed, worse yet the brake lights shut off when brake pedal is pressed. i have already replaced the brake switch and relay. this is the same issue for recall pontiac g8 recall nhtsa campaign id number: 09v172000. *tr | |||